From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: broonie@kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
mark.rutland@arm.com, stable@vger.kernel.org, will@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64/fpsimd: signal: Forbid non-streaming SVE payload on SME-only systems
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 14:08:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261001130836.1410888-1-mark.rutland@arm.com> (raw)
When system_supports_sme() is true but system_supports_sve() is false,
restoring a specifically crafted SVE signal context can result in the
task erroneously having non-streaming SVE state. Subsequent attempts to
manipulate the task's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state can result in a variety of
problems, including fatal EL1 UNDEFs.
In such configurations, the kernel always creates an SVE signal context
when delivering a signal, and this can only be in one of two states:
(1) SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is set, and an SVE payload is present containing
streaming mode SVE state. The recorded VL is the task's live
streaming VL.
(2) SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is clear, and an SVE payload is not present. The
FPSIMD context contains the non-streaming mode FPSIMD state. The
recorded VL is 0.
Currently restore_sve_fpsimd_context() correctly rejects cases where
SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is set and an SVE payload is not present, but fails to
reject cases where SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is clear and an SVE payload is
present. Consequently, restore_sve_fpsimd_context() can place the task
in a state where it has non-streaming SVE state even when this is not
supported by HW.
For example, this can cause a later EL1 UNDEF when the kernel attempts to
restore the task's ZCR_EL1 value:
| # ./sme-sigcontext-to-sve
| Internal error: Oops - Undefined instruction: 0000000002000000 [#1] SMP
| Modules linked in:
| CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 131 Comm: sme-sigcontext- Not tainted 7.3.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT
| Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
| pstate: 61402009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
| pc : fpsimd_restore_current_state+0x258/0x458
| lr : exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xb8/0x188
| sp : ffff80008056be40
| x29: ffff80008056be40 x28: fff00000c1670000 x27: 0000000000000000
| x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
| x23: ffff80008056bec0 x22: 0000000000000008 x21: 0000000000000040
| x20: 0000000000000081 x19: 0000000008800010 x18: 0000000000000000
| x17: 0000fffffd412570 x16: 0000000000001000 x15: 0000fffffd4123b0
| x14: 0000fffffd412780 x13: 0000fffffd412be8 x12: 0000000047435300
| x11: 0000fffffd412570 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000045585401
| x8 : fff00000c18a6c44 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000002
| x5 : 0000000000000002 x4 : ffff800080568000 x3 : 0000000000000001
| x2 : 0000000008800010 x1 : fff00000c1670000 x0 : 0000000008800000
| Call trace:
| fpsimd_restore_current_state+0x258/0x458 (P)
| exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xb8/0x188
| el0_svc+0x1cc/0x1d0
| el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4
| el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c
| Code: d5384101 f9400020 53175c03 36b80de0 (d5381202)
| ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
| Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops - Undefined instruction: Fatal exception in interrupt
| Kernel Offset: 0x291fb1000000 from 0xffff800080000000
| PHYS_OFFSET: 0x40000000
| CPU features: 0x0,00000000,0052802f,ffb88f43,3afcf73f
| Memory Limit: none
Rework restore_sve_fpsimd_context() to reject cases where
SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is clear and an SVE payload is not present. As
parse_user_sigframe() rejects SVE signal frames when neither SVE nor SME
are supported, it isn't necessary for restore_sve_fpsimd_context() to
handle the case where neither are supported.
Fixes: 7dde62f0687c ("arm64/signal: Always accept SVE signal frames on SME only systems")
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
I've given this a spin on a model atop v7.3-rc1, in all combinations of
SVE and/or SME being supported, running the fpsimd and signal kselftests.
Regardless of this patch, the kselftests themselves are broken for
SME-only configurations. The signal tests have been broken for at least
3 years (since the kernel started creating SVE contexts on SME-only
systems), so evidently such configurations are not being tested. I have
some local fixes for the kselftests that I will send out soon.
Mark.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
index 38e6fa204c17b..6a06a4e352b1d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static int restore_sve_fpsimd_context(struct user_ctxs *user)
unsigned int vl, vq;
struct user_fpsimd_state fpsimd;
u16 user_vl, flags;
+ bool fpsimd_only;
bool sm;
if (user->sve_size < sizeof(*user->sve))
@@ -443,19 +444,33 @@ static int restore_sve_fpsimd_context(struct user_ctxs *user)
if (err)
return err;
+ fpsimd_only = (user->sve_size == sizeof(*user->sve));
sm = flags & SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM;
+
if (sm) {
if (!system_supports_sme())
return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * Streaming SVE state is always preserved with an SVE payload.
+ * Only accept streaming state which has an SVE payload.
+ */
+ if (fpsimd_only)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
vl = task_get_sme_vl(current);
} else {
/*
- * A SME only system use SVE for streaming mode so can
- * have a SVE formatted context with a zero VL and no
- * payload data.
+ * Non-streaming SVE state may be preserved without an SVE
+ * payload, in which case all state is saved in the FPSIMD
+ * context.
+ *
+ * On SME-only systems, non-streaming (FPSIMD-only) state is
+ * always preserved without an SVE payload, and with VL==0. On
+ * such systems, only accept non-streaming state without an SVE
+ * payload.
*/
- if (!system_supports_sve() && !system_supports_sme())
+ if (!system_supports_sve() && !fpsimd_only)
return -EINVAL;
vl = task_get_sve_vl(current);
@@ -464,16 +479,7 @@ static int restore_sve_fpsimd_context(struct user_ctxs *user)
if (user_vl != vl)
return -EINVAL;
- /*
- * Non-streaming SVE state may be preserved without an SVE payload, in
- * which case the SVE context only has a header with VL==0, and all
- * state can be restored from the FPSIMD context.
- *
- * Streaming SVE state is always preserved with an SVE payload. For
- * consistency and robustness, reject restoring streaming SVE state
- * without an SVE payload.
- */
- if (!sm && user->sve_size == sizeof(*user->sve))
+ if (fpsimd_only)
return restore_fpsimd_context(user);
vq = sve_vq_from_vl(vl);
--
2.30.2
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-01 13:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-01 13:08 Mark Rutland [this message]
2026-10-01 14:25 ` [PATCH] arm64/fpsimd: signal: Forbid non-streaming SVE payload on SME-only systems Mark Brown
2026-10-01 14:42 ` Mark Rutland
2026-10-01 15:50 ` Will Deacon
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