[tip: x86/mm] x86/mm: Clear _PAGE_DIRTY for kernel mappings when we clear _PAGE_RW

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The following commit has been merged into the x86/mm branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     c1fcf41cf37f7a3fd3bbf6f0c04aba3ea4258888
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/c1fcf41cf37f7a3fd3bbf6f0c04aba3ea4258888
Author:        Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:37:32 
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:58:17 +01:00

x86/mm: Clear _PAGE_DIRTY for kernel mappings when we clear _PAGE_RW

The bit pattern of _PAGE_DIRTY set and _PAGE_RW clear is used to mark
shadow stacks.  This is currently checked for in mk_pte() but not
pfn_pte().  If we add the check to pfn_pte(), it catches vfree()
calling set_direct_map_invalid_noflush() which calls
__change_page_attr() which loads the old protection bits from the
PTE, clears the specified bits and uses pfn_pte() to construct the
new PTE.

We should, therefore, for kernel mappings, clear the _PAGE_DIRTY bit
consistently whenever we clear _PAGE_RW.  I opted to do it in the
callers in case we want to use __change_page_attr() to create shadow
stacks inside the kernel at some point in the future.  Arguably, we
might also want to clear _PAGE_ACCESSED here.

Note that the 3 functions involved:

  __set_pages_np()
  kernel_map_pages_in_pgd()
  kernel_unmap_pages_in_pgd()

Only ever manipulate non-swappable kernel mappings, so maintaining
the DIRTY:1|RW:0 special pattern for shadow stacks and DIRTY:0
pattern for non-shadow-stack entries can be maintained consistently
and doesn't result in the unintended clearing of a live dirty bit
that could corrupt (destroy) dirty bit information for user mappings.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/174051422675.10177.13226545170101706336.tip-bot2@tip-bot2
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202502241646.719f4651-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
---
 arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
index 84d0bca..d174015 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -2628,7 +2628,7 @@ static int __set_pages_np(struct page *page, int numpages)
 				.pgd = NULL,
 				.numpages = numpages,
 				.mask_set = __pgprot(0),
-				.mask_clr = __pgprot(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW),
+				.mask_clr = __pgprot(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY),
 				.flags = CPA_NO_CHECK_ALIAS };
 
 	/*
@@ -2715,7 +2715,7 @@ int __init kernel_map_pages_in_pgd(pgd_t *pgd, u64 pfn, unsigned long address,
 		.pgd = pgd,
 		.numpages = numpages,
 		.mask_set = __pgprot(0),
-		.mask_clr = __pgprot(~page_flags & (_PAGE_NX|_PAGE_RW)),
+		.mask_clr = __pgprot(~page_flags & (_PAGE_NX|_PAGE_RW|_PAGE_DIRTY)),
 		.flags = CPA_NO_CHECK_ALIAS,
 	};
 
@@ -2758,7 +2758,7 @@ int __init kernel_unmap_pages_in_pgd(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address,
 		.pgd		= pgd,
 		.numpages	= numpages,
 		.mask_set	= __pgprot(0),
-		.mask_clr	= __pgprot(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW),
+		.mask_clr	= __pgprot(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY),
 		.flags		= CPA_NO_CHECK_ALIAS,
 	};
 




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