[PATCH v2 1/1] arm64: mm: correct the inside linear map boundaries during hotplug check

Pavel Tatashin pasha.tatashin at soleen.com
Mon Feb 15 14:22:37 EST 2021


Memory hotplug may fail on systems with CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE because the
linear map range is not checked correctly.

The start physical address that linear map covers can be actually at the
end of the range because of randomization. Check that and if so reduce it
to 0.

This can be verified on QEMU with setting kaslr-seed to ~0ul:

memstart_offset_seed = 0xffff
START: __pa(_PAGE_OFFSET(vabits_actual)) = ffff9000c0000000
END:   __pa(PAGE_END - 1) =  1000bfffffff

Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>
Fixes: 58284a901b42 ("arm64/mm: Validate hotplug range before creating linear mapping")
Tested-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks at linux.microsoft.com>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index ae0c3d023824..cc16443ea67f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -1444,14 +1444,30 @@ static void __remove_pgd_mapping(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long start, u64 size)
 
 static bool inside_linear_region(u64 start, u64 size)
 {
+	u64 start_linear_pa = __pa(_PAGE_OFFSET(vabits_actual));
+	u64 end_linear_pa = __pa(PAGE_END - 1);
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE)) {
+		/*
+		 * Check for a wrap, it is possible because of randomized linear
+		 * mapping the start physical address is actually bigger than
+		 * the end physical address. In this case set start to zero
+		 * because [0, end_linear_pa] range must still be able to cover
+		 * all addressable physical addresses.
+		 */
+		if (start_linear_pa > end_linear_pa)
+			start_linear_pa = 0;
+	}
+
+	WARN_ON(start_linear_pa > end_linear_pa);
+
 	/*
 	 * Linear mapping region is the range [PAGE_OFFSET..(PAGE_END - 1)]
 	 * accommodating both its ends but excluding PAGE_END. Max physical
 	 * range which can be mapped inside this linear mapping range, must
 	 * also be derived from its end points.
 	 */
-	return start >= __pa(_PAGE_OFFSET(vabits_actual)) &&
-	       (start + size - 1) <= __pa(PAGE_END - 1);
+	return start >= start_linear_pa && (start + size - 1) <= end_linear_pa;
 }
 
 int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
-- 
2.25.1




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