[patch V4 01/12] ARM: uaccess: Implement missing __get_user_asm_dword()

Thomas Gleixner tglx at linutronix.de
Wed Oct 22 23:49:03 AEDT 2025


When CONFIG_CPU_SPECTRE=n then get_user() is missing the 8 byte ASM variant
for no real good reason. This prevents using get_user(u64) in generic code.

Implement it as a sequence of two 4-byte reads with LE/BE awareness and
make the unsigned long (or long long) type for the intermediate variable to
read into dependend on the the target type.

The __long_type() macro and idea was lifted from PowerPC. Thanks to
Christophe for pointing it out.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Cc: Russell King <linux at armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202509120155.pFgwfeUD-lkp@intel.com/
---
V2a: Solve the *ptr issue vs. unsigned long long - Russell/Christophe
V2: New patch to fix the 0-day fallout
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -283,10 +283,17 @@ extern int __put_user_8(void *, unsigned
 	__gu_err;							\
 })
 
+/*
+ * This is a type: either unsigned long, if the argument fits into
+ * that type, or otherwise unsigned long long.
+ */
+#define __long_type(x) \
+	__typeof__(__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(x) > sizeof(0UL), 0ULL, 0UL))
+
 #define __get_user_err(x, ptr, err, __t)				\
 do {									\
 	unsigned long __gu_addr = (unsigned long)(ptr);			\
-	unsigned long __gu_val;						\
+	__long_type(x) __gu_val;					\
 	unsigned int __ua_flags;					\
 	__chk_user_ptr(ptr);						\
 	might_fault();							\
@@ -295,6 +302,7 @@ do {									\
 	case 1:	__get_user_asm_byte(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break;	\
 	case 2:	__get_user_asm_half(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break;	\
 	case 4:	__get_user_asm_word(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break;	\
+	case 8:	__get_user_asm_dword(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break;	\
 	default: (__gu_val) = __get_user_bad();				\
 	}								\
 	uaccess_restore(__ua_flags);					\
@@ -353,6 +361,22 @@ do {									\
 #define __get_user_asm_word(x, addr, err, __t)			\
 	__get_user_asm(x, addr, err, "ldr" __t)
 
+#ifdef __ARMEB__
+#define __WORD0_OFFS	4
+#define __WORD1_OFFS	0
+#else
+#define __WORD0_OFFS	0
+#define __WORD1_OFFS	4
+#endif
+
+#define __get_user_asm_dword(x, addr, err, __t)				\
+	({								\
+	unsigned long __w0, __w1;					\
+	__get_user_asm(__w0, addr + __WORD0_OFFS, err, "ldr" __t);	\
+	__get_user_asm(__w1, addr + __WORD1_OFFS, err, "ldr" __t);	\
+	(x) = ((u64)__w1 << 32) | (u64) __w0;				\
+})
+
 #define __put_user_switch(x, ptr, __err, __fn)				\
 	do {								\
 		const __typeof__(*(ptr)) __user *__pu_ptr = (ptr);	\



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