The patch titled
futex: fix address computation in compat code
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
futex-fix-address-computation-in-compat-code.patch
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Subject: futex: fix address computation in compat code
From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
compat_exit_robust_list() computes a pointer to the futex entry in
userspace as follows:
(void __user *)entry + futex_offset
'entry' is a 'struct robust_list __user *', and
'futex_offset' is a 'compat_long_t' (typically a 's32').
Things explode if the 32-bit sign bit is set in futex_offset.
Type promotion sign extends futex_offset to a 64-bit value before adding it
to 'entry'.
This triggered a problem on sparc64 running 32-bit applications which would
lock up a cpu looping forever in the fault handling for the userspace load
in handle_futex_death().
Compat userspace runs with address masking (wherein the cpu zeros out the
top 32-bits of every effective address given to a memory operation
instruction) so the sparc64 fault handler accounts for this by zero'ing out
the top 32-bits of the fault address too.
Since the kernel properly uses the compat_uptr interfaces, kernel side
accesses to compat userspace work too since they will only use addresses
with the top 32-bit clear.
Because of this compat futex layer bug we get into the following loop
when executing the get_user() load near the top of handle_futex_death():
1) load from address '0xfffffffff7f16bd8', FAULT
2) fault handler clears upper 32-bits, processes fault
for address '0xf7f16bd8' which succeeds
3) goto #1
I want to thank Bernd Zeimetz, Josip Rodin, and Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
for their tireless efforts helping me track down this bug.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
kernel/futex_compat.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/futex_compat.c~futex-fix-address-computation-in-compat-code
kernel/futex_compat.c
--- a/kernel/futex_compat.c~futex-fix-address-computation-in-compat-code
+++ a/kernel/futex_compat.c
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ fetch_robust_entry(compat_uptr_t *uentry
return 0;
}
+static void __user *futex_uaddr(struct robust_list *entry,
+ compat_long_t futex_offset)
+{
+ compat_uptr_t base = ptr_to_compat(entry);
+ void __user *uaddr = compat_ptr(base + futex_offset);
+
+ return uaddr;
+}
+
/*
* Walk curr->robust_list (very carefully, it's a userspace list!)
* and mark any locks found there dead, and notify any waiters.
@@ -76,11 +85,13 @@ void compat_exit_robust_list(struct task
* A pending lock might already be on the list, so
* dont process it twice:
*/
- if (entry != pending)
- if (handle_futex_death((void __user *)entry +
futex_offset,
- curr, pi))
- return;
+ if (entry != pending) {
+ void __user *uaddr = futex_uaddr(entry,
+ futex_offset);
+ if (handle_futex_death(uaddr, curr, pi))
+ return;
+ }
if (rc)
return;
uentry = next_uentry;
@@ -94,9 +105,11 @@ void compat_exit_robust_list(struct task
cond_resched();
}
- if (pending)
- handle_futex_death((void __user *)pending + futex_offset,
- curr, pip);
+ if (pending) {
+ void __user *uaddr = futex_uaddr(pending, futex_offset);
+
+ handle_futex_death(uaddr, curr, pip);
+ }
}
asmlinkage long
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