[012/146] powerpc/kexec: Fix memory corruption from unallocated slaves

Greg KH
2011-06-01T08:07:23Z

From: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>

commit 3d2cea732d68aa270c360f55d8669820ebce188a upstream.

Commit 1fc711f7ffb01089efc58042cfdbac8573d1b59a (powerpc/kexec: Fix race
in kexec shutdown) moved the write to signal the cpu had exited the kernel
from before the transition to real mode in kexec_smp_wait to kexec_wait.

Unfornately it missed that kexec_wait is used both by cpus leaving the
kernel and by secondary slave cpus that were not allocated a paca for
what ever reason -- they could be beyond nr_cpus or not described in
the current device tree for whatever reason (for example, kexec-load
was not refreshed after a cpu hotplug operation). Cpus coming through
that path they will write to paca[NR_CPUS] which is beyond the space
allocated for the paca data and overwrite memory not allocated to pacas
but very likely still real mode accessable).

Move the write back to kexec_smp_wait, which is used only by cpus that
found their paca, but after the transition to real mode.

Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ _GLOBAL(disable_kernel_fp)
* wait for the flag to change, indicating this kernel is going away but
* the slave code for the next one is at addresses 0 to 100.
*
- * This is used by all slaves.
+ * This is used by all slaves, even those that did not find a matching
+ * paca in the secondary startup code.
*
* Physical (hardware) cpu id should be in r3.
*/
@@ -471,10 +472,6 @@ _GLOBAL(kexec_wait)
1: mflr r5
addi r5,r5,kexec_flag-1b

- li r4,KEXEC_STATE_REAL_MODE
- stb r4,PACAKEXECSTATE(r13)
- SYNC
-
99: HMT_LOW
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC /* use no memory without kexec */
lwz r4,0(r5)
@@ -499,11 +496,17 @@ kexec_flag:
*
* get phys id from paca
* switch to real mode
+ * mark the paca as no longer used
* join other cpus in kexec_wait(phys_id)
*/
_GLOBAL(kexec_smp_wait)
lhz r3,PACAHWCPUID(r13)
bl real_mode
+
+ li r4,KEXEC_STATE_REAL_MODE
+ stb r4,PACAKEXECSTATE(r13)
+ SYNC
+
b .kexec_wait

/*