From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
Fei Yang <fei.yang@intel.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.4.y] x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives()
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 23:23:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231015202326.14605-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2023101553-croak-cognition-2613@gregkh>
Fei has reported that KASAN triggers during apply_alternatives() on
a 5-level paging machine:
BUG: KASAN: out-of-bounds in rcu_is_watching()
Read of size 4 at addr ff110003ee6419a0 by task swapper/0/0
...
__asan_load4()
rcu_is_watching()
trace_hardirqs_on()
text_poke_early()
apply_alternatives()
...
On machines with 5-level paging, cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57)
gets patched. It includes KASAN code, where KASAN_SHADOW_START depends on
__VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT, which is defined with cpu_feature_enabled().
KASAN gets confused when apply_alternatives() patches the
KASAN_SHADOW_START users. A test patch that makes KASAN_SHADOW_START
static, by replacing __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT with 56, works around the issue.
Fix it for real by disabling KASAN while the kernel is patching alternatives.
[ mingo: updated the changelog ]
Fixes: 6657fca06e3f ("x86/mm: Allow to boot without LA57 if CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y")
Reported-by: Fei Yang <fei.yang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231012100424.1456-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
(cherry picked from commit d35652a5fc9944784f6f50a5c979518ff8dacf61)
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 9d3a971ea364..ec29de6a54f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -374,6 +374,17 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
u8 insn_buff[MAX_PATCH_LEN];
DPRINTK("alt table %px, -> %px", start, end);
+
+ /*
+ * In the case CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y, KASAN_SHADOW_START is defined using
+ * cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57) and is therefore patched here.
+ * During the process, KASAN becomes confused seeing partial LA57
+ * conversion and triggers a false-positive out-of-bound report.
+ *
+ * Disable KASAN until the patching is complete.
+ */
+ kasan_disable_current();
+
/*
* The scan order should be from start to end. A later scanned
* alternative code can overwrite previously scanned alternative code.
@@ -434,6 +445,8 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
text_poke_early(instr, insn_buff, insn_buff_sz);
}
+
+ kasan_enable_current();
}
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
--
2.41.0
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2023-10-15 18:17 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives()" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree gregkh
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