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authorNadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>2019-04-25 17:11:24 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2019-04-30 12:37:50 +0200
commitd97080ebed7811a53c931032a284166ee46b9565 (patch)
tree3968e96a0096908f364a68c3d4a78d0c3c210431 /arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
parentx86/mm: Introduce temporary mm structs (diff)
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x86/mm: Save debug registers when loading a temporary mm
Prevent user watchpoints from mistakenly firing while the temporary mm is being used. As the addresses of the temporary mm might overlap those of the user-process, this is necessary to prevent wrong signals or worse things from happening. Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Cc: <deneen.t.dock@intel.com> Cc: <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com> Cc: <kristen@linux.intel.com> Cc: <linux_dti@icloud.com> Cc: <will.deacon@arm.com> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-5-namit@vmware.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h23
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 24dc3b810970..93dff1963337 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/paravirt.h>
#include <asm/mpx.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
extern atomic64_t last_mm_ctx_id;
@@ -380,6 +381,21 @@ static inline temp_mm_state_t use_temporary_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
temp_state.mm = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.loaded_mm);
switch_mm_irqs_off(NULL, mm, current);
+
+ /*
+ * If breakpoints are enabled, disable them while the temporary mm is
+ * used. Userspace might set up watchpoints on addresses that are used
+ * in the temporary mm, which would lead to wrong signals being sent or
+ * crashes.
+ *
+ * Note that breakpoints are not disabled selectively, which also causes
+ * kernel breakpoints (e.g., perf's) to be disabled. This might be
+ * undesirable, but still seems reasonable as the code that runs in the
+ * temporary mm should be short.
+ */
+ if (hw_breakpoint_active())
+ hw_breakpoint_disable();
+
return temp_state;
}
@@ -387,6 +403,13 @@ static inline void unuse_temporary_mm(temp_mm_state_t prev_state)
{
lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
switch_mm_irqs_off(NULL, prev_state.mm, current);
+
+ /*
+ * Restore the breakpoints if they were disabled before the temporary mm
+ * was loaded.
+ */
+ if (hw_breakpoint_active())
+ hw_breakpoint_restore();
}
#endif /* _ASM_X86_MMU_CONTEXT_H */