2018-07-17 23:36:34

by Jiang Biao

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Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/pti: check the return value of pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d

pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d() may return NULL, we should check the
return value to avoid NULL pointer dereference. And add warning
for fail allocation where NULL returned.

Signed-off-by: Jiang Biao <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
index 4d418e7..5c33a16 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static p4d_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(unsigned long address)

if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
unsigned long new_p4d_page = __get_free_page(gfp);
- if (!new_p4d_page)
+ if (WARN_ON(!new_p4d_page))
return NULL;

set_pgd(pgd, __pgd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_p4d_page)));
@@ -195,9 +195,12 @@ static p4d_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(unsigned long address)
static pmd_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd(unsigned long address)
{
gfp_t gfp = (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
- p4d_t *p4d = pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(address);
pud_t *pud;

+ p4d_t *p4d = pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(address);
+ if (!p4d)
+ return NULL;
+
BUILD_BUG_ON(p4d_large(*p4d) != 0);
if (p4d_none(*p4d)) {
unsigned long new_pud_page = __get_free_page(gfp);
@@ -354,6 +357,9 @@ static void __init pti_clone_p4d(unsigned long addr)
pgd_t *kernel_pgd;

user_p4d = pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(addr);
+ if (!user_p4d)
+ return;
+
kernel_pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
kernel_p4d = p4d_offset(kernel_pgd, addr);
*user_p4d = *kernel_p4d;
--
2.7.4



2018-07-17 23:36:35

by Jiang Biao

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Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/pti: check the return value of pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd

Check the return value of pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd() to avoid
NULL pointer dereference. And add warning for fail allocation.

Signed-off-by: Jiang Biao <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
index 5c33a16..1342f73 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static pmd_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd(unsigned long address)
BUILD_BUG_ON(p4d_large(*p4d) != 0);
if (p4d_none(*p4d)) {
unsigned long new_pud_page = __get_free_page(gfp);
- if (!new_pud_page)
+ if (WARN_ON(!new_pud_page))
return NULL;

set_p4d(p4d, __p4d(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_pud_page)));
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static pmd_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd(unsigned long address)
}
if (pud_none(*pud)) {
unsigned long new_pmd_page = __get_free_page(gfp);
- if (!new_pmd_page)
+ if (WARN_ON(!new_pmd_page))
return NULL;

set_pud(pud, __pud(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_pmd_page)));
@@ -240,9 +240,12 @@ static pmd_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd(unsigned long address)
static __init pte_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pte(unsigned long address)
{
gfp_t gfp = (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
- pmd_t *pmd = pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd(address);
pte_t *pte;

+ pmd_t *pmd = pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd(address);
+ if (!pmd)
+ return NULL;
+
/* We can't do anything sensible if we hit a large mapping. */
if (pmd_large(*pmd)) {
WARN_ON(1);
--
2.7.4


2018-07-19 10:30:18

by Thomas Gleixner

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/pti: check the return value of pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d

On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, Jiang Biao wrote:

> pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d() may return NULL, we should check the
> return value to avoid NULL pointer dereference. And add warning
> for fail allocation where NULL returned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiang Biao <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
> index 4d418e7..5c33a16 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
> @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static p4d_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(unsigned long address)
>
> if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
> unsigned long new_p4d_page = __get_free_page(gfp);
> - if (!new_p4d_page)
> + if (WARN_ON(!new_p4d_page))

WARN_ON_ONCE() please

> return NULL;
>
> set_pgd(pgd, __pgd(_KERNPG_TABLE | __pa(new_p4d_page)));
> @@ -195,9 +195,12 @@ static p4d_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(unsigned long address)
> static pmd_t *pti_user_pagetable_walk_pmd(unsigned long address)
> {
> gfp_t gfp = (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
> - p4d_t *p4d = pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(address);
> pud_t *pud;
>
> + p4d_t *p4d = pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(address);

No. This really is not how it should be done.

gfp_t gfp = (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOTRACK | __GFP_ZERO);
- p4d_t *p4d = pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(address);
+ p4d_t *p4d;
pud_t *pud;

+ p4d = pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(address);
+ if (!p4d)
+ return NULL;

Ditto for patch 2/2.

> BUILD_BUG_ON(p4d_large(*p4d) != 0);
> if (p4d_none(*p4d)) {
> unsigned long new_pud_page = __get_free_page(gfp);
> @@ -354,6 +357,9 @@ static void __init pti_clone_p4d(unsigned long addr)
> pgd_t *kernel_pgd;
>
> user_p4d = pti_user_pagetable_walk_p4d(addr);
> + if (!user_p4d)
> + return;
> +
> kernel_pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
> kernel_p4d = p4d_offset(kernel_pgd, addr);
> *user_p4d = *kernel_p4d;

Aside of that the patch has trailing white space in 2 places. Please take
the patch and apply it to your git tree localy before submitting it.

Thanks,

tglx