On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 11:09:08PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Fei has reported that KASAN triggers during apply_alternatives() on
> a 5-level paging machine:
>
> BUG: KASAN: out-of-bounds in rcu_is_watching()
> Read of size 4 at addr ff110003ee6419a0 by task swapper/0/0
> ...
> __asan_load4()
> rcu_is_watching()
> trace_hardirqs_on()
> text_poke_early()
> apply_alternatives()
> ...
>
> On machines with 5-level paging, cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57)
> gets patched. It includes KASAN code, where KASAN_SHADOW_START depends on
> __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT, which is defined with cpu_feature_enabled().
>
> KASAN gets confused when apply_alternatives() patches the
> KASAN_SHADOW_START users. A test patch that makes KASAN_SHADOW_START
> static, by replacing __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT with 56, works around the issue.
>
> Fix it for real by disabling KASAN while the kernel is patching alternatives.
>
> [ mingo: updated the changelog ]
>
> Fixes: 6657fca06e3f ("x86/mm: Allow to boot without LA57 if CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y")
> Reported-by: Fei Yang <fei.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231012100424.1456-1-kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (cherry picked from commit d35652a5fc9944784f6f50a5c979518ff8dacf61)
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
All now queued up, thanks.
greg k-h
