[PATCH 2/2] powerpc/64s: Fix stf mitigation patching w/strict RWX & hash

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Fri May 14 00:08:00 AEST 2021


The stf entry barrier fallback is unsafe to execute in a semi-patched
state, which can happen when enabling/disabling the mitigation with
strict kernel RWX enabled and using the hash MMU.

See the previous commit for more details.

Fix it by changing the order in which we patch the instructions.

Note the stf barrier fallback is only used on Power6 or earlier.

Fixes: bd573a81312f ("powerpc/mm/64s: Allow STRICT_KERNEL_RWX again")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
index b49bb41e3ec5..71032475aa40 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
@@ -150,17 +150,17 @@ static void do_stf_entry_barrier_fixups(enum stf_barrier_type types)
 
 		pr_devel("patching dest %lx\n", (unsigned long)dest);
 
-		patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)dest, ppc_inst(instrs[0]));
-
-		if (types & STF_BARRIER_FALLBACK)
+		// See comment in do_entry_flush_fixups() RE order of patching
+		if (types & STF_BARRIER_FALLBACK) {
+			patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)dest, ppc_inst(instrs[0]));
+			patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)(dest + 2), ppc_inst(instrs[2]));
 			patch_branch((struct ppc_inst *)(dest + 1),
-				     (unsigned long)&stf_barrier_fallback,
-				     BRANCH_SET_LINK);
-		else
-			patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)(dest + 1),
-					  ppc_inst(instrs[1]));
-
-		patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)(dest + 2), ppc_inst(instrs[2]));
+				     (unsigned long)&stf_barrier_fallback, BRANCH_SET_LINK);
+		} else {
+			patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)(dest + 1), ppc_inst(instrs[1]));
+			patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)(dest + 2), ppc_inst(instrs[2]));
+			patch_instruction((struct ppc_inst *)dest, ppc_inst(instrs[0]));
+		}
 	}
 
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "stf-barrier: patched %d entry locations (%s barrier)\n", i,
-- 
2.25.1



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