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The PTE_MAYBE_NG macro sets the nG page table bit according to the value
of "arm64_use_ng_mappings". This variable is currently placed in the
.bss section. create_init_idmap() is called before the .bss section
initialisation which is done in early_map_kernel(). Therefore,
data/test_prot in create_init_idmap() could be set incorrectly through
the PAGE_KERNEL -> PROT_DEFAULT -> PTE_MAYBE_NG macros.
# llvm-objdump-21 --syms vmlinux-gcc | grep arm64_use_ng_mappings
ffff800082f242a8 g O .bss 0000000000000001 arm64_use_ng_mappings
The create_init_idmap() function disassembly compiled with llvm-21:
// create_init_idmap()
ffff80008255c058: d10103ff sub sp, sp, #0x40
ffff80008255c05c: a9017bfd stp x29, x30, [sp, #0x10]
ffff80008255c060: a90257f6 stp x22, x21, [sp, #0x20]
ffff80008255c064: a9034ff4 stp x20, x19, [sp, #0x30]
ffff80008255c068: 910043fd add x29, sp, #0x10
ffff80008255c06c: 90003fc8 adrp x8, 0xffff800082d54000
ffff80008255c070: d280e06a mov x10, #0x703 // =1795
ffff80008255c074: 91400409 add x9, x0, #0x1, lsl #12 // =0x1000
ffff80008255c078: 394a4108 ldrb w8, [x8, #0x290] ------------- (1)
ffff80008255c07c: f2e00d0a movk x10, #0x68, lsl #48
ffff80008255c080: f90007e9 str x9, [sp, #0x8]
ffff80008255c084: aa0103f3 mov x19, x1
ffff80008255c088: aa0003f4 mov x20, x0
ffff80008255c08c: 14000000 b 0xffff80008255c08c <__pi_create_init_idmap+0x34>
ffff80008255c090: aa082d56 orr x22, x10, x8, lsl #11 -------- (2)
Note (1) is loading the arm64_use_ng_mappings value in w8 and (2) is set
the text or data prot with the w8 value to set PTE_NG bit. If the .bss
section isn't initialized, x8 could include a garbage value and generate
an incorrect mapping.
Annotate arm64_use_ng_mappings as __read_mostly so that it is placed in
the .data section.
Fixes: 84b04d3 ("arm64: kernel: Create initial ID map from C code")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.9.x
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250502180412.3774883-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: use __read_mostly instead of __ro_after_init]
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: slight tweaking of the code comment]
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
(cherry picked from commit 363cd2b)
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The PTE_MAYBE_NG macro sets the nG page table bit according to the value of "arm64_use_ng_mappings". This variable is currently placed in the .bss section. create_init_idmap() is called before the .bss section initialisation which is done in early_map_kernel(). Therefore, data/test_prot in create_init_idmap() could be set incorrectly through the PAGE_KERNEL -> PROT_DEFAULT -> PTE_MAYBE_NG macros.
llvm-objdump-21 --syms vmlinux-gcc | grep arm64_use_ng_mappings
The create_init_idmap() function disassembly compiled with llvm-21:
// create_init_idmap()
ffff80008255c058: d10103ff sub sp, sp, #0x40
ffff80008255c05c: a9017bfd stp x29, x30, [sp, #0x10]
ffff80008255c060: a90257f6 stp x22, x21, [sp, #0x20]
ffff80008255c064: a9034ff4 stp x20, x19, [sp, #0x30]
ffff80008255c068: 910043fd add x29, sp, #0x10
ffff80008255c06c: 90003fc8 adrp x8, 0xffff800082d54000
ffff80008255c070: d280e06a mov x10, #0x703 // =1795
ffff80008255c074: 91400409 add x9, x0, #0x1, lsl #12 // =0x1000
ffff80008255c078: 394a4108 ldrb w8, [x8, #0x290] ------------- (1)
ffff80008255c07c: f2e00d0a movk x10, #0x68, lsl #48
ffff80008255c080: f90007e9 str x9, [sp, #0x8]
ffff80008255c084: aa0103f3 mov x19, x1
ffff80008255c088: aa0003f4 mov x20, x0
ffff80008255c08c: 14000000 b 0xffff80008255c08c <__pi_create_init_idmap+0x34>
ffff80008255c090: aa082d56 orr x22, x10, x8, lsl #11 -------- (2)
Note (1) is loading the arm64_use_ng_mappings value in w8 and (2) is set the text or data prot with the w8 value to set PTE_NG bit. If the .bss section isn't initialized, x8 could include a garbage value and generate an incorrect mapping.
Annotate arm64_use_ng_mappings as __read_mostly so that it is placed in the .data section.
Fixes: 84b04d3 ("arm64: kernel: Create initial ID map from C code")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.9.x
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor nathan@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250502180412.3774883-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: use __read_mostly instead of __ro_after_init]
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: slight tweaking of the code comment]
(cherry picked from commit 363cd2b)
This will make life easier for people (like me) compiling with LLVM. Note that given the release branch merged stables patches, this one is already included in there.