Re: [PATCH v4.9 STABLE] x86/fpu: Disable bottom halves while loading FPU registers

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Dec 21 2018 - 11:29:11 EST


On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 05:23:38PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> The sequence
>
> fpu->initialized = 1; /* step A */
> preempt_disable(); /* step B */
> fpu__restore(fpu);
> preempt_enable();
>
> in __fpu__restore_sig() is racy in regard to a context switch.
>
> For 32bit frames, __fpu__restore_sig() prepares the FPU state within
> fpu->state. To ensure that a context switch (switch_fpu_prepare() in
> particular) does not modify fpu->state it uses fpu__drop() which sets
> fpu->initialized to 0.
>
> After fpu->initialized is cleared, the CPU's FPU state is not saved
> to fpu->state during a context switch. The new state is loaded via
> fpu__restore(). It gets loaded into fpu->state from userland and
> ensured it is sane. fpu->initialized is then set to 1 in order to avoid
> fpu__initialize() doing anything (overwrite the new state) which is part
> of fpu__restore().
>
> A context switch between step A and B above would save CPU's current FPU
> registers to fpu->state and overwrite the newly prepared state. This
> looks like a tiny race window but the Kernel Test Robot reported this
> back in 2016 while we had lazy FPU support. Borislav Petkov made the
> link between that report and another patch that has been posted. Since
> the removal of the lazy FPU support, this race goes unnoticed because
> the warning has been removed.
>
> Disable bottom halves around the restore sequence to avoid the race. BH
> need to be disabled because BH is allowed to run (even with preemption
> disabled) and might invoke kernel_fpu_begin() by doing IPsec.
>
> [ bp: massage commit message a bit. ]
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kvm ML <kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: x86-ml <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181120102635.ddv3fvavxajjlfqk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160226074940.GA28911@xxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

What is the git commit id of this patch upstream?

thanks,

greg k-h