linux-kernel - [tip: x86/urgent] x86/mm, kexec, ima: Use memblock_free_late() from ima_free_kexec

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:30:23 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Rik van Riel" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mike Rappoport <rppt@...nel.org>, Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/mm, kexec, ima: Use memblock_free_late() from
 ima_free_kexec_buffer()

The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     34cf99c250d5cd2530b93a57b0de31d3aaf8685b
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/34cf99c250d5cd2530b93a57b0de31d3aaf8685b
Author:        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:55:58 -04:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:24:15 +02:00

x86/mm, kexec, ima: Use memblock_free_late() from ima_free_kexec_buffer()

The code calling ima_free_kexec_buffer() runs long after the memblock
allocator has already been torn down, potentially resulting in a use
after free in memblock_isolate_range().

With KASAN or KFENCE, this use after free will result in a BUG
from the idle task, and a subsequent kernel panic.

Switch ima_free_kexec_buffer() over to memblock_free_late() to avoid
that bug.

Fixes: fee3ff99bc67 ("powerpc: Move arch independent ima kexec functions to drivers/of/kexec.c")
Suggested-by: Mike Rappoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230817135558.67274c83@imladris.surriel.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index b9145a6..b098b1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -358,15 +358,11 @@ static void __init add_early_ima_buffer(u64 phys_addr)
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_IMA_KEXEC) && !defined(CONFIG_OF_FLATTREE)
 int __init ima_free_kexec_buffer(void)
 {
-	int rc;
-
 	if (!ima_kexec_buffer_size)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	rc = memblock_phys_free(ima_kexec_buffer_phys,
-				ima_kexec_buffer_size);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
+	memblock_free_late(ima_kexec_buffer_phys,
+			   ima_kexec_buffer_size);
 
 	ima_kexec_buffer_phys = 0;
 	ima_kexec_buffer_size = 0;