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From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com>
To: "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	"linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org" <linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>, "bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>,
	"jarkko@kernel.org" <jarkko@kernel.org>,
	"dave.hansen@linux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"hpa@zytor.com" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	"haitao.huang@linux.intel.com" <haitao.huang@linux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "kristen@linux.intel.com" <kristen@linux.intel.com>,
	"Chatre, Reinette" <reinette.chatre@intel.com>,
	"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Christopherson,, Sean" <seanjc@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/sgx: fix a NULL pointer
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 00:52:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <df3ee23c71e9c653db43a38e1b3fddf31e0bce37.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e42435bd3949de94840fa3fae88be5f3bcc6373e.camel@intel.com>

On Fri, 2023-07-21 at 00:32 +0000, Huang, Kai wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-07-19 at 08:53 -0500, Haitao Huang wrote:
> > Hi Dave and Kai
> > On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 19:21:54 -0500, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>  
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > On 7/18/23 17:14, Huang, Kai wrote:
> > > > Also perhaps the patch title is too vague.  Adding more information  
> > > > doesn't hurt
> > > > I think, e.g., mentioning it is a fix for NULL pointer dereference in  
> > > > the EAUG
> > > > flow.
> > > 
> > > Yeah, let's say something like:
> > > 
> > > 	x86/sgx: Resolve SECS reclaim vs. page fault race
> > > 
> > The patch is not to resolve SECS vs #PF race though the race is a  
> > necessary condition to cause the NULL pointer. The same condition does not  
> > cause NULL pointer in the ELDU path of #PF, only in EAUG path of #PF.
> > 
> > And the issue really is the NULL pointer not checked and fix was to reuse  
> > the same code to reload SECS in ELDU code path for EAUG code path
> > 
> > 
> > How about this:
> > 
> > x86/sgx:  Reload reclaimed SECS for EAUG on #PF
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > x86/sgx: Fix a NULL pointer to SECS used for EAUG on #PF
> > 
> 
> Perhaps you can add "EAUG" part to what Dave suggested?
> 
> 	x86/sgx: Resolves SECS reclaim vs. page fault race on EAUG
> 
> (assuming Dave is fine with this :-))

Btw, do you have a real call trace?  If you have, I think you can add that to
the changelog too because that catches people's eye immediately.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-21  0:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-17 18:17 [PATCH] x86/sgx: fix a NULL pointer Haitao Huang
2023-07-17 18:53 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2023-07-17 18:54   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2023-07-17 20:29     ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-17 22:42       ` Huang, Kai
2023-07-18  0:45         ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-18  1:39           ` Huang, Kai
2023-07-18  2:42             ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-18 14:27       ` Dave Hansen
2023-07-18 18:11         ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-18 18:53           ` Dave Hansen
2023-07-18 20:32             ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-18 20:56               ` Dave Hansen
2023-07-18 21:22                 ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-18 21:36                   ` Dave Hansen
2023-07-18 21:57                     ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-18 22:05                       ` Dave Hansen
2023-07-19  0:06                         ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-19  0:14                       ` Huang, Kai
2023-07-19  0:21                         ` Dave Hansen
2023-07-19 13:53                           ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-21  0:32                             ` Huang, Kai
2023-07-21  0:52                               ` Huang, Kai [this message]
2023-07-26 16:56                                 ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-18 14:30       ` Dave Hansen
2023-07-18 16:39         ` Haitao Huang
2023-07-18 15:37       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2023-07-18 23:11         ` Haitao Huang

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