commit 1c5b51dfb7b4564008e0cadec5381a69e88b0d21 upstream. If a CPU does not implement a global monitor for certain memory types, then userspace can attempt a kernel DoS by issuing SWP instructions targetting the problematic memory (for example, a framebuffer mapped with non-cacheable attributes). The SWP emulation code protects against these sorts of attacks by checking for pending signals and potentially rescheduling when the STXR instruction fails during the emulation. Whilst this is good for avoiding livelock, it harms emulation of legitimate SWP instructions on CPUs where forward progress is not guaranteed if there are memory accesses to the same reservation granule (up to 2k) between the failing STXR and the retry of the LDXR. This patch solves the problem by retrying the STXR a bounded number of times (4) before breaking out of the LL/SC loop and looking for something else to do. Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.4 Fixes: bd35a4adc413 ("arm64: Port SWP/SWPB emulation support from arm") Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c index 937f5e58a4d3..8496770723dd 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c @@ -280,21 +280,28 @@ static void register_insn_emulation_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table) /* * Error-checking SWP macros implemented using ldxr{b}/stxr{b} */ -#define __user_swpX_asm(data, addr, res, temp, B) \ + +/* Arbitrary constant to ensure forward-progress of the LL/SC loop */ +#define __SWP_LL_SC_LOOPS 4 + +#define __user_swpX_asm(data, addr, res, temp, temp2, B) \ __asm__ __volatile__( \ + " mov %w3, %w7\n" \ ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_PAN(0), ARM64_HAS_PAN, \ CONFIG_ARM64_PAN) \ - "0: ldxr"B" %w2, [%3]\n" \ - "1: stxr"B" %w0, %w1, [%3]\n" \ + "0: ldxr"B" %w2, [%4]\n" \ + "1: stxr"B" %w0, %w1, [%4]\n" \ " cbz %w0, 2f\n" \ - " mov %w0, %w4\n" \ + " sub %w3, %w3, #1\n" \ + " cbnz %w3, 0b\n" \ + " mov %w0, %w5\n" \ " b 3f\n" \ "2:\n" \ " mov %w1, %w2\n" \ "3:\n" \ " .pushsection .fixup,\"ax\"\n" \ " .align 2\n" \ - "4: mov %w0, %w5\n" \ + "4: mov %w0, %w6\n" \ " b 3b\n" \ " .popsection" \ " .pushsection __ex_table,\"a\"\n" \ @@ -304,14 +311,15 @@ static void register_insn_emulation_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table) " .popsection\n" \ ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_PAN(1), ARM64_HAS_PAN, \ CONFIG_ARM64_PAN) \ - : "=&r" (res), "+r" (data), "=&r" (temp) \ - : "r" (addr), "i" (-EAGAIN), "i" (-EFAULT) \ + : "=&r" (res), "+r" (data), "=&r" (temp), "=&r" (temp2) \ + : "r" (addr), "i" (-EAGAIN), "i" (-EFAULT), \ + "i" (__SWP_LL_SC_LOOPS) \ : "memory") -#define __user_swp_asm(data, addr, res, temp) \ - __user_swpX_asm(data, addr, res, temp, "") -#define __user_swpb_asm(data, addr, res, temp) \ - __user_swpX_asm(data, addr, res, temp, "b") +#define __user_swp_asm(data, addr, res, temp, temp2) \ + __user_swpX_asm(data, addr, res, temp, temp2, "") +#define __user_swpb_asm(data, addr, res, temp, temp2) \ + __user_swpX_asm(data, addr, res, temp, temp2, "b") /* * Bit 22 of the instruction encoding distinguishes between @@ -353,12 +361,12 @@ static int emulate_swpX(unsigned int address, unsigned int *data, } while (1) { - unsigned long temp; + unsigned long temp, temp2; if (type == TYPE_SWPB) - __user_swpb_asm(*data, address, res, temp); + __user_swpb_asm(*data, address, res, temp, temp2); else - __user_swp_asm(*data, address, res, temp); + __user_swp_asm(*data, address, res, temp, temp2); if (likely(res != -EAGAIN) || signal_pending(current)) break; -- 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