[PATCH 1/4] uaccess: Add user_read_access_begin/end and user_write_access_begin/end

[Christophe Leroy]

Some architectures like powerpc64 have the capability to separate
read access and write access protection.
For get_user() and copy_from_user(), powerpc64 only open read access.
For put_user() and copy_to_user(), powerpc64 only open write access.
But when using unsafe_get_user() or unsafe_put_user(),
user_access_begin open both read and write.

In order to avoid any risk based of hacking some variable parameters
passed to user_access_begin/end that would allow hacking and
leaving user access open or opening too much, it is preferable to
use dedicated static functions that can't be overridden.

Add a user_read_access_begin and user_read_access_end to only open
read access.

Add a user_write_access_begin and user_write_access_end to only open
write access.

By default, when undefined, those new access helpers default on the
existing user_access_begin and user_access_end.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/uaccess.h | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
index 67f016010aad..9861c89f93be 100644
--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -378,6 +378,14 @@ extern long strnlen_unsafe_user(const void __user *unsafe_addr, long count);
 static inline unsigned long user_access_save(void) { return 0UL; }
 static inline void user_access_restore(unsigned long flags) { }
 #endif
+#ifndef user_write_access_begin
+#define user_write_access_begin user_access_begin
+#define user_write_access_end user_access_end
+#endif
+#ifndef user_read_access_begin
+#define user_read_access_begin user_access_begin
+#define user_read_access_end user_access_end
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY
 void usercopy_warn(const char *name, const char *detail, bool to_user,
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