[tip:x86/mm] x86/mm: Save debug registers when loading a temporary mm
From: tip-bot for Nadav Amit
Date: Tue Apr 30 2019 - 07:17:58 EST
Commit-ID: d97080ebed7811a53c931032a284166ee46b9565
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/d97080ebed7811a53c931032a284166ee46b9565
Author: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:11:24 -0700
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:37:50 +0200
x86/mm: Save debug registers when loading a temporary mm
Prevent user watchpoints from mistakenly firing while the temporary mm
is being used. As the addresses of the temporary mm might overlap those
of the user-process, this is necessary to prevent wrong signals or worse
things from happening.
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-5-namit@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 24dc3b810970..93dff1963337 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/paravirt.h>
#include <asm/mpx.h>
+#include <asm/debugreg.h>
extern atomic64_t last_mm_ctx_id;
@@ -380,6 +381,21 @@ static inline temp_mm_state_t use_temporary_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
temp_state.mm = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.loaded_mm);
switch_mm_irqs_off(NULL, mm, current);
+
+ /*
+ * If breakpoints are enabled, disable them while the temporary mm is
+ * used. Userspace might set up watchpoints on addresses that are used
+ * in the temporary mm, which would lead to wrong signals being sent or
+ * crashes.
+ *
+ * Note that breakpoints are not disabled selectively, which also causes
+ * kernel breakpoints (e.g., perf's) to be disabled. This might be
+ * undesirable, but still seems reasonable as the code that runs in the
+ * temporary mm should be short.
+ */
+ if (hw_breakpoint_active())
+ hw_breakpoint_disable();
+
return temp_state;
}
@@ -387,6 +403,13 @@ static inline void unuse_temporary_mm(temp_mm_state_t prev_state)
{
lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
switch_mm_irqs_off(NULL, prev_state.mm, current);
+
+ /*
+ * Restore the breakpoints if they were disabled before the temporary mm
+ * was loaded.
+ */
+ if (hw_breakpoint_active())
+ hw_breakpoint_restore();
}
#endif /* _ASM_X86_MMU_CONTEXT_H */