This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
sched/scs: Reset the shadow stack when idle_task_exit
to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
sched-scs-reset-the-shadow-stack-when-idle_task_exit.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit c33d8dd3da1aab1f8a764bf889374e865a1671f5
Author: Woody Lin <woodylin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Oct 12 16:35:21 2021 +0800
sched/scs: Reset the shadow stack when idle_task_exit
[ Upstream commit 63acd42c0d4942f74710b11c38602fb14dea7320 ]
Commit f1a0a376ca0c ("sched/core: Initialize the idle task with
preemption disabled") removed the init_idle() call from
idle_thread_get(). This was the sole call-path on hotplug that resets
the Shadow Call Stack (scs) Stack Pointer (sp).
Not resetting the scs-sp leads to scs overflow after enough hotplug
cycles. Therefore add an explicit scs_task_reset() to the hotplug code
to make sure the scs-sp does get reset on hotplug.
Fixes: f1a0a376ca0c ("sched/core: Initialize the idle task with preemption disabled")
Signed-off-by: Woody Lin <woodylin@xxxxxxxxxx>
[peterz: Changelog]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211012083521.973587-1-woodylin@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 6db20a66e8e6..e4551d1736fa 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6677,6 +6677,7 @@ void idle_task_exit(void)
finish_arch_post_lock_switch();
}
+ scs_task_reset(current);
/* finish_cpu(), as ran on the BP, will clean up the active_mm state */
}
