If multiple threads in userspace keep changing the protection keys
mapping a range, there can be a scenario where kernel takes a key fault
but the pkey value found in the siginfo struct is a permissive one.
This can confuse the userspace as shown in the below test case.
/* use this to control the number of test iterations */
static void pkeyreg_set(int pkey, unsigned long rights)
{
unsigned long reg, shift;
shift = (NR_PKEYS - pkey - 1) * PKEY_BITS_PER_PKEY;
asm volatile("mfspr %0, 0xd" : "=r"(reg));
reg &= ~(((unsigned long) PKEY_BITS_MASK) << shift);
reg |= (rights & PKEY_BITS_MASK) << shift;
asm volatile("mtspr 0xd, %0" : : "r"(reg));
}
static unsigned long pkeyreg_get(void)
{
unsigned long reg;
asm volatile("mfspr %0, 0xd" : "=r"(reg));
return reg;
}
static int sys_pkey_mprotect(void *addr, size_t len, int prot, int pkey)
{
return syscall(SYS_pkey_mprotect, addr, len, prot, pkey);
}
static int sys_pkey_alloc(unsigned long flags, unsigned long access_rights)
{
return syscall(SYS_pkey_alloc, flags, access_rights);
}
static int sys_pkey_free(int pkey)
{
return syscall(SYS_pkey_free, pkey);
}
static int faulting_pkey;
static int permissive_pkey;
static pthread_barrier_t pkey_set_barrier;
static pthread_barrier_t mprotect_barrier;
static void pkey_handle_fault(int signum, siginfo_t *sinfo, void *ctx)
{
unsigned long pkeyreg;
/* FIXME: printf is not signal-safe but for the current purpose,
it gets the job done. */
printf("pkey: exp = %d, got = %d\n", faulting_pkey, sinfo->si_pkey);
fflush(stdout);
assert(sinfo->si_code == SEGV_PKUERR);
assert(sinfo->si_pkey == faulting_pkey);
/* clear pkey permissions to let the faulting instruction continue */
pkeyreg_set(faulting_pkey, 0x0);
}
static void *do_mprotect_fault(void *p)
{
unsigned long rights, pkeyreg, pgsize;
unsigned int i;
void *region;
int pkey;
srand(time(NULL));
pgsize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
rights = PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE;
region = p;
/* allocate key, no permissions */
assert((pkey = sys_pkey_alloc(0, PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS)) > 0);
pkeyreg_set(4, 0x0);
/* cache the pkey here as the faulting pkey for future reference
in the signal handler */
faulting_pkey = pkey;
printf("%s: faulting pkey = %d\n", __func__, faulting_pkey);
/* try to allocate, mprotect and free pkeys repeatedly */
for (i = 0; i < NUM_ITERATIONS; i++) {
/* sync up with the other thread here */
pthread_barrier_wait(&pkey_set_barrier);
/* make sure that the pkey used by the non-faulting thread
is made permissive for this thread's context too so that
no faults are triggered because it still might have been
set to a restrictive value */
// pkeyreg_set(permissive_pkey, 0x0);
/* sync up with the other thread here */
pthread_barrier_wait(&mprotect_barrier);
/* perform mprotect */
assert(!sys_pkey_mprotect(region, pgsize, PROT_READ |
PROT_WRITE, pkey));
/* choose a random byte from the protected region and
attempt to write to it, this will generate a fault */
*((char *) region + (rand() % pgsize)) = rand();
/* restore pkey permissions as the signal handler may have
cleared the bit out for the sake of continuing */
pkeyreg_set(pkey, PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE);
}
/* free pkey */
sys_pkey_free(pkey);
return NULL;
}
static void *do_mprotect_nofault(void *p)
{
unsigned long pgsize;
unsigned int i, j;
void *region;
int pkey;
pgsize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
region = p;
/* try to allocate, mprotect and free pkeys repeatedly */
for (i = 0; i < NUM_ITERATIONS; i++) {
/* allocate pkey, all permissions */
assert((pkey = sys_pkey_alloc(0, 0)) > 0);
permissive_pkey = pkey;
/* sync up with the other thread here */
pthread_barrier_wait(&pkey_set_barrier);
pthread_barrier_wait(&mprotect_barrier);
/* perform mprotect on the common page, no faults will
be triggered as this is most permissive */
assert(!sys_pkey_mprotect(region, pgsize, PROT_READ |
PROT_WRITE, pkey));
/* free pkey */
assert(!sys_pkey_free(pkey));
}
return NULL;
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
pthread_t fault_thread, nofault_thread;
unsigned long pgsize;
struct sigaction act;
pthread_attr_t attr;
cpu_set_t fault_cpuset, nofault_cpuset;
unsigned int i;
void *region;
/* allocate memory region to protect */
pgsize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
assert(region = memalign(pgsize, pgsize));
CPU_ZERO(&fault_cpuset);
CPU_SET(0, &fault_cpuset);
CPU_ZERO(&nofault_cpuset);
CPU_SET(8, &nofault_cpuset);
assert(!pthread_attr_init(&attr));
/* setup sigsegv signal handler */
act.sa_handler = 0;
act.sa_sigaction = pkey_handle_fault;
assert(!sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, 0, &act.sa_mask));
act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
act.sa_restorer = 0;
assert(!sigaction(SIGSEGV, &act, NULL));
/* setup barrier for the two threads */
pthread_barrier_init(&pkey_set_barrier, NULL, 2);
pthread_barrier_init(&mprotect_barrier, NULL, 2);
/* setup and start threads */
assert(!pthread_create(&fault_thread, &attr, &do_mprotect_fault,
region));
assert(!pthread_setaffinity_np(fault_thread, sizeof(cpu_set_t),
&fault_cpuset));
assert(!pthread_create(&nofault_thread, &attr, &do_mprotect_nofault,
region));
assert(!pthread_setaffinity_np(nofault_thread, sizeof(cpu_set_t),
&nofault_cpuset));
/* cleanup */
assert(!pthread_attr_destroy(&attr));
assert(!pthread_join(fault_thread, NULL));
assert(!pthread_join(nofault_thread, NULL));
assert(!pthread_barrier_destroy(&pkey_set_barrier));
assert(!pthread_barrier_destroy(&mprotect_barrier));
free(region);
puts("PASS");
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
The above test can result the below failure without this patch.
pkey: exp = 3, got = 3
pkey: exp = 3, got = 4
a.out: pkey-siginfo-race.c:100: pkey_handle_fault: Assertion `sinfo->si_pkey ==
faulting_pkey' failed.
Aborted
Check for vma access before considering this a key fault. If vma pkey allow
access retry the acess again.
Test case is written by Sandipan Das <sandi...@linux.ibm.com> hence added SOB
from him.
Cc: Ram Pai <linux...@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandi...@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 8e529e4708e1..44457bae77a0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -319,14 +319,6 @@ static bool bad_stack_expansion(struct pt_regs *regs,
unsigned long address,
static bool access_pkey_error(bool is_write, bool is_exec, bool is_pkey,
struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
- /*
- * Read or write was blocked by protection keys. This is
- * always an unconditional error and can never result in
- * a follow-up action to resolve the fault, like a COW.
- */
- if (is_pkey)
- return true;
-
/*
* Make sure to check the VMA so that we do not perform
* faults just to hit a pkey fault as soon as we fill in a
--
2.26.2
