[PATCH v3 7/7] ARM: implement support for vmap'ed stacks

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Mon Nov 15 03:18:16 PST 2021


Wire up the generic support for managing task stack allocations via vmalloc,
and implement the entry code that detects whether we faulted because of a
stack overrun (or future stack overrun caused by pushing the pt_regs array)

While this adds a fair amount of tricky entry asm code, it should be
noted that it only adds a TST + branch to the svc_entry path. The code
implementing the non-trivial handling of the overflow stack is emitted
out-of-line into the .text section.

Since on ARM, we rely on do_translation_fault() to keep PMD level page
table entries that cover the vmalloc region up to date, we need to
ensure that we don't hit such a stale PMD entry when accessing the
stack. So we do a dummy read from the new stack while still running from
the old one on the context switch path, and bump the vmalloc_seq counter
when PMD level entries in the vmalloc range are modified, so that the MM
switch fetches the latest version of the entries.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
Tested-by: Keith Packard <keithpac at amazon.com>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig                   |  1 +
 arch/arm/include/asm/page.h        |  4 +
 arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h |  8 ++
 arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S       | 79 ++++++++++++++++++--
 arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S     | 57 ++++++++++++++
 arch/arm/kernel/irq.c              |  9 ++-
 arch/arm/kernel/traps.c            | 65 +++++++++++++++-
 arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c           |  3 +-
 arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S      |  4 +-
 9 files changed, 219 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index b1eba1b4168c..a072600527ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ config ARM
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION
 	select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK if CURRENT_POINTER_IN_TPIDRURO
+	select HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK if THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
 	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT if !CPU_V7M
 	# Above selects are sorted alphabetically; please add new ones
 	# according to that.  Thanks.
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
index 11b058a72a5b..7b871ed99ccf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/page.h
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ extern void copy_page(void *to, const void *from);
 #include <asm/pgtable-2level-types.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
+#define ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK	PGTBL_PMD_MODIFIED
+#endif
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
 typedef struct page *pgtable_t;
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 164e15f26485..004b89d86224 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@
 #define THREAD_SIZE		(PAGE_SIZE << THREAD_SIZE_ORDER)
 #define THREAD_START_SP		(THREAD_SIZE - 8)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
+#define THREAD_ALIGN		(2 * THREAD_SIZE)
+#else
+#define THREAD_ALIGN		THREAD_SIZE
+#endif
+
+#define OVERFLOW_STACK_SIZE	SZ_4K
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 struct task_struct;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index b18f3aa98f42..ad8d8304539e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ UNWIND(	.setfp	fpreg, sp		)
 	@
 	subs	r2, sp, r0		@ SP above bottom of IRQ stack?
 	rsbscs	r2, r2, #THREAD_SIZE	@ ... and below the top?
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
+	bcs	.L\@
+	mov_l	r2, overflow_stack	@ Take base address
+	add	r2, r2, r3		@ Top of this CPU's overflow stack
+	subs	r2, r0, r2		@ Compare with incoming SP
+	rsbscs	r2, r2, #OVERFLOW_STACK_SIZE
+.L\@:
+#endif
 	movcs	sp, r0			@ If so, revert to incoming SP
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_UNWINDER_ARM
@@ -188,13 +196,18 @@ ENDPROC(__und_invalid)
 #define SPFIX(code...)
 #endif
 
-	.macro	svc_entry, stack_hole=0, trace=1, uaccess=1
+	.macro	svc_entry, stack_hole=0, trace=1, uaccess=1, overflow_check=1
  UNWIND(.fnstart		)
- UNWIND(.save {r0 - pc}		)
 	sub	sp, sp, #(SVC_REGS_SIZE + \stack_hole)
+ THUMB(	add	sp, r0		)	@ get SP in a GPR without
+ THUMB(	sub	r0, sp, r0	)	@ using a temp register
+
+	.if	\overflow_check
+ UNWIND(.save	{r0 - pc}	)
+	do_overflow_check (SVC_REGS_SIZE + \stack_hole)
+	.endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
-	add	sp, r0			@ get SP in a GPR without
-	sub	r0, sp, r0		@ using a temp register
 	tst	r0, #4			@ test stack pointer alignment
 	sub	r0, sp, r0		@ restore original R0
 	sub	sp, r0			@ restore original SP
@@ -827,12 +840,20 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to)
 	str	r7, [r8]
 #endif
 	mov	r0, r5
-#if !defined(CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL)
+#if !defined(CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL) && !defined(CONFIG_VMAP_STACK)
 	set_current r7
 	ldmia	r4, {r4 - sl, fp, sp, pc}	@ Load all regs saved previously
 #else
 	mov	r1, r7
 	ldmia	r4, {r4 - sl, fp, ip, lr}	@ Load all regs saved previously
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
+	@
+	@ Do a dummy read from the new stack while running from the old one so
+	@ that we can rely on do_translation_fault() to fix up any stale PMD
+	@ entries covering the vmalloc region.
+	@
+	ldr	r2, [ip]
+#endif
 
 	@ When CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK=n, the update of SP itself is what
 	@ effectuates the task switch, as that is what causes the observable
@@ -849,6 +870,54 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to)
  UNWIND(.fnend		)
 ENDPROC(__switch_to)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
+	.text
+__bad_stack:
+	@
+	@ We detected an overflow in svc_entry, which switched to the
+	@ overflow stack. Stash the exception regs, and head to our overflow
+	@ handler. Entered with the orginal value of SP in IP, and the original
+	@ value of IP in TPIDRURW
+	@
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER) && defined(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC)
+	mov	ip, ip				@ mov expected by unwinder
+	push	{fp, ip, lr, pc}		@ GCC flavor frame record
+#else
+	str	ip, [sp, #-8]!			@ store original SP
+	push	{fpreg, lr}			@ Clang flavor frame record
+#endif
+UNWIND( ldr	ip, [r0, #4]	)		@ load exception LR
+UNWIND( str	ip, [sp, #12]	)		@ store in the frame record
+	mrc	p15, 0, ip, c13, c0, 2		@ reload IP
+
+	@ Store the original GPRs to the new stack.
+	svc_entry uaccess=0, overflow_check=0
+
+UNWIND( .save   {sp, pc}	)
+UNWIND( .save   {fpreg, lr}	)
+UNWIND( .setfp  fpreg, sp	)
+
+	ldr	fpreg, [sp, #S_SP]		@ Add our frame record
+						@ to the linked list
+#if defined(CONFIG_UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER) && defined(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC)
+	ldr	r1, [fp, #4]			@ reload SP at entry
+	add	fp, fp, #12
+#else
+	ldr	r1, [fpreg, #8]
+#endif
+	str	r1, [sp, #S_SP]			@ store in pt_regs
+
+	@ Stash the regs for handle_bad_stack
+	mov	r0, sp
+
+	@ Time to die
+	bl	handle_bad_stack
+	nop
+UNWIND( .fnend			)
+ENDPROC(__bad_stack)
+#endif
+
 	__INIT
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S
index ae24dd54e9ef..823dd1aa6e3e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S
@@ -423,3 +423,60 @@ scno	.req	r7		@ syscall number
 tbl	.req	r8		@ syscall table pointer
 why	.req	r8		@ Linux syscall (!= 0)
 tsk	.req	r9		@ current thread_info
+
+	.macro	do_overflow_check, frame_size:req
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
+	@
+	@ Test whether the SP has overflowed. Task and IRQ stacks are aligned
+	@ so that SP & BIT(THREAD_SIZE_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT) should always be
+	@ zero.
+	@
+ARM(	tst	sp, #1 << (THREAD_SIZE_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT)	)
+THUMB(	tst	r0, #1 << (THREAD_SIZE_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT)	)
+THUMB(	it	ne						)
+	bne	.Lstack_overflow_check\@
+
+	.pushsection	.text
+.Lstack_overflow_check\@:
+	@
+	@ Either we've just detected an overflow, or we've taken an exception
+	@ while on the overflow stack. We cannot use the stack until we have
+	@ decided which is the case. However, as we won't return to userspace,
+	@ we can clobber some USR/SYS mode registers to free up GPRs.
+	@
+
+	mcr	p15, 0, ip, c13, c0, 2		@ Stash IP in TPIDRURW
+	mrs	ip, cpsr
+	eor	ip, ip, #(SVC_MODE ^ SYSTEM_MODE)
+	msr	cpsr_c, ip			@ Switch to SYS mode
+	eor	ip, ip, #(SVC_MODE ^ SYSTEM_MODE)
+	mov	sp, ip				@ Stash mode in SP_usr
+
+	@ Load the overflow stack into IP using LR_usr as a scratch register
+	mov_l	lr, overflow_stack + OVERFLOW_STACK_SIZE
+	mrc	p15, 0, ip, c13, c0, 4		@ Get CPU offset
+	add	ip, ip, lr			@ IP := this CPU's overflow stack
+	mov	lr, sp				@ Unstash mode into LR_usr
+	msr	cpsr_c, lr			@ Switch back to SVC mode
+
+	@
+	@ Check whether we are already on the overflow stack. This may happen,
+	@ e.g., when performing accesses that may fault when dumping the stack.
+	@ The overflow stack is not in the vmalloc space so we only need to
+	@ check whether the incoming SP is below the top of the overflow stack.
+	@
+ARM(	subs	ip, sp, ip		)	@ Delta with top of overflow stack
+THUMB(	subs	ip, r0, ip		)
+	mrclo	p15, 0, ip, c13, c0, 2		@ Restore IP
+	blo	.Lout\@				@ Carry on
+
+THUMB(	sub	r0, sp, r0		)	@ Restore original R0
+THUMB(	sub	sp, r0			)	@ Restore original SP
+	sub	sp, sp, ip			@ Switch to overflow stack
+	add	ip, sp, ip			@ Keep incoming SP value in IP
+	add	ip, ip, #\frame_size		@ Undo svc_entry's SP change
+	b	__bad_stack
+	.popsection
+.Lout\@:
+#endif
+	.endm
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
index e05219bca218..5deb40f39999 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ static void __init init_irq_stacks(void)
 	int cpu;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		stack = (u8 *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VMAP_STACK))
+			stack = (u8 *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
+						       THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
+		else
+			stack = __vmalloc_node(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_ALIGN,
+					       THREADINFO_GFP, NUMA_NO_NODE,
+					       __builtin_return_address(0));
+
 		if (WARN_ON(!stack))
 			break;
 		per_cpu(irq_stack_ptr, cpu) = &stack[THREAD_SIZE];
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index b42c446cec9a..eb8c73be7c81 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ void dump_backtrace_stm(u32 *stack, u32 instruction, const char *loglvl)
 static int verify_stack(unsigned long sp)
 {
 	if (sp < PAGE_OFFSET ||
-	    (sp > (unsigned long)high_memory && high_memory != NULL))
+	    (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VMAP_STACK) &&
+	     sp > (unsigned long)high_memory && high_memory != NULL))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -291,7 +292,8 @@ static int __die(const char *str, int err, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	if (!user_mode(regs) || in_interrupt()) {
 		dump_mem(KERN_EMERG, "Stack: ", regs->ARM_sp,
-			 ALIGN(regs->ARM_sp, THREAD_SIZE));
+			 ALIGN(regs->ARM_sp - THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_ALIGN)
+			 + THREAD_SIZE);
 		dump_backtrace(regs, tsk, KERN_EMERG);
 		dump_instr(KERN_EMERG, regs);
 	}
@@ -838,3 +840,62 @@ void __init early_trap_init(void *vectors_base)
 	 */
 #endif
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
+
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(u8 *, irq_stack_ptr);
+
+asmlinkage DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(u8[OVERFLOW_STACK_SIZE], overflow_stack);
+
+asmlinkage void handle_bad_stack(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long tsk_stk = (unsigned long)current->stack;
+	unsigned long irq_stk = (unsigned long)this_cpu_read(irq_stack_ptr);
+	unsigned long ovf_stk = (unsigned long)this_cpu_ptr(overflow_stack);
+
+	console_verbose();
+	pr_emerg("Insufficient stack space to handle exception!");
+
+	pr_emerg("Task stack:     [0x%08lx..0x%08lx]\n",
+		 tsk_stk, tsk_stk + THREAD_SIZE);
+	pr_emerg("IRQ stack:      [0x%08lx..0x%08lx]\n",
+		 irq_stk, irq_stk + THREAD_SIZE);
+	pr_emerg("Overflow stack: [0x%08lx..0x%08lx]\n",
+		 ovf_stk, ovf_stk + OVERFLOW_STACK_SIZE);
+
+	die("kernel stack overflow", regs, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Normally, we rely on the logic in do_translation_fault() to update stale PMD
+ * entries covering the vmalloc space in a task's page tables when it first
+ * accesses the region in question. Unfortunately, this is not sufficient when
+ * the task stack resides in the vmalloc region, as do_translation_fault() is a
+ * C function that needs a stack to run.
+ *
+ * So we need to ensure that these PMD entries are up to date *before* the MM
+ * switch. As we already have some logic in the MM switch path that takes care
+ * of this, let's trigger it by bumping the counter every time the core vmalloc
+ * code modifies a PMD entry in the vmalloc region.
+ */
+void arch_sync_kernel_mappings(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+	if (start > VMALLOC_END || end < VMALLOC_START)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * This hooks into the core vmalloc code to receive notifications of
+	 * any PMD level changes that have been made to the kernel page tables.
+	 * This means it should only be triggered once for every MiB worth of
+	 * vmalloc space, given that we don't support huge vmalloc/vmap on ARM,
+	 * and that kernel PMD level table entries are rarely (if ever)
+	 * updated.
+	 *
+	 * This means that the counter is going to max out at ~250 for the
+	 * typical case. If it overflows, something entirely unexpected has
+	 * occurred so let's throw a warning if that happens.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON(++init_mm.context.vmalloc_seq == UINT_MAX);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c b/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c
index e8d729975f12..c5ea328c428d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/unwind.c
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ int unwind_frame(struct stackframe *frame)
 
 	/* store the highest address on the stack to avoid crossing it*/
 	ctrl.sp_low = frame->sp;
-	ctrl.sp_high = ALIGN(ctrl.sp_low, THREAD_SIZE);
+	ctrl.sp_high = ALIGN(ctrl.sp_low - THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_ALIGN)
+		       + THREAD_SIZE;
 
 	pr_debug("%s(pc = %08lx lr = %08lx sp = %08lx)\n", __func__,
 		 frame->pc, frame->lr, frame->sp);
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index f02d617e3359..aa12b65a7fd6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ SECTIONS
 #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	. = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT);
 #else
-	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);
+	. = ALIGN(THREAD_ALIGN);
 #endif
 	__init_end = .;
 
 	_sdata = .;
-	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
+	RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_ALIGN)
 	_edata = .;
 
 	BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0)
-- 
2.30.2




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