Re: [PATCH v1 0/8] Fix set_huge_pte_at() panic on arm64

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On Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:19:59 +0100 Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> This series fixes a bug in arm64's implementation of set_huge_pte_at(), which
> can result in an unprivileged user causing a kernel panic. The problem was
> triggered when running the new uffd poison mm selftest for HUGETLB memory. This
> test (and the uffd poison feature) was merged for v6.6-rc1. However, upon
> inspection there are multiple other pre-existing paths that can trigger this
> bug.
> 
> Ideally, I'd like to get this fix in for v6.6 if possible? And I guess it should
> be backported too, given there are call sites where this can theoretically
> happen that pre-date v6.6-rc1 (I've cc'ed stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).

This gets you a naggygram from Greg.  The way to request a backport is
to add cc:stable to all the changelogs.  I'll make that change to my copy.


> Ryan Roberts (8):
>   parisc: hugetlb: Convert set_huge_pte_at() to take vma
>   powerpc: hugetlb: Convert set_huge_pte_at() to take vma
>   riscv: hugetlb: Convert set_huge_pte_at() to take vma
>   s390: hugetlb: Convert set_huge_pte_at() to take vma
>   sparc: hugetlb: Convert set_huge_pte_at() to take vma
>   mm: hugetlb: Convert set_huge_pte_at() to take vma
>   arm64: hugetlb: Convert set_huge_pte_at() to take vma
>   arm64: hugetlb: Fix set_huge_pte_at() to work with all swap entries
> 
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/hugetlb.h              |  2 +-
>  arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c                   | 22 ++++----------
>  arch/parisc/include/asm/hugetlb.h             |  2 +-
>  arch/parisc/mm/hugetlbpage.c                  |  4 +--
>  .../include/asm/nohash/32/hugetlb-8xx.h       |  3 +-
>  arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hugetlbpage.c        |  2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_hugetlbpage.c  |  2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/8xx.c                  |  2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c                     |  7 ++++-
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/hugetlb.h              |  2 +-
>  arch/riscv/mm/hugetlbpage.c                   |  3 +-
>  arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h               |  8 +++--
>  arch/s390/mm/hugetlbpage.c                    |  8 ++++-
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h              |  8 +++--
>  arch/sparc/mm/hugetlbpage.c                   |  8 ++++-
>  include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h                 |  6 ++--
>  include/linux/hugetlb.h                       |  6 ++--
>  mm/damon/vaddr.c                              |  2 +-
>  mm/hugetlb.c                                  | 30 +++++++++----------
>  mm/migrate.c                                  |  2 +-
>  mm/rmap.c                                     | 10 +++----
>  mm/vmalloc.c                                  |  5 +++-
>  22 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

Looks scary but it's actually a fairly modest patchset.  It could
easily be all rolled into a single patch for ease of backporting. 
Maybe Greg has an opinion?





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