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x86/show_trace_log_lvl: ensure stack pointer is aligned, again

PATCH Superseded Oleg Nesterov 1 participant 2 messages Apr 29, 2023 – May 4, 2023

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PATCH v2 1/1 x86/show_trace_log_lvl: ensure stack pointer is aligned, again

From: Vernon Lovejoy <[email protected]>

The commit e335bb51cc15 ("x86/unwind: Ensure stack pointer is aligned") tried to align the stack pointer in show_trace_log_lvl(), otherwise the "stack < stack_info.end" check can't guarantee that the last read does not go past the end of the stack.

However, we have the same problem with the initial value of the stack pointer, it can also be unaligned. So without this patch this trivial kernel module

	#include <linux/module.h>

	static int init(void)
	{
		asm volatile("sub    $0x4,%rsp");
		dump_stack();
		asm volatile("add    $0x4,%rsp");

		return -EAGAIN;
	}

	module_init(init);
	MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

crashes the kernel.

Fixes e335bb51cc15 ("x86/unwind: Ensure stack pointer is aligned")
---
 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c +4 -2
index 0bf6779187dd..f82d896eb99d 100644
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ static void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	printk("%sCall Trace:\n", log_lvl);
 
 	unwind_start(&state, task, regs, stack);
-	stack = stack ? : get_stack_pointer(task, regs);
 	regs = unwind_get_entry_regs(&state, &partial);
 
 	/*
@@ -214,7 +213,10 @@ static void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	 * - hardirq stack
 	 * - entry stack
 	 */
-	for ( ; stack; stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack_info.next_sp, sizeof(long))) {
+	for (stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack ?: get_stack_pointer(task, regs), sizeof(long));
+	     stack;
+	     stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack_info.next_sp, sizeof(long)))
+	{
 		const char *stack_name;
 
 		if (get_stack_info(stack, task, &stack_info, &visit_mask)) {
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Josh,

This version does exactly what you requested in reply to v1.

	https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230428043158.r5omehiaqawcac2y@treble/

What else should we do? Make V3 following David's suggestion

	https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/

? Or what?

Quoted 62 lines · Oleg Nesterov

From: Vernon Lovejoy <[email protected]>

The commit e335bb51cc15 ("x86/unwind: Ensure stack pointer is aligned") tried to align the stack pointer in show_trace_log_lvl(), otherwise the "stack < stack_info.end" check can't guarantee that the last read does not go past the end of the stack.

However, we have the same problem with the initial value of the stack pointer, it can also be unaligned. So without this patch this trivial kernel module

	#include <linux/module.h>

	static int init(void)
	{
		asm volatile("sub    $0x4,%rsp");
		dump_stack();
		asm volatile("add    $0x4,%rsp");

		return -EAGAIN;
	}

	module_init(init);
	MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

crashes the kernel.

Fixes e335bb51cc15 ("x86/unwind: Ensure stack pointer is aligned")
---
 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c +4 -2
index 0bf6779187dd..f82d896eb99d 100644
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ static void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	printk("%sCall Trace:\n", log_lvl);
 
 	unwind_start(&state, task, regs, stack);
-	stack = stack ? : get_stack_pointer(task, regs);
 	regs = unwind_get_entry_regs(&state, &partial);
 
 	/*
@@ -214,7 +213,10 @@ static void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 	 * - hardirq stack
 	 * - entry stack
 	 */
-	for ( ; stack; stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack_info.next_sp, sizeof(long))) {
+	for (stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack ?: get_stack_pointer(task, regs), sizeof(long));
+	     stack;
+	     stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack_info.next_sp, sizeof(long)))
+	{
 		const char *stack_name;
 
 		if (get_stack_info(stack, task, &stack_info, &visit_mask)) {
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