Re: [PATCH] fs/proc/kcore: reinstate bounce buffer for KCORE_TEXT regions

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Tue Aug 01 2023 - 05:14:24 EST


On 31.07.23 23:50, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
Some architectures do not populate the entire range categorised by
KCORE_TEXT, so we must ensure that the kernel address we read from is
valid.

Unfortunately there is no solution currently available to do so with a
purely iterator solution so reinstate the bounce buffer in this instance so
we can use copy_from_kernel_nofault() in order to avoid page faults when
regions are unmapped.

This change partly reverts commit 2e1c0170771e ("fs/proc/kcore: avoid
bounce buffer for ktext data"), reinstating the bounce buffer, but adapts
the code to continue to use an iterator.

Fixes: 2e1c0170771e ("fs/proc/kcore: avoid bounce buffer for ktext data")
Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZHc2fm+9daF6cgCE@krava
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/kcore.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index 9cb32e1a78a0..3bc689038232 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ static void append_kcore_note(char *notes, size_t *i, const char *name,
static ssize_t read_kcore_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
{
+ struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
+ char *buf = file->private_data;
loff_t *fpos = &iocb->ki_pos;
size_t phdrs_offset, notes_offset, data_offset;
size_t page_offline_frozen = 1;
@@ -554,11 +556,22 @@ static ssize_t read_kcore_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
fallthrough;
case KCORE_VMEMMAP:
case KCORE_TEXT:
+ /*
+ * Sadly we must use a bounce buffer here to be able to
+ * make use of copy_from_kernel_nofault(), as these
+ * memory regions might not always be mapped on all
+ * architectures.
+ */
+ if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(buf, (void *)start, tsz)) {
+ if (iov_iter_zero(tsz, iter) != tsz) {
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ goto out;
+ }
/*
* We use _copy_to_iter() to bypass usermode hardening
* which would otherwise prevent this operation.
*/

Having a comment at this indentation level looks for the else case looks kind of weird.

(does that comment still apply?)


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Cheers,

David / dhildenb