[PATCH v2] powerpc/module_64: Fix livepatching for RO modules

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Tue Dec 14 23:12:48 AEDT 2021


From: Russell Currey <ruscur at russell.cc>

Livepatching a loaded module involves applying relocations through
apply_relocate_add(), which attempts to write to read-only memory when
CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=y.  Work around this by performing these
writes through the text poke area by using patch_instruction().

R_PPC_REL24 is the only relocation type generated by the kpatch-build
userspace tool or klp-convert kernel tree that I observed applying a
relocation to a post-init module.

A more comprehensive solution is planned, but using patch_instruction()
for R_PPC_REL24 on should serve as a sufficient fix.

This does have a performance impact, I observed ~15% overhead in
module_load() on POWER8 bare metal with checksum verification off.

Fixes: c35717c71e98 ("powerpc: Set ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v5.14+
Reported-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur at russell.cc>
Tested-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence at redhat.com>
[mpe: Check return codes from patch_instruction()]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

v2: mpe: Check return codes from patch_instruction()

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
index 6baa676e7cb6..5d77d3f5fbb5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
@@ -422,11 +422,17 @@ static inline int create_stub(const Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
 			      const char *name)
 {
 	long reladdr;
+	func_desc_t desc;
+	int i;
 
 	if (is_mprofile_ftrace_call(name))
 		return create_ftrace_stub(entry, addr, me);
 
-	memcpy(entry->jump, ppc64_stub_insns, sizeof(ppc64_stub_insns));
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(ppc64_stub_insns) / sizeof(u32); i++) {
+		if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[i],
+				      ppc_inst(ppc64_stub_insns[i])))
+			return 0;
+	}
 
 	/* Stub uses address relative to r2. */
 	reladdr = (unsigned long)entry - my_r2(sechdrs, me);
@@ -437,10 +443,24 @@ static inline int create_stub(const Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
 	}
 	pr_debug("Stub %p get data from reladdr %li\n", entry, reladdr);
 
-	entry->jump[0] |= PPC_HA(reladdr);
-	entry->jump[1] |= PPC_LO(reladdr);
-	entry->funcdata = func_desc(addr);
-	entry->magic = STUB_MAGIC;
+	if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[0],
+			      ppc_inst(entry->jump[0] | PPC_HA(reladdr))))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[1],
+			  ppc_inst(entry->jump[1] | PPC_LO(reladdr))))
+		return 0;
+
+	// func_desc_t is 8 bytes if ABIv2, else 16 bytes
+	desc = func_desc(addr);
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(func_desc_t) / sizeof(u32); i++) {
+		if (patch_instruction(((u32 *)&entry->funcdata) + i,
+				      ppc_inst(((u32 *)(&desc))[i])))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (patch_instruction(&entry->magic, ppc_inst(STUB_MAGIC)))
+		return 0;
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -495,8 +515,11 @@ static int restore_r2(const char *name, u32 *instruction, struct module *me)
 			me->name, *instruction, instruction);
 		return 0;
 	}
+
 	/* ld r2,R2_STACK_OFFSET(r1) */
-	*instruction = PPC_INST_LD_TOC;
+	if (patch_instruction(instruction, ppc_inst(PPC_INST_LD_TOC)))
+		return 0;
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -636,9 +659,12 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
 			}
 
 			/* Only replace bits 2 through 26 */
-			*(uint32_t *)location
-				= (*(uint32_t *)location & ~0x03fffffc)
+			value = (*(uint32_t *)location & ~0x03fffffc)
 				| (value & 0x03fffffc);
+
+			if (patch_instruction((u32 *)location, ppc_inst(value)))
+				return -EFAULT;
+
 			break;
 
 		case R_PPC64_REL64:
-- 
2.31.1



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