From: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== [ Upstream commit a816b306c62195b7c43c92cb13330821a96bdc27 ] When unwinding through IRQs and exceptions, the unwinding only continues if the PC is a kernel text address, however since EVA it is possible for user and kernel address ranges to overlap, potentially allowing unwinding to continue to user mode if the user PC happens to be in the kernel text address range. Adjust the check to also ensure that the register state from before the exception is actually running in kernel mode, i.e. !user_mode(regs). I don't believe any harm can come of this problem, since the PC is only output, the stack pointer is checked to ensure it resides within the task's stack page before it is dereferenced in search of the return address, and the return address register is similarly only output (if the PC is in a leaf function or the beginning of a non-leaf function). However unwind_stack() is only meant for unwinding kernel code, so to be correct the unwind should stop there. Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.15+ Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/11700/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/process.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c index 636b074..7d09efd 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ unsigned long notrace unwind_stack_by_address(unsigned long stack_page, *sp + sizeof(*regs) <= stack_page + THREAD_SIZE - 32) { regs = (struct pt_regs *)*sp; pc = regs->cp0_epc; - if (__kernel_text_address(pc)) { + if (!user_mode(regs) && __kernel_text_address(pc)) { *sp = regs->regs[29]; *ra = regs->regs[31]; return pc; -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html