linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 1/4] cacheinfo: Check for null last-level cache info

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Message-Id: <20231212222519.12834-2-ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:25:16 -0800
From:   Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Andreas Herrmann <aherrmann@...e.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Radu Rendec <rrendec@...hat.com>,
        Pierre Gondois <Pierre.Gondois@....com>,
        Pu Wen <puwen@...on.cn>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/4] cacheinfo: Check for null last-level cache info

Before determining the validity of the last-level cache info, ensure that
it has been allocated. Simply checking for non-zero cache_leaves() is not
sufficient, as some architectures (e.g., Intel processors) have non-zero
cache_leaves() before allocation.

Dereferencing NULL cacheinfo can occur in update_per_cpu_data_slice_size().
This function iterates over all online CPUs. However, a CPU may have come
online recently, but its cacheinfo may not have been allocated yet.

Cc: Andreas Herrmann <aherrmann@...e.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Cc: Radu Rendec <rrendec@...hat.com>
Cc: Pierre Gondois <Pierre.Gondois@....com>
Cc: Pu Wen <puwen@...on.cn>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Cc: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
---
Changes since v3:
 * Introduced this patch.

Changes since v2:
 * N/A

Changes since v1:
 * N/A
---

The dereference of a NULL cacheinfo is not observed today because
cache_leaves(cpu) is zero until after init_cache_level() is called
(during the CPU hotplug callback). A subsequent changeset will set
the number of cache leaves earlier and the NULL-pointer dereference
will be observed.
---
 drivers/base/cacheinfo.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
index f1e79263fe61..967c5cf3fb1d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cacheinfo.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ bool last_level_cache_is_valid(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (!cache_leaves(cpu))
 		return false;
 
+	if (!per_cpu_cacheinfo(cpu))
+		return false;
+
 	llc = per_cpu_cacheinfo_idx(cpu, cache_leaves(cpu) - 1);
 
 	return (llc->attributes & CACHE_ID) || !!llc->fw_token;
-- 
2.25.1