linux.git/fs/proc/kcore.c, branch v4.13

fs/proc: kcore: use kcore_list type to check for vmalloc/module address

2017-06-20T11:42:57+00:00

Instead of passing each start address into is_vmalloc_or_module_addr()
to decide whether it falls into either the VMALLOC or the MODULES region,
we can simply check the type field of the current kcore_list entry, since
it will be set to KCORE_VMALLOC based on exactly the same conditions.

As a bonus, when reading the KCORE_TEXT region on architectures that have
one, this will avoid using vread() on the region if it happens to intersect
with a KCORE_VMALLOC region. This is due the fact that the KCORE_TEXT
region is the first one to be added to the kcore region list.

Reported-by: Tan Xiaojun 
Tested-by: Tan Xiaojun 
Tested-by: Mark Rutland 
Acked-by: Mark Rutland 
Reviewed-by: Laura Abbott 
Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa 
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel 
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to

2017-03-02T07:42:35+00:00

We are going to split  out of , which
will have to be picked up from other headers and a couple of .c files.

Create a trivial placeholder  file that just
maps to  to make this patch obviously correct and
bisectable.

Include the new header in the files that are going to need it.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

/proc/kcore: update physical address for kcore ram and text

2017-02-28T02:43:45+00:00

Currently all the p_paddr of PT_LOAD headers are assigned to 0, which is
not true and could be misleading, since 0 is a valid physical address.

User space tools like makedumpfile needs to know physical address for
PT_LOAD segments of direct mapped regions.  Therefore this patch updates
paddr for such regions.  It also sets an invalid paddr (-1) for other
regions, so that user space tool can know whether a physical address
provided in PT_LOAD is correct or not.

I do not know why it was 0, which is a valid physical address.  But
certainly, it might break some user space tools, and those need to be
fixed.  For example, see following code from kexec-tools

kexec/kexec-elf.c:build_mem_phdrs()

                    if ((phdr->p_paddr + phdr->p_memsz) < phdr->p_paddr) {
                            /* The memory address wraps */
                            if (probe_debug) {
                                    fprintf(stderr, "ELF address wrap around\n");
                            }
                            return -1;
                    }

We do not need to perform above check for an invalid physical address.

I think, kexec-tools and makedumpfile will need fixup.  I already have
those fixup which will be sent upstream once this patch makes through.
Pro with this approach is that, it will help to calculate variable like
page_offset, phys_base from PT_LOAD even when they are randomized and
therefore will reduce many variable and version specific values in user
space tools.

Having an ASLR offset information can help to translate an identity
mapped virtual address to a physical address.  But that would be an
additional field in PT_LOAD header structure and an arch dependent
value.

Moreover, sending a valid physical address like 0 does not seem right.
So, IMHO it is better to fix that and send valid physical address when
available (identity mapped).

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/f951340d2917cdd2a329fae9837a83f2059dc3b2.1485318868.git.panand@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand 
Cc: Baoquan He 
Cc: Dave Young 
Cc: Dave Anderson 
Cc: Atsushi Kumagai 
Cc: Simon Horman 
Cc: Kees Cook 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Replace with globally

2016-12-24T19:46:01+00:00

This was entirely automated, using the script by Al:

  PATT='^[[:blank:]]*#[[:blank:]]*include[[:blank:]]*'
  sed -i -e "s!$PATT!#include !" \
        $(git grep -l "$PATT"|grep -v ^include/linux/uaccess.h)

to do the replacement at the end of the merge window.

Requested-by: Al Viro 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs/proc/kcore.c: Add bounce buffer for ktext data

2016-09-20T20:32:49+00:00

We hit hardened usercopy feature check for kernel text access by reading
kcore file:

  usercopy: kernel memory exposure attempt detected from ffffffff8179a01f () (4065 bytes)
  kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:75!

Bypassing this check for kcore by adding bounce buffer for ktext data.

Reported-by: Steve Best 
Fixes: f5509cc18daa ("mm: Hardened usercopy")
Suggested-by: Kees Cook 
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Acked-by: Kees Cook 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs/proc/kcore.c: Make bounce buffer global for read

2016-09-20T20:32:49+00:00

Next patch adds bounce buffer for ktext area, so it's
convenient to have single bounce buffer for both
vmalloc/module and ktext cases.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds 
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Acked-by: Kees Cook 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

wrappers for ->i_mutex access

2016-01-22T23:04:28+00:00

parallel to mutex_{lock,unlock,trylock,is_locked,lock_nested},
inode_foo(inode) being mutex_foo(&inode->i_mutex).

Please, use those for access to ->i_mutex; over the coming cycle
->i_mutex will become rwsem, with ->lookup() done with it held
only shared.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

x86/fpu, sched: Introduce CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT and use it on x86

2015-07-18T01:42:51+00:00

Don't burden architectures without dynamic task_struct sizing
with the overhead of dynamic sizing.

Also optimize the x86 code a bit by caching task_struct_size.

Acked-and-Tested-by: Dave Hansen 
Cc: Andy Lutomirski 
Cc: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: Brian Gerst 
Cc: Dave Hansen 
Cc: Denys Vlasenko 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Oleg Nesterov 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1437128892-9831-3-git-send-email-mingo@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86/fpu, sched: Dynamically allocate 'struct fpu'

2015-07-18T01:42:35+00:00

The FPU rewrite removed the dynamic allocations of 'struct fpu'.
But, this potentially wastes massive amounts of memory (2k per
task on systems that do not have AVX-512 for instance).

Instead of having a separate slab, this patch just appends the
space that we need to the 'task_struct' which we dynamically
allocate already.  This saves from doing an extra slab
allocation at fork().

The only real downside here is that we have to stick everything
and the end of the task_struct.  But, I think the
BUILD_BUG_ON()s I stuck in there should keep that from being too
fragile.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen 
Cc: Andy Lutomirski 
Cc: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: Brian Gerst 
Cc: Dave Hansen 
Cc: Denys Vlasenko 
Cc: H. Peter Anvin 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Oleg Nesterov 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1437128892-9831-2-git-send-email-mingo@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

fs/proc/kcore.c: don't add modules range to kcore if it's equal to vmcore range

2014-10-10T02:25:50+00:00

On some ARCHs modules range is eauql to vmalloc range. E.g on i686

	"#define MODULES_VADDR   VMALLOC_START"
	"#define MODULES_END     VMALLOC_END"

This will cause 2 duplicate program segments in /proc/kcore, and no flag
to indicate they are different.  This is confusing.  And usually people
who need check the elf header or read the content of kcore will check
memory ranges.  Two program segments which are the same are unnecessary.

So check if the modules range is equal to vmalloc range.  If so, just skip
adding the modules range.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He 
Cc: Xishi Qiu 
Cc: Paul Gortmaker 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds