[patch 01/18] powerpc: Move stack randomization after syscall_enter_from_user_mode()

Shrikanth Hegde sshegde at linux.ibm.com
Wed Jul 8 07:07:51 PDT 2026



On 7/8/26 12:35 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> add_random_kstack_offset() is invoked before syscall_enter_from_user_mode()
> establishes state. That's wrong because add_random_kstack_offset() calls
> into instrumentable code.

Thanks for fixing that.

> 
> Move it after syscall_enter_from_user_mode() to ensure that state is
> correctly established.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at kernel.org>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> Cc: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde at linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c |    2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c
> @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ notrace long system_call_exception(struc
>   	long ret;
>   	syscall_fn f;
>   
> -	add_random_kstack_offset();
>   	r0 = syscall_enter_from_user_mode(regs, r0);
> +	add_random_kstack_offset();
>   
>   	if (unlikely(r0 >= NR_syscalls)) {
>   		if (unlikely(trap_is_unsupported_scv(regs))) {
> 

Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde at linux.ibm.com>



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