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#0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

See https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2689835.html for details.

---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +4 -0
index 6a7a77929a8c..936672f71139 100644
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
 	 * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
 	 */
 	flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	/* If CPU doesn't support NX, don't set it. */
+        if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
+
 
 	for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);
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#1 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/1 kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

See https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2689835.html for details.

---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -0
index 6a7a77929a8c..8af98513d36c 100644
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
 	 * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
 	 */
 	flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
 	for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);
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#2 lore raw
In reply to Lepton Wu
Quoted 6 lines · Lepton Wu

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

See https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2689835.html for details.

You might want to use

instead.

Quoted 10 lines
---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +0 -0
index 6a7a77929a8c..936672f71139 100644

arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size, · line 202

Quoted 5 lines
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -0
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
         * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
         */
        flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+       /* If CPU doesn't support NX, don't set it. */
+        if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))

This line has spaces instead of a tab at the beginning of the line, resulting in a checkpatch error.

Otherwise feel free to add

to the next version. Thanks a lot for tracking this down!

Guenter

Quoted 8 lines
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -1
+               flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
+
 
        for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
                target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);
--

2.16.0.rc1.238.g530d649a79-goog

author
#3 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/1 kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

In reply to Lepton Wu

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -0
index 6a7a77929a8c..8af98513d36c 100644
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
 	 * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
 	 */
 	flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
 	for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);
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#4 lore raw
Quoted 7 lines · Lepton Wu

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

Hint: You might want to version your patches; otherwise it is difficult for the maintainer(s) to find the latest version.

Note that the fix probably also applies to v4.9 as well as to older stable kernels.

Guenter

Quoted 20 lines
---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -1
index 6a7a77929a8c..8af98513d36c 100644
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
         * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
         */
        flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+       if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+               flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
        for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
                target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);
--

2.16.0.rc1.238.g530d649a79-goog

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#5 lore raw

The last version is "V4" and I added it in subject.

Quoted 39 lines · Guenter Roeck
Quoted 7 lines · Lepton Wu

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

Hint: You might want to version your patches; otherwise it is difficult for the maintainer(s) to find the latest version.

Note that the fix probably also applies to v4.9 as well as to older stable kernels.

Guenter

Quoted 20 lines
---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -1
index 6a7a77929a8c..8af98513d36c 100644
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
         * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
         */
        flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+       if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+               flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
        for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
                target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);
--

2.16.0.rc1.238.g530d649a79-goog

author
#6 lore raw

FYI, this patch also clean applied to 4.9.y tree. I guess I don't need to send another one to 4.9 tree. Just applied it to 4.9 should be fine.

Quoted 42 lines · lepton

The last version is "V4" and I added it in subject.

Quoted 39 lines · Guenter Roeck
Quoted 7 lines · Lepton Wu

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

Hint: You might want to version your patches; otherwise it is difficult for the maintainer(s) to find the latest version.

Note that the fix probably also applies to v4.9 as well as to older stable kernels.

Guenter

Quoted 20 lines
---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -1
index 6a7a77929a8c..8af98513d36c 100644
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
         * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
         */
        flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+       if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+               flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
        for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
                target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);
--

2.16.0.rc1.238.g530d649a79-goog

#7 lore raw
Quoted 3 lines · lepton

FYI, this patch also clean applied to 4.9.y tree. I guess I don't need to send another one to 4.9 tree. Just applied it to 4.9 should be fine.

Now queued up to both 4.9 and 4.4 trees, many thanks for this.

greg k-h

author
#8 lore raw

FYI, I did a quick test for other recent updated linux-stable-rc tree, it seems we also backport kaiser patch to 3.2.y and 3.16.y tree (but not 3.18.y tree, why?),

3.2.y and 3.16.y has same issue, to fix it, these 2 branches also need this patch. (it can clean apply).

They also need another earlier patch which has been merged to 4.4/4.9:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git/commit/?h=linux-4.4.y&id=b33c3c64c4786cd724ccde6fa97c87ada49f6a73

Quoted 8 lines · Greg Kroah-Hartman
Quoted 3 lines · lepton

FYI, this patch also clean applied to 4.9.y tree. I guess I don't need to send another one to 4.9 tree. Just applied it to 4.9 should be fine.

Now queued up to both 4.9 and 4.4 trees, many thanks for this.

greg k-h

#9 lore raw
Quoted 3 lines · lepton

FYI, I did a quick test for other recent updated linux-stable-rc tree, it seems we also backport kaiser patch to 3.2.y and 3.16.y tree (but not 3.18.y tree, why?),

Because I don't want to :)

Seriously, the only people relying on 3.18 already picked the fixes up from some other tree (i.e. the android-common tree), and I don't want to do the x86 backport as it would be a mess and take up too much of my time for absolutely no users.

thanks,

greg k-h

#10 lore raw

PATCH 1/2 kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

In reply to lepton

From: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>

This resolves a crash if loaded under qemu + haxm under windows. See https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2689835.html for details. Here is a boot log (the log is from chromeos-4.4, but Tao Wu says that the same log is also seen with vanilla v4.4.110-rc1).

[    0.712750] Freeing unused kernel memory: 552K
[    0.721821] init: Corrupted page table at address 57b029b332e0
[    0.722761] PGD 80000000bb238067 PUD bc36a067 PMD bc369067 PTE 45d2067
[    0.722761] Bad pagetable: 000b [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[    0.722761] Modules linked in:
[    0.722761] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 4.4.96 #31
[    0.722761] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
rel-1.7.5.1-0-g8936dbb-20141113_115728-nilsson.home.kraxel.org 04/01/2014
[    0.722761] task: ffff8800bc290000 ti: ffff8800bc28c000 task.ti: ffff8800bc28c000
[    0.722761] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff83f4129e>]  [<ffffffff83f4129e>] __clear_user+0x42/0x67
[    0.722761] RSP: 0000:ffff8800bc28fcf8  EFLAGS: 00010202
[    0.722761] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000000001a4 RCX: 00000000000001a4
[    0.722761] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 000057b029b332e0
[    0.722761] RBP: ffff8800bc28fd08 R08: ffff8800bc290000 R09: ffff8800bb2f4000
[    0.722761] R10: ffff8800bc290000 R11: ffff8800bb2f4000 R12: 000057b029b332e0
[    0.722761] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000057b029b33340 R15: ffff8800bb1e2a00
[    0.722761] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8800bfb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    0.722761] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[    0.722761] CR2: 000057b029b332e0 CR3: 00000000bb2f8000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[    0.722761] Stack:
[    0.722761]  000057b029b332e0 ffff8800bb95fa80 ffff8800bc28fd18 ffffffff83f4120c
[    0.722761]  ffff8800bc28fe18 ffffffff83e9e7a1 ffff8800bc28fd68 0000000000000000
[    0.722761]  ffff8800bc290000 ffff8800bc290000 ffff8800bc290000 ffff8800bc290000
[    0.722761] Call Trace:
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83f4120c>] clear_user+0x2e/0x30
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83e9e7a1>] load_elf_binary+0xa7f/0x18f7
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83de2088>] search_binary_handler+0x86/0x19c
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83de389e>] do_execveat_common.isra.26+0x909/0xf98
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83de40be>] do_execve+0x23/0x25
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83c002e3>] run_init_process+0x2b/0x2d
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff844fec4d>] kernel_init+0x6d/0xda
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff84505b2f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.722761] Code: 86 84 be 12 00 00 00 e8 87 0d e8 ff 66 66 90 48 89 d8 48 c1
eb 03 4c 89 e7 83 e0 07 48 89 d9 be 08 00 00 00 31 d2 48 85 c9 74 0a <48> 89 17
48 01 f7 ff c9 75 f6 48 89 c1 85 c9 74 09 88 17 48 ff
[    0.722761] RIP  [<ffffffff83f4129e>] __clear_user+0x42/0x67
[    0.722761]  RSP <ffff8800bc28fcf8>
[    0.722761] ---[ end trace def703879b4ff090 ]---
[    0.722761] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at /mnt/host/source/src/third_party/kernel/v4.4/kernel/locking/rwsem.c:21
[    0.722761] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 1, pid: 1, name: init
[    0.722761] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: init Tainted: G      D         4.4.96 #31
[    0.722761] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.7.5.1-0-g8936dbb-20141113_115728-nilsson.home.kraxel.org 04/01/2014
[    0.722761]  0000000000000086 dcb5d76098c89836 ffff8800bc28fa30 ffffffff83f34004
[    0.722761]  ffffffff84839dc2 0000000000000015 ffff8800bc28fa40 ffffffff83d57dc9
[    0.722761]  ffff8800bc28fa68 ffffffff83d57e6a ffffffff84a53640 0000000000000000
[    0.722761] Call Trace:
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83f34004>] dump_stack+0x4d/0x63
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83d57dc9>] ___might_sleep+0x13a/0x13c
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83d57e6a>] __might_sleep+0x9f/0xa6
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff84502788>] down_read+0x20/0x31
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83cc5d9b>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x35/0x63
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83cc5ddd>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
[    0.800374] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83cefe97>] profile_task_exit+0x1a/0x1c
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83cac84e>] do_exit+0x39/0xe7f
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83ce5938>] ? vprintk_default+0x1d/0x1f
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83d7bb95>] ? printk+0x57/0x73
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83c46e25>] oops_end+0x80/0x85
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83c7b747>] pgtable_bad+0x8a/0x95
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83ca7f4a>] __do_page_fault+0x8c/0x352
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83eefba5>] ? file_has_perm+0xc4/0xe5
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83ca821c>] do_page_fault+0xc/0xe
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff84507682>] page_fault+0x22/0x30
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83f4129e>] ? __clear_user+0x42/0x67
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83f4127f>] ? __clear_user+0x23/0x67
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83f4120c>] clear_user+0x2e/0x30
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83e9e7a1>] load_elf_binary+0xa7f/0x18f7
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83de2088>] search_binary_handler+0x86/0x19c
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83de389e>] do_execveat_common.isra.26+0x909/0xf98
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83de40be>] do_execve+0x23/0x25
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83c002e3>] run_init_process+0x2b/0x2d
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff844fec4d>] kernel_init+0x6d/0xda
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff84505b2f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.830559] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!  exitcode=0x00000009
[    0.830559]
[    0.831305] Kernel Offset: 0x2c00000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[    0.831305] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!  exitcode=0x00000009

The crash part of this problem may be solved with the following patch (thanks to Hugh for the hint). There is still another problem, though - with this patch applied, the qemu session aborts with "VCPU Shutdown request", whatever that means.

Cc lepton <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit b33c3c64c4786cd724ccde6fa97c87ada49f6a73 linux-4.4.y)
---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -1
index a95acd4c71fa..8c95caecd330 100644
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ pgd_t kaiser_set_shadow_pgd(pgd_t *pgdp, pgd_t pgd)
 			 * get out to userspace running on the kernel CR3,
 			 * userspace will crash instead of running.
 			 */
-			pgd.pgd |= _PAGE_NX;
+			if (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)
+				pgd.pgd |= _PAGE_NX;
 		}
 	} else if (!pgd.pgd) {
 		/*
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#11 lore raw

PATCH 2/2 kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

From: Lepton Wu <[email protected]>

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

(backported from Greg K-H's 4.4 stable-queue)

---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -0
index 8c95caecd330..b6c645ec4906 100644
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
 	 * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
 	 */
 	flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
 	if (flags & _PAGE_USER)
 		BUG_ON(address < FIXADDR_START || end_addr >= FIXADDR_TOP);
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author
#12 lore raw

PATCH v4 1/1 kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

In reply to Lepton Wu

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -0
index 6a7a77929a8c..8af98513d36c 100644
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
 	 * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
 	 */
 	flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
 	for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);
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maintainer Applied
#13 lore raw

Patch "kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
kaiser-set-_page_nx-only-if-supported.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

Quoted 1 line

From [email protected] Sat Jan 13 15:46:36 2018

From: Lepton Wu <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:42:56 -0800
Subject: kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Lepton Wu <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

From: Lepton Wu <[email protected]>

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -0
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const voi
 	 * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
 	 */
 	flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
 	for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.4/kaiser-set-_page_nx-only-if-supported.patch

maintainer Applied
#14 lore raw

Patch "kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

In reply to Lepton Wu

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
kaiser-set-_page_nx-only-if-supported.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

Quoted 1 line

From [email protected] Sat Jan 13 15:46:36 2018

From: Lepton Wu <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:42:56 -0800
Subject: kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Lepton Wu <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

From: Lepton Wu <[email protected]>

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -0
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const voi
 	 * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
 	 */
 	flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
 	for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.9/kaiser-set-_page_nx-only-if-supported.patch

#15 lore raw

PATCH 1/2 kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

From: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>

This resolves a crash if loaded under qemu + haxm under windows. See https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2689835.html for details. Here is a boot log (the log is from chromeos-4.4, but Tao Wu says that the same log is also seen with vanilla v4.4.110-rc1).

[    0.712750] Freeing unused kernel memory: 552K
[    0.721821] init: Corrupted page table at address 57b029b332e0
[    0.722761] PGD 80000000bb238067 PUD bc36a067 PMD bc369067 PTE 45d2067
[    0.722761] Bad pagetable: 000b [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[    0.722761] Modules linked in:
[    0.722761] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 4.4.96 #31
[    0.722761] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
rel-1.7.5.1-0-g8936dbb-20141113_115728-nilsson.home.kraxel.org 04/01/2014
[    0.722761] task: ffff8800bc290000 ti: ffff8800bc28c000 task.ti: ffff8800bc28c000
[    0.722761] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff83f4129e>]  [<ffffffff83f4129e>] __clear_user+0x42/0x67
[    0.722761] RSP: 0000:ffff8800bc28fcf8  EFLAGS: 00010202
[    0.722761] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000000001a4 RCX: 00000000000001a4
[    0.722761] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 000057b029b332e0
[    0.722761] RBP: ffff8800bc28fd08 R08: ffff8800bc290000 R09: ffff8800bb2f4000
[    0.722761] R10: ffff8800bc290000 R11: ffff8800bb2f4000 R12: 000057b029b332e0
[    0.722761] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000057b029b33340 R15: ffff8800bb1e2a00
[    0.722761] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8800bfb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    0.722761] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[    0.722761] CR2: 000057b029b332e0 CR3: 00000000bb2f8000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[    0.722761] Stack:
[    0.722761]  000057b029b332e0 ffff8800bb95fa80 ffff8800bc28fd18 ffffffff83f4120c
[    0.722761]  ffff8800bc28fe18 ffffffff83e9e7a1 ffff8800bc28fd68 0000000000000000
[    0.722761]  ffff8800bc290000 ffff8800bc290000 ffff8800bc290000 ffff8800bc290000
[    0.722761] Call Trace:
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83f4120c>] clear_user+0x2e/0x30
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83e9e7a1>] load_elf_binary+0xa7f/0x18f7
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83de2088>] search_binary_handler+0x86/0x19c
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83de389e>] do_execveat_common.isra.26+0x909/0xf98
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83de40be>] do_execve+0x23/0x25
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83c002e3>] run_init_process+0x2b/0x2d
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff844fec4d>] kernel_init+0x6d/0xda
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff84505b2f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.722761] Code: 86 84 be 12 00 00 00 e8 87 0d e8 ff 66 66 90 48 89 d8 48 c1
eb 03 4c 89 e7 83 e0 07 48 89 d9 be 08 00 00 00 31 d2 48 85 c9 74 0a <48> 89 17
48 01 f7 ff c9 75 f6 48 89 c1 85 c9 74 09 88 17 48 ff
[    0.722761] RIP  [<ffffffff83f4129e>] __clear_user+0x42/0x67
[    0.722761]  RSP <ffff8800bc28fcf8>
[    0.722761] ---[ end trace def703879b4ff090 ]---
[    0.722761] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at /mnt/host/source/src/third_party/kernel/v4.4/kernel/locking/rwsem.c:21
[    0.722761] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 1, pid: 1, name: init
[    0.722761] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: init Tainted: G      D         4.4.96 #31
[    0.722761] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.7.5.1-0-g8936dbb-20141113_115728-nilsson.home.kraxel.org 04/01/2014
[    0.722761]  0000000000000086 dcb5d76098c89836 ffff8800bc28fa30 ffffffff83f34004
[    0.722761]  ffffffff84839dc2 0000000000000015 ffff8800bc28fa40 ffffffff83d57dc9
[    0.722761]  ffff8800bc28fa68 ffffffff83d57e6a ffffffff84a53640 0000000000000000
[    0.722761] Call Trace:
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83f34004>] dump_stack+0x4d/0x63
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83d57dc9>] ___might_sleep+0x13a/0x13c
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83d57e6a>] __might_sleep+0x9f/0xa6
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff84502788>] down_read+0x20/0x31
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83cc5d9b>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x35/0x63
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83cc5ddd>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
[    0.800374] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83cefe97>] profile_task_exit+0x1a/0x1c
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83cac84e>] do_exit+0x39/0xe7f
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83ce5938>] ? vprintk_default+0x1d/0x1f
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83d7bb95>] ? printk+0x57/0x73
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83c46e25>] oops_end+0x80/0x85
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83c7b747>] pgtable_bad+0x8a/0x95
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83ca7f4a>] __do_page_fault+0x8c/0x352
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83eefba5>] ? file_has_perm+0xc4/0xe5
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83ca821c>] do_page_fault+0xc/0xe
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff84507682>] page_fault+0x22/0x30
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83f4129e>] ? __clear_user+0x42/0x67
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83f4127f>] ? __clear_user+0x23/0x67
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83f4120c>] clear_user+0x2e/0x30
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83e9e7a1>] load_elf_binary+0xa7f/0x18f7
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83de2088>] search_binary_handler+0x86/0x19c
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83de389e>] do_execveat_common.isra.26+0x909/0xf98
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83de40be>] do_execve+0x23/0x25
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83c002e3>] run_init_process+0x2b/0x2d
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff844fec4d>] kernel_init+0x6d/0xda
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff84505b2f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.830559] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!  exitcode=0x00000009
[    0.830559]
[    0.831305] Kernel Offset: 0x2c00000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[    0.831305] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!  exitcode=0x00000009

The crash part of this problem may be solved with the following patch (thanks to Hugh for the hint). There is still another problem, though - with this patch applied, the qemu session aborts with "VCPU Shutdown request", whatever that means.

Cc lepton <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit b33c3c64c4786cd724ccde6fa97c87ada49f6a73 linux-4.4.y)
---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -1
index 8d1019d176e2..2d5ac54dbcee 100644
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ pgd_t kaiser_set_shadow_pgd(pgd_t *pgdp, pgd_t pgd)
 			 * get out to userspace running on the kernel CR3,
 			 * userspace will crash instead of running.
 			 */
-			pgd.pgd |= _PAGE_NX;
+			if (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)
+				pgd.pgd |= _PAGE_NX;
 		}
 	} else if (!pgd.pgd) {
 		/*
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#16 lore raw

PATCH 2/2 kaiser: Set _PAGE_NX only if supported

From: Lepton Wu <[email protected]>

This finally resolve crash if loaded under qemu + haxm. Haitao Shan pointed out that the reason of that crash is that NX bit get set for page tables. It seems we missed checking if _PAGE_NX is supported in kaiser_add_user_map

(backported from Greg K-H's 4.4 stable-queue)

---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -0
index 2d5ac54dbcee..7cb57d14ddc0 100644
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ static int kaiser_add_user_map(const void *__start_addr, unsigned long size,
 	 * requires that not to be #defined to 0): so mask it off here.
 	 */
 	flags &= ~_PAGE_GLOBAL;
+	if (!(__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX))
+		flags &= ~_PAGE_NX;
 
 	for (; address < end_addr; address += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		target_address = get_pa_from_mapping(address);
Signature · 1 line
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#17 lore raw
In reply to Juerg Haefliger
Quoted 6 lines · Juerg Haefliger

From: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>

This resolves a crash if loaded under qemu + haxm under windows. See https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2689835.html for details. Here is a boot log (the log is from chromeos-4.4, but Tao Wu says that the same log is also seen with vanilla v4.4.110-rc1).

Thanks, I've queued up these two patches for both 3.2 and 3.16.

Ben.

Quoted 110 lines
[    0.712750] Freeing unused kernel memory: 552K
[    0.721821] init: Corrupted page table at address 57b029b332e0
[    0.722761] PGD 80000000bb238067 PUD bc36a067 PMD bc369067 PTE 45d2067
[    0.722761] Bad pagetable: 000b [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[    0.722761] Modules linked in:
[    0.722761] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 4.4.96 #31
[    0.722761] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
rel-1.7.5.1-0-g8936dbb-20141113_115728-nilsson.home.kraxel.org 04/01/2014
[    0.722761] task: ffff8800bc290000 ti: ffff8800bc28c000 task.ti: ffff8800bc28c000
[    0.722761] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff83f4129e>]  [<ffffffff83f4129e>] __clear_user+0x42/0x67
[    0.722761] RSP: 0000:ffff8800bc28fcf8  EFLAGS: 00010202
[    0.722761] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000000001a4 RCX: 00000000000001a4
[    0.722761] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 000057b029b332e0
[    0.722761] RBP: ffff8800bc28fd08 R08: ffff8800bc290000 R09: ffff8800bb2f4000
[    0.722761] R10: ffff8800bc290000 R11: ffff8800bb2f4000 R12: 000057b029b332e0
[    0.722761] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000057b029b33340 R15: ffff8800bb1e2a00
[    0.722761] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8800bfb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    0.722761] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[    0.722761] CR2: 000057b029b332e0 CR3: 00000000bb2f8000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[    0.722761] Stack:
[    0.722761]  000057b029b332e0 ffff8800bb95fa80 ffff8800bc28fd18 ffffffff83f4120c
[    0.722761]  ffff8800bc28fe18 ffffffff83e9e7a1 ffff8800bc28fd68 0000000000000000
[    0.722761]  ffff8800bc290000 ffff8800bc290000 ffff8800bc290000 ffff8800bc290000
[    0.722761] Call Trace:
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83f4120c>] clear_user+0x2e/0x30
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83e9e7a1>] load_elf_binary+0xa7f/0x18f7
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83de2088>] search_binary_handler+0x86/0x19c
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83de389e>] do_execveat_common.isra.26+0x909/0xf98
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83de40be>] do_execve+0x23/0x25
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83c002e3>] run_init_process+0x2b/0x2d
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff844fec4d>] kernel_init+0x6d/0xda
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff84505b2f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.722761] Code: 86 84 be 12 00 00 00 e8 87 0d e8 ff 66 66 90 48 89 d8 48 c1
eb 03 4c 89 e7 83 e0 07 48 89 d9 be 08 00 00 00 31 d2 48 85 c9 74 0a <48> 89 17
48 01 f7 ff c9 75 f6 48 89 c1 85 c9 74 09 88 17 48 ff
[    0.722761] RIP  [<ffffffff83f4129e>] __clear_user+0x42/0x67
[    0.722761]  RSP <ffff8800bc28fcf8>
[    0.722761] ---[ end trace def703879b4ff090 ]---
[    0.722761] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at /mnt/host/source/src/third_party/kernel/v4.4/kernel/locking/rwsem.c:21
[    0.722761] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 1, pid: 1, name: init
[    0.722761] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: init Tainted: G      D         4.4.96 #31
[    0.722761] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.7.5.1-0-g8936dbb-20141113_115728-nilsson.home.kraxel.org 04/01/2014
[    0.722761]  0000000000000086 dcb5d76098c89836 ffff8800bc28fa30 ffffffff83f34004
[    0.722761]  ffffffff84839dc2 0000000000000015 ffff8800bc28fa40 ffffffff83d57dc9
[    0.722761]  ffff8800bc28fa68 ffffffff83d57e6a ffffffff84a53640 0000000000000000
[    0.722761] Call Trace:
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83f34004>] dump_stack+0x4d/0x63
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83d57dc9>] ___might_sleep+0x13a/0x13c
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83d57e6a>] __might_sleep+0x9f/0xa6
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff84502788>] down_read+0x20/0x31
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83cc5d9b>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x35/0x63
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83cc5ddd>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
[    0.800374] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[    0.722761]  [<ffffffff83cefe97>] profile_task_exit+0x1a/0x1c
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83cac84e>] do_exit+0x39/0xe7f
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83ce5938>] ? vprintk_default+0x1d/0x1f
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83d7bb95>] ? printk+0x57/0x73
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83c46e25>] oops_end+0x80/0x85
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83c7b747>] pgtable_bad+0x8a/0x95
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83ca7f4a>] __do_page_fault+0x8c/0x352
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83eefba5>] ? file_has_perm+0xc4/0xe5
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83ca821c>] do_page_fault+0xc/0xe
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff84507682>] page_fault+0x22/0x30
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83f4129e>] ? __clear_user+0x42/0x67
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83f4127f>] ? __clear_user+0x23/0x67
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83f4120c>] clear_user+0x2e/0x30
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83e9e7a1>] load_elf_binary+0xa7f/0x18f7
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83de2088>] search_binary_handler+0x86/0x19c
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83de389e>] do_execveat_common.isra.26+0x909/0xf98
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83de40be>] do_execve+0x23/0x25
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff83c002e3>] run_init_process+0x2b/0x2d
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff844fec4d>] kernel_init+0x6d/0xda
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff84505b2f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
[    0.802309]  [<ffffffff844febe0>] ? rest_init+0x87/0x87
[    0.830559] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!  exitcode=0x00000009
[    0.830559]
[    0.831305] Kernel Offset: 0x2c00000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
[    0.831305] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!  exitcode=0x00000009

The crash part of this problem may be solved with the following patch (thanks to Hugh for the hint). There is still another problem, though - with this patch applied, the qemu session aborts with "VCPU Shutdown request", whatever that means.

Cc lepton <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit b33c3c64c4786cd724ccde6fa97c87ada49f6a73 linux-4.4.y)
---
 arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +2 -1
index 8d1019d176e2..2d5ac54dbcee 100644
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ pgd_t kaiser_set_shadow_pgd(pgd_t *pgdp, pgd_t pgd)
 			 * get out to userspace running on the kernel CR3,
 			 * userspace will crash instead of running.
 			 */
-			pgd.pgd |= _PAGE_NX;
+			if (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)
+				pgd.pgd |= _PAGE_NX;
 		}
 	} else if (!pgd.pgd) {
 		/*
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