[PATCH 5.16 115/121] x86/module: Fix the paravirt vs alternative order

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Mar 14 2022 - 08:34:49 EST


From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 5adf349439d29f92467e864f728dfc23180f3ef9 upstream.

Ever since commit

4e6292114c74 ("x86/paravirt: Add new features for paravirt patching")

there is an ordering dependency between patching paravirt ops and
patching alternatives, the module loader still violates this.

Fixes: 4e6292114c74 ("x86/paravirt: Add new features for paravirt patching")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220303112825.068773913@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/module.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
retpolines = s;
}

+ /*
+ * See alternative_instructions() for the ordering rules between the
+ * various patching types.
+ */
+ if (para) {
+ void *pseg = (void *)para->sh_addr;
+ apply_paravirt(pseg, pseg + para->sh_size);
+ }
if (retpolines) {
void *rseg = (void *)retpolines->sh_addr;
apply_retpolines(rseg, rseg + retpolines->sh_size);
@@ -290,11 +298,6 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
tseg, tseg + text->sh_size);
}

- if (para) {
- void *pseg = (void *)para->sh_addr;
- apply_paravirt(pseg, pseg + para->sh_size);
- }
-
/* make jump label nops */
jump_label_apply_nops(me);