Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] s390/module: Use s390_kernel_write() for late relocations

[Miroslav Benes]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2020, Gerald Schaefer wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:46:05 -0500
> Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 05:21:26PM +0200, Gerald Schaefer wrote:
> > > > Sorry, just noticed this. Heiko will return next month, and I'm not
> > > > really familiar with s390 livepatching. Adding Vasily, he might
> > > > have some more insight.
> > > > 
> > > > So, I might be completely wrong here, but using s390_kernel_write()
> > > > for writing to anything other than 1:1 mapped kernel, should go
> > > > horribly wrong, as that runs w/o DAT. It would allow to bypass
> > > > DAT write protection, which I assume is why you want to use it,
> > > > but it should not work on module text section, as that would be
> > > > in vmalloc space and not 1:1 mapped kernel memory.
> > > > 
> > > > Not quite sure how to test / trigger this, did this really work for
> > > > you on s390?
> > > 
> > > OK, using s390_kernel_write() as default write function for module
> > > relocation seems to work fine for me, so apparently I am missing /
> > > mixing up something. Sorry for the noise, please ignore my concern.
> > 
> > Hi Gerald,
> > 
> > I think you were right.  Joe found the below panic with his klp-convert
> > tests.
> > 
> > Your test was probably the early module loading case (normal relocations
> > before write protection), rather than the late case.  Not sure why that
> > would work, but calling s390_kernel_write() late definitely seems to be
> > broken.
> > 
> > Is there some other way to write vmalloc'ed s390 text without using
> > module_disable_ro()?
> > 
> > [   50.294476] Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space
> > [   50.294479] Failing address: 000003ff8015b000 TEID: 000003ff8015b407
> > [   50.294480] Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE.
> > [   50.294483] AS:000000006cef0007 R3:000000007e2c4007 S:0000000003ccb800 P:0000 00000257321d
> > [   50.294557] Oops: 0004 ilc:3 [#1] SMP
> > [   50.294561] Modules linked in: test_klp_convert1(K+) test_klp_convert_mod ghash_s390 prng xts aes_s390 des_s390 libdes sha512_s390 vmur zcrypt_cex4 ip_tables xfs libcrc32c dasd_fba_mod qeth_l2 dasd_eckd_mod dasd_mod qeth lcs ctcm qdio cc
> > wgroup fsm dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod pkey zcrypt [last unloaded: test_klp_atomic_replace]
> > [   50.294576] CPU: 0 PID: 1743 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G              K   5.6.0 + #2
> > [   50.294579] Hardware name: IBM 2964 N96 400 (z/VM 6.4.0)
> > [   50.294583] Krnl PSW : 0704e00180000000 000000006bf6be0a (apply_rela+0x2ba/0x 4e0)
> > [   50.294589]            R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:2 PM:0 RI: 0 EA:3
> > [   50.294684] Krnl GPRS: 000003ff80147010 000003e0001b9588 000003ff8015c168 000 003ff8015b19a
> > [   50.294686]            000003ff8015b07c 0d10e310100a0004 000003ff80147010 000 00000000000a0
> > [   50.294687]            000003ff8015e588 000003ff8015e5e8 000003ff8015d300 000 0003b00000014
> > [   50.294698]            000000007a663000 000000006c6bbb80 000003e0009a7918 000 003e0009a78b8
> > [   50.294707] Krnl Code: 000000006bf6bdf8: e350d0080004        lg      %r5,8(%r 13)
> > [   50.294707]            000000006bf6bdfe: e34010080008        ag      %r4,8(%r 1)
> > [   50.294707]           #000000006bf6be04: e340a2000008        ag      %r4,512( %r10)
> > [   50.294707]           >000000006bf6be0a: e35040000024        stg     %r5,0(%r 4)
> > [   50.294707]            000000006bf6be10: c050007c6136        larl    %r5,0000 00006cef807c
> > [   50.294707]            000000006bf6be16: e35050000012        lt      %r5,0(%r 5)
> > [   50.294707]            000000006bf6be1c: a78400a6            brc     8,000000 006bf6bf68
> > [   50.294707]            000000006bf6be20: a55e07f1            llilh   %r5,2033
> > 01: HCPGSP2629I The virtual machine is placed in CP mode due to a SIGP stop from CPU 01.
> > 01: HCPGSP2629I The virtual machine is placed in CP mode due to a SIGP stop from CPU 00.
> > [   50.295369] Call Trace:
> > [   50.295372]  [<000000006bf6be0a>] apply_rela+0x2ba/0x4e0
> > [   50.295376]  [<000000006bf6c5c8>] apply_relocate_add+0xe0/0x138
> > [   50.295378]  [<000000006c0229a0>] klp_apply_section_relocs+0xe8/0x128
> > [   50.295380]  [<000000006c022b4c>] klp_apply_object_relocs+0x9c/0xd0
> > [   50.295382]  [<000000006c022bb0>] klp_init_object_loaded+0x30/0x138
> > [   50.295384]  [<000000006c023052>] klp_enable_patch+0x39a/0x870
> > [   50.295387]  [<000003ff8015b0da>] test_klp_convert_init+0x22/0x50 [test_klp_convert1]
> > [   50.295389]  [<000000006bf54838>] do_one_initcall+0x40/0x1f0
> > [   50.295391]  [<000000006c04d610>] do_init_module+0x70/0x280
> > [   50.295392]  [<000000006c05002a>] load_module+0x1aba/0x1d10
> > [   50.295394]  [<000000006c0504c4>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xa4/0xe8
> > [   50.295416]  [<000000006c6b5742>] system_call+0x2aa/0x2c8
> > [   50.295416] Last Breaking-Event-Address:
> > [   50.295418]  [<000000006c6b6aa0>] __s390_indirect_jump_r4+0x0/0xc
> > [   50.295421] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops
> > 
> 
> Hi Josh,
> 
> this is strange. While I would have expected an exception similar to
> this, it really should have happened on the "sturg" instruction which
> does the DAT-off store in s390_kernel_write(), and certainly not with
> an ID of 0004 (protection). However, in your case, it happens on a
> normal store instruction, with 0004 indicating a protection exception.
> 
> This is more like what I would expect e.g. in the case where you do
> _not_ use the s390_kernel_write() function for RO module text patching,
> but rather normal memory access. So I am pretty sure that this is not
> related to the s390_kernel_write(), but some other issue, maybe some
> place left where you still use normal memory access?

The call trace above also suggests that it is not a late relocation, no? 
The path is from KLP module init function through klp_enable_patch. It should 
mean that the to-be-patched object is loaded (it must be a module thanks 
to a check klp_init_object_loaded(), vmlinux relocations were processed 
earlier in apply_relocations()).

However, the KLP module state here must be COMING, so s390_kernel_write() 
should be used. What are we missing?

Joe, could you debug this a bit, please?
 
> There is also some good news. While thinking about how to use "sturg"
> for vmalloc addresses, I came up with the idea to use "lra" (load
> real address) before that. Then I found out that we already do exactly
> that in the inline assembly, so all should be fine. Well, maybe the
> comment for s390_kernel_write() could be improved...
> 
> Vasily also found out that we apparently already use s390_kernel_write()
> for module text, for alternatives, so I guess we can safely assume that
> it should work fine in principle.

Phew, okay. I noticed that s390_kernel_write() is called on a couple of 
places already (kprobes) and I wondered where the trick was.

Thanks
Miroslav