Hi Andy,
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The oops can be triggered in qemu using -no-hpet (but not nohpet) by
> reading a couple of pages past the end of the vdso text. This
> should send SIGBUS instead of OOPSing.
>
> The bug was introduced by:
>
> commit 7a59ed415f5b57469e22e41fc4188d5399e0b194
> Author: Stefani Seibold <stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Mar 17 23:22:09 2014 +0100
>
> x86, vdso: Add 32 bit VDSO time support for 32 bit kernel
>
> which is new in 3.15.
>
> This will be fixed separately in 3.15, but that patch will not apply
> to tip/x86/vdso. This is the equivalent fix for tip/x86/vdso and,
> presumably, 3.16.
>
> Cc: Stefani Seibold <stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/vdso/vma.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
> index e915eae..8ad0081 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
> @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ static int map_vdso(const struct vdso_image *image, bool calculate_addr)
> struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> unsigned long addr;
> int ret = 0;
> + static struct page *no_pages[] = {NULL};
>
> if (calculate_addr) {
> addr = vdso_addr(current->mm->start_stack,
> @@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ static int map_vdso(const struct vdso_image *image, bool calculate_addr)
> addr + image->size,
> image->sym_end_mapping - image->size,
> VM_READ,
> - NULL);
> + no_pages);
>
> if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
> ret = PTR_ERR(vma);
> --
> 1.9.0
>
As the comment says,
/*
* Called with mm->mmap_sem held for writing.
* Insert a new vma covering the given region, with the given flags.
* Its pages are supplied by the given array of struct page *.
* The array can be shorter than len >> PAGE_SHIFT if it's null-terminated.
* The region past the last page supplied will always produce SIGBUS.
* The array pointer and the pages it points to are assumed to stay alive
* for as long as this mapping might exist.
*/
struct vm_area_struct *_install_special_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
unsigned long vm_flags, struct page **pages)
{
we can send sigbus at fault time if no pages are supplied at install time.
thanks
Hillf
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