[PATCH v5.10] powerpc: Avoid nmi_enter/nmi_exit in real mode interrupt.
Jinjie Ruan
ruanjinjie at huawei.com
Tue Aug 6 16:12:34 AEST 2024
On 2024/8/6 13:14, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Hi Jinjie Ruan,
>
> If you want to submit this as a stable backport you need to send it
> To: stable at vger.kernel.org.
>
> Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie at huawei.com> writes:
>> From: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.ibm.com>
>
> Although it's somewhat modified, this is still a backport of an upstream
> commit, so it should include the following line:
>
> [ Upstream commit 0db880fc865ffb522141ced4bfa66c12ab1fbb70 ]
Thank you very much! I'll resend it.
>
>> nmi_enter()/nmi_exit() touches per cpu variables which can lead to kernel
>> crash when invoked during real mode interrupt handling (e.g. early HMI/MCE
>> interrupt handler) if percpu allocation comes from vmalloc area.
>>
>> Early HMI/MCE handlers are called through DEFINE_INTERRUPT_HANDLER_NMI()
>> wrapper which invokes nmi_enter/nmi_exit calls. We don't see any issue when
>> percpu allocation is from the embedded first chunk. However with
>> CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK enabled there are chances where percpu
>> allocation can come from the vmalloc area.
>>
>> With kernel command line "percpu_alloc=page" we can force percpu allocation
>> to come from vmalloc area and can see kernel crash in machine_check_early:
>>
>> [ 1.215714] NIP [c000000000e49eb4] rcu_nmi_enter+0x24/0x110
>> [ 1.215717] LR [c0000000000461a0] machine_check_early+0xf0/0x2c0
>> [ 1.215719] --- interrupt: 200
>> [ 1.215720] [c000000fffd73180] [0000000000000000] 0x0 (unreliable)
>> [ 1.215722] [c000000fffd731b0] [0000000000000000] 0x0
>> [ 1.215724] [c000000fffd73210] [c000000000008364] machine_check_early_common+0x134/0x1f8
>>
>> Fix this by avoiding use of nmi_enter()/nmi_exit() in real mode if percpu
>> first chunk is not embedded.
>>
>> CVE-2024-42126
>> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
>> Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
>> Tested-by: Shirisha Ganta <shirisha at linux.ibm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.ibm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
>> Link: https://msgid.link/20240410043006.81577-1-mahesh@linux.ibm.com
>> [ Conflicts in arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h
>> because machine_check_early() has been refactored. ]
>> Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie at huawei.com>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h | 10 ++++++++++
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c | 14 +++++++++++---
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 2 ++
>> 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
>> index 8e5b7d0b851c..634970ce13c6 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/percpu.h
>> @@ -15,6 +15,16 @@
>> #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>> #endif /* __powerpc64__ */
>>
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
>> +#include <linux/jump_label.h>
>> +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__percpu_first_chunk_is_paged);
>> +
>> +#define percpu_first_chunk_is_paged \
>> + (static_key_enabled(&__percpu_first_chunk_is_paged.key))
>> +#else
>> +#define percpu_first_chunk_is_paged false
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 && CONFIG_SMP */
>> +
>> #include <asm-generic/percpu.h>
>>
>> #include <asm/paca.h>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
>> index 63702c0badb9..259343040e1b 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mce.c
>> @@ -594,8 +594,15 @@ long notrace machine_check_early(struct pt_regs *regs)
>> u8 ftrace_enabled = this_cpu_get_ftrace_enabled();
>>
>> this_cpu_set_ftrace_enabled(0);
>> - /* Do not use nmi_enter/exit for pseries hpte guest */
>> - if (radix_enabled() || !firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR))
>> + /*
>> + * Do not use nmi_enter/exit for pseries hpte guest
>> + *
>> + * Likewise, do not use it in real mode if percpu first chunk is not
>> + * embedded. With CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK enabled there
>> + * are chances where percpu allocation can come from vmalloc area.
>> + */
>> + if ((radix_enabled() || !firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR)) &&
>> + !percpu_first_chunk_is_paged)
>> nmi_enter();
>>
>> hv_nmi_check_nonrecoverable(regs);
>> @@ -606,7 +613,8 @@ long notrace machine_check_early(struct pt_regs *regs)
>> if (ppc_md.machine_check_early)
>> handled = ppc_md.machine_check_early(regs);
>>
>> - if (radix_enabled() || !firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR))
>> + if ((radix_enabled() || !firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR)) &&
>> + !percpu_first_chunk_is_paged)
>> nmi_exit();
>>
>> this_cpu_set_ftrace_enabled(ftrace_enabled);
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
>> index 3f8426bccd16..899d87de0165 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
>> @@ -824,6 +824,7 @@ static int pcpu_cpu_distance(unsigned int from, unsigned int to)
>>
>> unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_offset);
>> +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(__percpu_first_chunk_is_paged);
>>
>> static void __init pcpu_populate_pte(unsigned long addr)
>> {
>> @@ -903,6 +904,7 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
>> if (rc < 0)
>> panic("cannot initialize percpu area (err=%d)", rc);
>>
>> + static_key_enable(&__percpu_first_chunk_is_paged.key);
>> delta = (unsigned long)pcpu_base_addr - (unsigned long)__per_cpu_start;
>> for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
>> __per_cpu_offset[cpu] = delta + pcpu_unit_offsets[cpu];
>
> This looks reasonable to me, though I haven't tested it, I assume you
> have done so.
>
> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> (powerpc)
>
> cheers
>
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