Re: [PATCH][for-stable] arm64: set UXN on swapper page tables

From: Will Deacon
Date: Tue Aug 09 2022 - 04:33:47 EST


On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 03:23:55PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 01:53:21PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > From: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > [ This issue was fixed upstream by accident in c3cee924bd85 ("arm64:
> > head: cover entire kernel image in initial ID map") as part of a
> > large refactoring of the arm64 boot flow. This simple fix is therefore
> > preferred for -stable backporting ]
> >
> > On a system that implements FEAT_EPAN, read/write access to the idmap
> > is denied because UXN is not set on the swapper PTEs. As a result,
> > idmap_kpti_install_ng_mappings panics the kernel when accessing
> > __idmap_kpti_flag. Fix it by setting UXN on these PTEs.
> >
> > Fixes: 18107f8a2df6 ("arm64: Support execute-only permissions with Enhanced PAN")
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 5.15
> > Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/Ic452fa4b4f74753e54f71e61027e7222a0fae1b1
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220719234909.1398992-1-pcc@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/include/asm/kernel-pgtable.h | 4 ++--
> > arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> So this should be added to 5.15.y, 5.18.y, and 5.19.y? Or some subset?

Yes, all of them. Basically anything still being updated which is >= 5.15
and <= 5.19.

Thanks,

Will