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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


      reply	other threads:[~2023-10-15 20:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-15 18:17 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives()" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree gregkh
2023-10-15 20:23 ` Kirill A. Shutemov [this message]

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