[patch V2 1/6] ARM: uaccess: Implement missing __get_user_asm_dword()

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, Sep 17 2025 at 10:41, Russell King wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 07:48:00AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> Putting together a simple test case, where the only change is making
> __gu_val an unsigned long long:
>
> t.c: In function ‘get_ptr’:
> t.c:40:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
>    40 |         (x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;                             \
>       |               ^
> t.c:21:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘__get_user_err’
>    21 |         __get_user_err((x), (ptr), __gu_err, TUSER());                  \
>       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> t.c:102:16: note: in expansion of macro ‘__get_user’
>   102 |         return __get_user(p, ptr);
>       |                ^~~~~~~~~~
>
> In order for the code you are modifying to be reachable, you need to
> build with CONFIG_CPU_SPECTRE disabled. This is produced by:
>
> int get_ptr(void **ptr)
> {
>         void *p;
>
>         return __get_user(p, ptr);
> }

Duh, yes. I hate get_user() and I did not notice, because the
allmodconfig build breaks early due to frame size checks, so I was too
lazy to find that config knob and built only a couple of things and an
artificial test case for u64.

But it actually can be solved solvable by switching the casting to:

    (x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__gu_val;

Not pretty, but after upping the frame size limit it builds an
allmodconfig kernel.

The proper thing to use the corresponding sized values within the case
$SIZE sections i.e.:

	size 1: {
       		u8 __gu_val;
                __get_user_asm_byte(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t);
                (x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__gu_val;
		break;
	}
        ...

See below.

> Feel free to try to solve this, but I can assure you that you certainly
> are not the first. Several people have already tried.

Obviously not hard enough. :)

Thanks,

        tglx
---
Subject: ARM: uaccess: Implement missing __get_user_asm_dword()
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:16:11 +0200

When CONFIG_CPU_SPECTRE=n then get_user() is missing the 8 byte ASM variant
for no real good reason. This prevents using get_user(u64) in generic code.

Implement it as a sequence of two 4-byte reads with LE/BE awareness and
fixup the size switch case to make get_user(*ptr, **usrptr) work.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Cc: Russell King <linux at armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202509120155.pFgwfeUD-lkp@intel.com/
---
V2a: Solve the *ptr issue vs. unsigned long long - Russell
V2: New patch to fix the 0-day fallout
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h |   50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -286,19 +286,41 @@ extern int __put_user_8(void *, unsigned
 #define __get_user_err(x, ptr, err, __t)				\
 do {									\
 	unsigned long __gu_addr = (unsigned long)(ptr);			\
-	unsigned long __gu_val;						\
 	unsigned int __ua_flags;					\
 	__chk_user_ptr(ptr);						\
 	might_fault();							\
 	__ua_flags = uaccess_save_and_enable();				\
 	switch (sizeof(*(ptr))) {					\
-	case 1:	__get_user_asm_byte(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break;	\
-	case 2:	__get_user_asm_half(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break;	\
-	case 4:	__get_user_asm_word(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break;	\
-	default: (__gu_val) = __get_user_bad();				\
+	case 1:	{							\
+		u8 __gu_val;						\
+		__get_user_asm_byte(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t);	\
+		(x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__gu_val;	\
+		break;							\
+	}								\
+	case 2:	{							\
+		u16 __gu_val;						\
+		__get_user_asm_half(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t);	\
+		(x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__gu_val;	\
+		break;							\
+	}								\
+	case 4:	{							\
+		u32 __gu_val;						\
+		__get_user_asm_word(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t);	\
+		(x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__gu_val;	\
+		break;							\
+	}								\
+	case 8:	{							\
+		u64 __gu_val;						\
+		__get_user_asm_dword(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t);	\
+		(x) = *(__force __typeof__(*(ptr)) *) &__gu_val;	\
+		break;							\
+	}								\
+	default: {							\
+		unsigned long __gu_val;					\
+		(__gu_val) = __get_user_bad();				\
+	}								\
 	}								\
 	uaccess_restore(__ua_flags);					\
-	(x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;				\
 } while (0)
 #endif
 
@@ -353,6 +375,22 @@ do {									\
 #define __get_user_asm_word(x, addr, err, __t)			\
 	__get_user_asm(x, addr, err, "ldr" __t)
 
+#ifdef __ARMEB__
+#define __WORD0_OFFS	4
+#define __WORD1_OFFS	0
+#else
+#define __WORD0_OFFS	0
+#define __WORD1_OFFS	4
+#endif
+
+#define __get_user_asm_dword(x, addr, err, __t)				\
+	({								\
+	unsigned long __w0, __w1;					\
+	__get_user_asm(__w0, addr + __WORD0_OFFS, err, "ldr" __t);	\
+	__get_user_asm(__w1, addr + __WORD1_OFFS, err, "ldr" __t);	\
+	(x) = ((u64)__w1 << 32) | (u64) __w0;				\
+})
+
 #define __put_user_switch(x, ptr, __err, __fn)				\
 	do {								\
 		const __typeof__(*(ptr)) __user *__pu_ptr = (ptr);	\