From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: add sentinel to kpti_safe_list
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:24:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180424102409.GD8951@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180424101954.xyz67zpt6etpm32b@lakrids.cambridge.arm.com>
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:19:55AM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 05:19:38PM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> > On 23/04/18 11:41, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > > We're missing a sentinel entry in kpti_safe_list. Thus is_midr_in_range_list()
> > > can walk past the end of kpti_safe_list. Depending on the contents of memory,
> > > this could erroneously match a CPU's MIDR, cause a data abort, or other bad
> > > outcomes.
> > >
> > > Add the sentinel entry to avoid this.
> > >
> > > Fixes: be5b299830c63ed7 ("arm64: capabilities: Add support for checks based on a list of MIDRs")
> > > Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> > > Reported-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> > > Tested-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> > > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> > > Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
> > > Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
> > > ---
> > > arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 1 +
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > >
> > > As discussesd in [1].
> > >
> > > Mark.
> > >
> > > [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/97d99ad9-c5cf-a4d2-126a-2b39ffead0b3 at web.de
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > > index 536d572e5596..9d1b06d67c53 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > > @@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ static bool unmap_kernel_at_el0(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
> > > static const struct midr_range kpti_safe_list[] = {
> > > MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CAVIUM_THUNDERX2),
> > > MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_BRCM_VULCAN),
> > > + { /* sentinel */ }
> > > };
> > > char const *str = "command line option";
> >
> > Thanks for the report and the fix.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Catalin, are you happy to pick this up as a fix for -rc3?
Already got it queued locally.
Will
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-23 10:41 [PATCH] arm64: add sentinel to kpti_safe_list Mark Rutland
2018-04-23 16:19 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2018-04-24 10:19 ` Mark Rutland
2018-04-24 10:24 ` Will Deacon [this message]
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