Re: [PATCHv4] arm64: Handle el1 synchronous instruction aborts cleanly

From: Will Deacon
Date: Tue Aug 09 2016 - 09:24:29 EST


On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 05:35:34PM -0700, Laura Abbott wrote:
> Executing from a non-executable area gives an ugly message:
>
> lkdtm: Performing direct entry EXEC_RODATA
> lkdtm: attempting ok execution at ffff0000084c0e08
> lkdtm: attempting bad execution at ffff000008880700
> Bad mode in Synchronous Abort handler detected on CPU2, code 0x8400000e -- IABT (current EL)
> CPU: 2 PID: 998 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.7.0-rc2+ #13
> Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
> task: ffff800077e35780 ti: ffff800077970000 task.ti: ffff800077970000
> PC is at lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing+0x0/0x8
> LR is at execute_location+0x74/0x88
>
> The 'IABT (current EL)' indicates the error but it's a bit cryptic
> without knowledge of the ARM ARM. There is also no indication of the
> specific address which triggered the fault. The increase in kernel
> page permissions makes hitting this case more likely as well.
> Handling the case in the vectors gives a much more familiar looking
> error message:
>
> lkdtm: Performing direct entry EXEC_RODATA
> lkdtm: attempting ok execution at ffff0000084c0840
> lkdtm: attempting bad execution at ffff000008880680
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff000008880680
> pgd = ffff8000089b2000
> [ffff000008880680] *pgd=00000000489b4003, *pud=0000000048904003, *pmd=0000000000000000
> Internal error: Oops: 8400000e [#1] PREEMPT SMP
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 1 PID: 997 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.7.0-rc1+ #24
> Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
> task: ffff800077f9f080 ti: ffff800008a1c000 task.ti: ffff800008a1c000
> PC is at lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing+0x0/0x8
> LR is at execute_location+0x74/0x88
>
> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4: Rebased to master, extra error message to indicate execution of userspace
> memory
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> index 96e4a2b..bdfadef 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> @@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ el1_sync:
> lsr x24, x1, #ESR_ELx_EC_SHIFT // exception class
> cmp x24, #ESR_ELx_EC_DABT_CUR // data abort in EL1
> b.eq el1_da
> + cmp x24, #ESR_ELx_EC_IABT_CUR // instruction abort in EL1
> + b.eq el1_ia
> cmp x24, #ESR_ELx_EC_SYS64 // configurable trap
> b.eq el1_undef
> cmp x24, #ESR_ELx_EC_SP_ALIGN // stack alignment exception
> @@ -364,6 +366,22 @@ el1_sync:
> cmp x24, #ESR_ELx_EC_BREAKPT_CUR // debug exception in EL1
> b.ge el1_dbg
> b el1_inv
> +el1_ia:
> + /*
> + * Instruction abort handling
> + */
> + mrs x0, far_el1
> + enable_dbg
> + // re-enable interrupts if they were enabled in the aborted context
> + tbnz x23, #7, 1f // PSR_I_BIT
> + enable_irq
> +1:
> + mov x2, sp // struct pt_regs
> + bl do_mem_abort
> +
> + // disable interrupts before pulling preserved data off the stack
> + disable_irq
> + kernel_exit 1

This looks identical to the el1_da code immediately below. Can we not
just have a fallthrough?

Will