Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] s390/module: Use s390_kernel_write() for late relocations

Gerald Schaefer
2020-04-23T12:33:21Z

On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:46:05 -0500
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 05:21:26PM +0200, Gerald Schaefer wrote:
> > > Sorry, just noticed this. Heiko will return next month, and I'm not
> > > really familiar with s390 livepatching. Adding Vasily, he might
> > > have some more insight.
> > >
> > > So, I might be completely wrong here, but using s390_kernel_write()
> > > for writing to anything other than 1:1 mapped kernel, should go
> > > horribly wrong, as that runs w/o DAT. It would allow to bypass
> > > DAT write protection, which I assume is why you want to use it,
> > > but it should not work on module text section, as that would be
> > > in vmalloc space and not 1:1 mapped kernel memory.
> > >
> > > Not quite sure how to test / trigger this, did this really work for
> > > you on s390?
> >
> > OK, using s390_kernel_write() as default write function for module
> > relocation seems to work fine for me, so apparently I am missing /
> > mixing up something. Sorry for the noise, please ignore my concern.
>
> Hi Gerald,
>
> I think you were right. Joe found the below panic with his klp-convert
> tests.
>
> Your test was probably the early module loading case (normal relocations
> before write protection), rather than the late case. Not sure why that
> would work, but calling s390_kernel_write() late definitely seems to be
> broken.
>
> Is there some other way to write vmalloc'ed s390 text without using
> module_disable_ro()?
>
> [ 50.294476] Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space
> [ 50.294479] Failing address: 000003ff8015b000 TEID: 000003ff8015b407
> [ 50.294480] Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE.
> [ 50.294483] AS:000000006cef0007 R3:000000007e2c4007 S:0000000003ccb800 P:0000 00000257321d
> [ 50.294557] Oops: 0004 ilc:3 [#1] SMP
> [ 50.294561] Modules linked in: test_klp_convert1(K+) test_klp_convert_mod ghash_s390 prng xts aes_s390 des_s390 libdes sha512_s390 vmur zcrypt_cex4 ip_tables xfs libcrc32c dasd_fba_mod qeth_l2 dasd_eckd_mod dasd_mod qeth lcs ctcm qdio cc
> wgroup fsm dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod pkey zcrypt [last unloaded: test_klp_atomic_replace]
> [ 50.294576] CPU: 0 PID: 1743 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G K 5.6.0 + #2
> [ 50.294579] Hardware name: IBM 2964 N96 400 (z/VM 6.4.0)
> [ 50.294583] Krnl PSW : 0704e00180000000 000000006bf6be0a (apply_rela+0x2ba/0x 4e0)
> [ 50.294589] R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:2 PM:0 RI: 0 EA:3
> [ 50.294684] Krnl GPRS: 000003ff80147010 000003e0001b9588 000003ff8015c168 000 003ff8015b19a
> [ 50.294686] 000003ff8015b07c 0d10e310100a0004 000003ff80147010 000 00000000000a0
> [ 50.294687] 000003ff8015e588 000003ff8015e5e8 000003ff8015d300 000 0003b00000014
> [ 50.294698] 000000007a663000 000000006c6bbb80 000003e0009a7918 000 003e0009a78b8
> [ 50.294707] Krnl Code: 000000006bf6bdf8: e350d0080004 lg %r5,8(%r 13)
> [ 50.294707] 000000006bf6bdfe: e34010080008 ag %r4,8(%r 1)
> [ 50.294707] #000000006bf6be04: e340a2000008 ag %r4,512( %r10)
> [ 50.294707] >000000006bf6be0a: e35040000024 stg %r5,0(%r 4)
> [ 50.294707] 000000006bf6be10: c050007c6136 larl %r5,0000 00006cef807c
> [ 50.294707] 000000006bf6be16: e35050000012 lt %r5,0(%r 5)
> [ 50.294707] 000000006bf6be1c: a78400a6 brc 8,000000 006bf6bf68
> [ 50.294707] 000000006bf6be20: a55e07f1 llilh %r5,2033
> 01: HCPGSP2629I The virtual machine is placed in CP mode due to a SIGP stop from CPU 01.
> 01: HCPGSP2629I The virtual machine is placed in CP mode due to a SIGP stop from CPU 00.
> [ 50.295369] Call Trace:
> [ 50.295372] [<000000006bf6be0a>] apply_rela+0x2ba/0x4e0
> [ 50.295376] [<000000006bf6c5c8>] apply_relocate_add+0xe0/0x138
> [ 50.295378] [<000000006c0229a0>] klp_apply_section_relocs+0xe8/0x128
> [ 50.295380] [<000000006c022b4c>] klp_apply_object_relocs+0x9c/0xd0
> [ 50.295382] [<000000006c022bb0>] klp_init_object_loaded+0x30/0x138
> [ 50.295384] [<000000006c023052>] klp_enable_patch+0x39a/0x870
> [ 50.295387] [<000003ff8015b0da>] test_klp_convert_init+0x22/0x50 [test_klp_convert1]
> [ 50.295389] [<000000006bf54838>] do_one_initcall+0x40/0x1f0
> [ 50.295391] [<000000006c04d610>] do_init_module+0x70/0x280
> [ 50.295392] [<000000006c05002a>] load_module+0x1aba/0x1d10
> [ 50.295394] [<000000006c0504c4>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xa4/0xe8
> [ 50.295416] [<000000006c6b5742>] system_call+0x2aa/0x2c8
> [ 50.295416] Last Breaking-Event-Address:
> [ 50.295418] [<000000006c6b6aa0>] __s390_indirect_jump_r4+0x0/0xc
> [ 50.295421] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops
>

Hi Josh,

this is strange. While I would have expected an exception similar to
this, it really should have happened on the "sturg" instruction which
does the DAT-off store in s390_kernel_write(), and certainly not with
an ID of 0004 (protection). However, in your case, it happens on a
normal store instruction, with 0004 indicating a protection exception.

This is more like what I would expect e.g. in the case where you do
_not_ use the s390_kernel_write() function for RO module text patching,
but rather normal memory access. So I am pretty sure that this is not
related to the s390_kernel_write(), but some other issue, maybe some
place left where you still use normal memory access?

There is also some good news. While thinking about how to use "sturg"
for vmalloc addresses, I came up with the idea to use "lra" (load
real address) before that. Then I found out that we already do exactly
that in the inline assembly, so all should be fine. Well, maybe the
comment for s390_kernel_write() could be improved...

Vasily also found out that we apparently already use s390_kernel_write()
for module text, for alternatives, so I guess we can safely assume that
it should work fine in principle.

Regards,
Gerald