[PATCH] powerpc/security: Use a mutex for interrupt exit code patching
Russell Currey
ruscur at russell.cc
Wed Oct 27 18:24:10 AEDT 2021
The mitigation-patching.sh script in the powerpc selftests toggles
all mitigations on and off simultaneously, revealing that rfi_flush
and stf_barrier cannot safely operate at the same time due to races
in updating the static key.
On some systems, the static key code throws a warning and the kernel
remains functional. On others, the kernel will hang or crash.
Fix this by slapping on a mutex.
Fixes: 13799748b957 ("powerpc/64: use interrupt restart table to speed up return from interrupt")
Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur at russell.cc>
---
arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
index cda17bee5afe..9956277fbd88 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/feature-fixups.c
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ static void do_stf_exit_barrier_fixups(enum stf_barrier_type types)
static bool stf_exit_reentrant = false;
static bool rfi_exit_reentrant = false;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(exit_flush_lock);
static int __do_stf_barrier_fixups(void *data)
{
@@ -253,6 +254,9 @@ void do_stf_barrier_fixups(enum stf_barrier_type types)
* low level interrupt exit code before patching. After the patching,
* if allowed, then flip the branch to allow fast exits.
*/
+
+ // Prevent static key update races with do_rfi_flush_fixups()
+ mutex_lock(&exit_flush_lock);
static_branch_enable(&interrupt_exit_not_reentrant);
stop_machine(__do_stf_barrier_fixups, &types, NULL);
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@ void do_stf_barrier_fixups(enum stf_barrier_type types)
if (stf_exit_reentrant && rfi_exit_reentrant)
static_branch_disable(&interrupt_exit_not_reentrant);
+ mutex_unlock(&exit_flush_lock);
}
void do_uaccess_flush_fixups(enum l1d_flush_type types)
@@ -486,6 +491,9 @@ void do_rfi_flush_fixups(enum l1d_flush_type types)
* without stop_machine, so this could be achieved with a broadcast
* IPI instead, but this matches the stf sequence.
*/
+
+ // Prevent static key update races with do_stf_barrier_fixups()
+ mutex_lock(&exit_flush_lock);
static_branch_enable(&interrupt_exit_not_reentrant);
stop_machine(__do_rfi_flush_fixups, &types, NULL);
@@ -497,6 +505,7 @@ void do_rfi_flush_fixups(enum l1d_flush_type types)
if (stf_exit_reentrant && rfi_exit_reentrant)
static_branch_disable(&interrupt_exit_not_reentrant);
+ mutex_unlock(&exit_flush_lock);
}
void do_barrier_nospec_fixups_range(bool enable, void *fixup_start, void *fixup_end)
--
2.33.1
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