The following commit has been merged into the x86/mm branch of tip: Commit-ID: d29dc5177b7d011377ecf648551027c94d2b1386 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/d29dc5177b7d011377ecf648551027c94d2b1386 Author: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:12:56 +02:00 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 22:16:27 +02:00 x86/mm: Use lookup_address_in_pgd_attr() in show_fault_oops() Fix show_fault_oops() to not only look at the leaf PTE for detecting NX violations, but to use the effective NX value returned by lookup_address_in_pgd_attr() instead. Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240412151258.9171-3-jgross@xxxxxxxx --- arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c index 622d12e..6b2ca8b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c @@ -514,18 +514,19 @@ show_fault_oops(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, unsigned long ad if (error_code & X86_PF_INSTR) { unsigned int level; + bool nx, rw; pgd_t *pgd; pte_t *pte; pgd = __va(read_cr3_pa()); pgd += pgd_index(address); - pte = lookup_address_in_pgd(pgd, address, &level); + pte = lookup_address_in_pgd_attr(pgd, address, &level, &nx, &rw); - if (pte && pte_present(*pte) && !pte_exec(*pte)) + if (pte && pte_present(*pte) && (!pte_exec(*pte) || nx)) pr_crit("kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: %d)\n", from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid())); - if (pte && pte_present(*pte) && pte_exec(*pte) && + if (pte && pte_present(*pte) && pte_exec(*pte) && !nx && (pgd_flags(*pgd) & _PAGE_USER) && (__read_cr4() & X86_CR4_SMEP)) pr_crit("unable to execute userspace code (SMEP?) (uid: %d)\n",