[patch V2a 1/6] ARM: uaccess: Implement missing __get_user_asm_dword()

Thomas Gleixner tglx at linutronix.de
Fri Sep 19 11:27:33 PDT 2025


When CONFIG_CPU_SPECTRE=n then get_user() is missing the 8 byte ASM
variant.  This prevents using get_user(u64) in generic code.

Implement it as a sequence of two 4-byte reads with LE/BE awareness and
make the data type for the intermediate variable to read into dependend
on the target type. For 8,16,32 bit use unsigned long and for 64 bit
unsigned long long

The __long_type() macro and the idea to solve it was lifted from
PowerPC. Thanks to Christophe for pointing it out.

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/Christophe
V2: New patch to fix the 0-day fallout
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -283,10 +283,17 @@ extern int __put_user_8(void *, unsigned
 	__gu_err;							\
 })
 
+/*
+ * This is a type: either unsigned long, if the argument fits into
+ * that type, or otherwise unsigned long long.
+ */
+#define __long_type(x) \
+	__typeof__(__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(x) > sizeof(0UL), 0ULL, 0UL))
+
 #define __get_user_err(x, ptr, err, __t)				\
 do {									\
 	unsigned long __gu_addr = (unsigned long)(ptr);			\
-	unsigned long __gu_val;						\
+	__long_type(x) __gu_val;					\
 	unsigned int __ua_flags;					\
 	__chk_user_ptr(ptr);						\
 	might_fault();							\
@@ -295,6 +302,7 @@ do {									\
 	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;	\
+	case 8:	__get_user_asm_dword(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break;	\
 	default: (__gu_val) = __get_user_bad();				\
 	}								\
 	uaccess_restore(__ua_flags);					\
@@ -353,6 +361,22 @@ 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);	\



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