[PATCH] arm64: Fix TTBR + PAN + 52-bit PA logic in cpu_do_switch_mm

Kristina Martsenko kristina.martsenko at arm.com
Thu Jan 25 04:01:49 PST 2018


On 24/01/18 09:45, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 08:27:08AM +0000, Steve Capper wrote:
>> In cpu_do_switch_mm(.) with ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN=y we apply phys_to_ttbr
>> to a value that already has an ASID inserted into the upper bits. For
>> 52-bit PA configurations this then can give us TTBR0_EL1 registers that
>> cause translation table walks to attempt to access non-zero PA[51:48]
>> spuriously. Ultimately leading to a Synchronous External Abort on level
>> 1 translation.
>>
>> This patch re-arranges the logic in cpu_do_switch_mm(.) such that
>> phys_to_ttbr is called before the ASID is inserted into the TTBR0 value.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper at arm.com>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> This applies to the arm64 for-next/core branch.
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/mm/proc.S | 6 +++---
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
>> index c6a12073ef46..9f177aac6390 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
>> @@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ ENDPROC(cpu_do_resume)
>>  ENTRY(cpu_do_switch_mm)
>>  	mrs	x2, ttbr1_el1
>>  	mmid	x1, x1				// get mm->context.id
>> +	phys_to_ttbr x0, x3
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN
>> -	bfi	x0, x1, #48, #16		// set the ASID field in TTBR0
>> +	bfi	x3, x1, #48, #16		// set the ASID field in TTBR0
>>  #endif
>>  	bfi	x2, x1, #48, #16		// set the ASID
>>  	msr	ttbr1_el1, x2			// in TTBR1 (since TCR.A1 is set)
>>  	isb
>> -	phys_to_ttbr x0, x2
>> -	msr	ttbr0_el1, x2			// now update TTBR0
>> +	msr	ttbr0_el1, x3			// now update TTBR0
>>  	isb
>>  	b	post_ttbr_update_workaround	// Back to C code...
>>  ENDPROC(cpu_do_switch_mm)

Thanks for finding and fixing this Steve, the patch looks good to me and
I can reproduce the issue as well as confirm that this patch fixes it:

Tested-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko at arm.com>

> Thanks Steve. It looks like I messed up the merge: 1f911c3a1140 ("Merge
> branch 'for-next/52-bit-pa' into for-next/core").

The merge commit is fine, the bug was introduced in commit 6b88a32c7af6
("arm64: kpti: Fix the interaction between ASID switching and software
PAN").

Kristina

> 
> I'll wait for Kristina and Suzuki to ack but considered it queued.
> 




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