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Joerg Roedel 89398a7fc4 x86/mm/32: Sync only to VMALLOC_END in vmalloc_sync_all()
commit 9a62d20027da3164a22244d9f022c0c987261687 upstream.

The job of vmalloc_sync_all() is to help the lazy freeing of vmalloc()
ranges: before such vmap ranges are reused we make sure that they are
unmapped from every task's page tables.

This is really easy on pagetable setups where the kernel page tables
are shared between all tasks - this is the case on 32-bit kernels
with SHARED_KERNEL_PMD = 1.

But on !SHARED_KERNEL_PMD 32-bit kernels this involves iterating
over the pgd_list and clearing all pmd entries in the pgds that
are cleared in the init_mm.pgd, which is the reference pagetable
that the vmalloc() code uses.

In that context the current practice of vmalloc_sync_all() iterating
until FIX_ADDR_TOP is buggy:

        for (address = VMALLOC_START & PMD_MASK;
             address >= TASK_SIZE_MAX && address < FIXADDR_TOP;
             address += PMD_SIZE) {
                struct page *page;

Because iterating up to FIXADDR_TOP will involve a lot of non-vmalloc
address ranges:

	VMALLOC -> PKMAP -> LDT -> CPU_ENTRY_AREA -> FIX_ADDR

This is mostly harmless for the FIX_ADDR and CPU_ENTRY_AREA ranges
that don't clear their pmds, but it's lethal for the LDT range,
which relies on having different mappings in different processes,
and 'synchronizing' them in the vmalloc sense corrupts those
pagetable entries (clearing them).

This got particularly prominent with PTI, which turns SHARED_KERNEL_PMD
off and makes this the dominant mapping mode on 32-bit.

To make LDT working again vmalloc_sync_all() must only iterate over
the volatile parts of the kernel address range that are identical
between all processes.

So the correct check in vmalloc_sync_all() is "address < VMALLOC_END"
to make sure the VMALLOC areas are synchronized and the LDT
mapping is not falsely overwritten.

The CPU_ENTRY_AREA and the FIXMAP area are no longer synced either,
but this is not really a proplem since their PMDs get established
during bootup and never change.

This change fixes the ldt_gdt selftest in my setup.

[ mingo: Fixed up the changelog to explain the logic and modified the
         copying to only happen up until VMALLOC_END. ]

Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: hpa@zytor.com
Fixes: 7757d607c6: ("x86/pti: Allow CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION for x86_32")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191126111119.GA110513@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-12-13 08:42:46 +01:00
arch x86/mm/32: Sync only to VMALLOC_END in vmalloc_sync_all() 2019-12-13 08:42:46 +01:00
block iocost: check active_list of all the ancestors in iocg_activate() 2019-11-14 13:56:54 -07:00
certs
crypto Merge branch 'next-lockdown' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-09-28 08:14:15 -07:00
Documentation x86/speculation: Fix incorrect MDS/TAA mitigation status 2019-11-29 10:09:46 +01:00
drivers media: rc: mark input device as pointing stick 2019-12-13 08:42:45 +01:00
fs io_uring: ensure req->submit is copied when req is deferred 2019-12-13 08:42:33 +01:00
include ALSA: hda: Modify stream stripe mask only when needed 2019-12-13 08:42:39 +01:00
init Merge branch 'next-lockdown' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-09-28 08:14:15 -07:00
ipc ipc/sem.c: convert to use built-in RCU list checking 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
kernel time: Zero the upper 32-bits in __kernel_timespec on 32-bit 2019-12-13 08:42:18 +01:00
lib lib/xz: fix XZ_DYNALLOC to avoid useless memory reallocations 2019-11-15 18:34:00 -08:00
LICENSES
mm mm/ksm.c: don't WARN if page is still mapped in remove_stable_node() 2019-11-22 09:11:18 -08:00
net SUNRPC: Avoid RPC delays when exiting suspend 2019-12-13 08:42:34 +01:00
samples samples/bpf: fix build by setting HAVE_ATTR_TEST to zero 2019-10-31 21:39:15 +01:00
scripts arm64 fix for -rc8 / final 2019-11-15 09:14:23 -08:00
security efi/efi_test: Lock down /dev/efi_test and require CAP_SYS_ADMIN 2019-10-31 09:40:21 +01:00
sound ALSA: hda: Modify stream stripe mask only when needed 2019-12-13 08:42:39 +01:00
tools perf scripts python: exported-sql-viewer.py: Fix use of TRUE with SQLite 2019-12-13 08:42:16 +01:00
usr kbuild: update compile-test header list for v5.4-rc2 2019-10-05 15:29:49 +09:00
virt KVM: Add a comment describing the /dev/kvm no_compat handling 2019-11-15 10:14:04 +01:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2019-08-31 10:00:51 +02:00
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.gitignore Modules updates for v5.4 2019-09-22 10:34:46 -07:00
.mailmap ARM: SoC fixes 2019-11-10 13:41:59 -08:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Remove Simon as Renesas SoC Co-Maintainer 2019-10-10 08:12:51 -07:00
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MAINTAINERS Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-11-22 14:28:14 -08:00
Makefile Linux 5.4.2 2019-12-04 22:31:09 +01:00
README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.