[PATCH 2/2] kasan, arm64: fix pointer tags in KASAN reports
Andrey Konovalov
andreyknvl at google.com
Fri Jan 15 11:25:03 EST 2021
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 4:07 PM Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 02:12:24PM +0100, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 5:54 PM Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 05:03:30PM +0100, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> > > > As of the "arm64: expose FAR_EL1 tag bits in siginfo" patch, the address
> > > > that is passed to report_tag_fault has pointer tags in the format of 0x0X,
> > > > while KASAN uses 0xFX format (note the difference in the top 4 bits).
> > > >
> > > > Fix up the pointer tag before calling kasan_report.
> > > >
> > > > Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I9ced973866036d8679e8f4ae325de547eb969649
> > > > Fixes: dceec3ff7807 ("arm64: expose FAR_EL1 tag bits in siginfo")
> > > > Fixes: 4291e9ee6189 ("kasan, arm64: print report from tag fault handler")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl at google.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 2 ++
> > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> > > > index 3c40da479899..a218f6f2fdc8 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> > > > @@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ static void report_tag_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
> > > > {
> > > > bool is_write = ((esr & ESR_ELx_WNR) >> ESR_ELx_WNR_SHIFT) != 0;
> > > >
> > > > + /* The format of KASAN tags is 0xF<x>. */
> > > > + addr |= (0xF0UL << MTE_TAG_SHIFT);
> > >
> > > Ah, I see, that top 4 bits are zeroed by do_tag_check_fault(). When this
> > > was added, the only tag faults were generated for user addresses.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'd rather fix it in there based on bit 55, something like (only
> > > compile-tested):
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> > > index 3c40da479899..2b71079d2d32 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> > > @@ -709,10 +709,11 @@ static int do_tag_check_fault(unsigned long far, unsigned int esr,
> > > struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > {
> > > /*
> > > - * The architecture specifies that bits 63:60 of FAR_EL1 are UNKNOWN for tag
> > > - * check faults. Mask them out now so that userspace doesn't see them.
> > > + * The architecture specifies that bits 63:60 of FAR_EL1 are UNKNOWN
> > > + * for tag check faults. Set them to the corresponding bits in the
> > > + * untagged address.
> > > */
> > > - far &= (1UL << 60) - 1;
> > > + far = (untagged_addr(far) & ~MTE_TAG_MASK) | (far & MTE_TAG_MASK) ;
> > > do_bad_area(far, esr, regs);
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> >
> > Sounds good, will do in v3, thanks!
>
> I wonder if this one gives the same result (so please check):
>
> far = u64_replace_bits(untagged_addr(far), far, MTE_TAG_MASK);
>
> (defined in linux/bitfield.h)
No, it zeroes out the tag. Not sure why. I took a brief look at the
implementation and didn't get how it's supposed to work - too much bit
trickery.
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