Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Track page table modifications in __apply_to_page_range()

From: Chris Wilson
Date: Fri Aug 21 2020 - 16:50:29 EST


Quoting Andrew Morton (2020-08-21 21:35:48)
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:37:46 +0200 Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The __apply_to_page_range() function is also used to change and/or
> > allocate page-table pages in the vmalloc area of the address space.
> > Make sure these changes get synchronized to other page-tables in the
> > system by calling arch_sync_kernel_mappings() when necessary.
>
> There's no description here of the user-visible effects of the bug.
> Please always provide this, especially when proposing a -stable
> backport. Take pity upon all the downstream kernel maintainers who are
> staring at this wondering whether they should risk adding it to their
> kernels.

The impact appears limited to x86-32, where apply_to_page_range may miss
updating the PMD. That leads to explosions in drivers like

[ 24.227844] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fe036000
[ 24.228076] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[ 24.228294] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
[ 24.228494] *pde = 00000000
[ 24.228640] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
[ 24.228788] CPU: 3 PID: 1300 Comm: gem_concurrent_ Not tainted 5.9.0-rc1+ #16
[ 24.228957] Hardware name: /NUC6i3SYB, BIOS SYSKLi35.86A.0024.2015.1027.2142 10/27/2015
[ 24.229297] EIP: __execlists_context_alloc+0x132/0x2d0 [i915]
[ 24.229462] Code: 31 d2 89 f0 e8 2f 55 02 00 89 45 e8 3d 00 f0 ff ff 0f 87 11 01 00 00 8b 4d e8 03 4b 30 b8 5a 5a 5a 5a ba 01 00 00 00 8d 79 04 <c7> 01 5a 5a 5a 5a c7 81 fc 0f 00 00 5a 5a 5a 5a 83 e7 fc 29 f9 81
[ 24.229759] EAX: 5a5a5a5a EBX: f60ca000 ECX: fe036000 EDX: 00000001
[ 24.229915] ESI: f43b7340 EDI: fe036004 EBP: f6389cb8 ESP: f6389c9c
[ 24.230072] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 24.230229] CR0: 80050033 CR2: fe036000 CR3: 2d361000 CR4: 001506d0
[ 24.230385] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
[ 24.230539] DR6: fffe0ff0 DR7: 00000400
[ 24.230675] Call Trace:
[ 24.230957] execlists_context_alloc+0x10/0x20 [i915]
[ 24.231266] intel_context_alloc_state+0x3f/0x70 [i915]
[ 24.231547] __intel_context_do_pin+0x117/0x170 [i915]
[ 24.231850] i915_gem_do_execbuffer+0xcc7/0x2500 [i915]
[ 24.232024] ? __kmalloc_track_caller+0x54/0x230
[ 24.232181] ? ktime_get+0x3e/0x120
[ 24.232333] ? dma_fence_signal+0x34/0x50
[ 24.232617] i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl+0xcd/0x1f0 [i915]
[ 24.232912] ? i915_gem_execbuffer_ioctl+0x2e0/0x2e0 [i915]
[ 24.233084] drm_ioctl_kernel+0x8f/0xd0
[ 24.233236] drm_ioctl+0x223/0x3d0
[ 24.233505] ? i915_gem_execbuffer_ioctl+0x2e0/0x2e0 [i915]
[ 24.233684] ? pick_next_task_fair+0x1b5/0x3d0
[ 24.233873] ? __switch_to_asm+0x36/0x50
[ 24.234021] ? drm_ioctl_kernel+0xd0/0xd0
[ 24.234167] __ia32_sys_ioctl+0x1ab/0x760
[ 24.234313] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0xe5/0x110
[ 24.234453] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x23/0x130
[ 24.234601] __do_fast_syscall_32+0x3f/0x70
[ 24.234744] do_fast_syscall_32+0x29/0x60
[ 24.234885] do_SYSENTER_32+0x15/0x20
[ 24.235021] entry_SYSENTER_32+0x9f/0xf2
[ 24.235157] EIP: 0xb7f28559
[ 24.235288] Code: 03 74 c0 01 10 05 03 74 b8 01 10 06 03 74 b4 01 10 07 03 74 b0 01 10 08 03 74 d8 01 00 00 00 00 00 51 52 55 89 e5 0f 34 cd 80 <5d> 5a 59 c3 90 90 90 90 8d 76 00 58 b8 77 00 00 00 cd 80 90 8d 76
[ 24.235576] EAX: ffffffda EBX: 00000005 ECX: c0406469 EDX: bf95556c
[ 24.235722] ESI: b7e68000 EDI: c0406469 EBP: 00000005 ESP: bf9554d8
[ 24.235869] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 007b EFLAGS: 00000296
[ 24.236018] Modules linked in: i915 x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel intel_cstate intel_uncore intel_gtt drm_kms_helper intel_pch_thermal video button autofs4 i2c_i801 i2c_smbus fan
[ 24.236336] CR2: 00000000fe036000

It looks like kasan, xen and i915 are vulnerable.
-Chris