From: Benjamin Berg <benjamin@sipsolutions.net>
To: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, mingo@kernel.org
Cc: Benjamin Berg <benjamin.berg@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] x86: avoid copying dynamic FP state from init_task
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:31:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250226133136.816901-1-benjamin@sipsolutions.net> (raw)
From: Benjamin Berg <benjamin.berg@intel.com>
The init_task instance of struct task_struct is statically allocated and
may not contain the full FP state for userspace. As such, limit the copy
to the valid area of both init_task and dst and ensure all memory is
initialized.
Note that the FP state is only needed for userspace, and as such it is
entirely reasonable for init_task to not contain parts of it.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg <benjamin.berg@intel.com>
Fixes: 5aaeb5c01c5b ("x86/fpu, sched: Introduce CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT and use it on x86")
----
v2:
- Fix code if arch_task_struct_size < sizeof(init_task) by using
memcpy_and_pad.
---
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 6da6769d7254..a8f65c17df10 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -93,7 +93,13 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(__tss_limit_invalid);
*/
int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src)
{
- memcpy(dst, src, arch_task_struct_size);
+ /* init_task is not dynamically sized (incomplete FPU state) */
+ if (unlikely(src == &init_task))
+ memcpy_and_pad(dst, arch_task_struct_size,
+ src, sizeof(init_task), 0);
+ else
+ memcpy(dst, src, arch_task_struct_size);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_VM86
dst->thread.vm86 = NULL;
#endif
--
2.48.1
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