The majority of setup_sigcontext() can be refactored to execute in an
"unsafe" context assuming an open uaccess window except for some
non-inline function calls. Move these out into a separate
prepare_setup_sigcontext() function which must be called first and
before opening up a uaccess window. Non-inline function calls should be
avoided during a uaccess window for a few reasons:
- KUAP should be enabled for as much kernel code as possible.
Opening a uaccess window disables KUAP which means any code
executed during this time contributes to a potential attack
surface.
- Non-inline functions default to traceable which means they are
instrumented for ftrace. This adds more code which could run
with KUAP disabled.
- Powerpc does not currently support the objtool UACCESS checks.
All code running with uaccess must be audited manually which
means: less code -> less work -> fewer problems (in theory).
A follow-up commit converts setup_sigcontext() to be "unsafe".
Signed-off-by: Christopher M. Riedl <c...@codefail.de>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index f9e4a1ac440f..6ca546192cbf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ static elf_vrreg_t __user *sigcontext_vmx_regs(struct
sigcontext __user *sc)
}
#endif
+static void prepare_setup_sigcontext(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+ /* save altivec registers */
+ if (tsk->thread.used_vr)
+ flush_altivec_to_thread(tsk);
+ if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC))
+ tsk->thread.vrsave = mfspr(SPRN_VRSAVE);
+#endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
+
+ flush_fp_to_thread(tsk);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
+ if (tsk->thread.used_vsr)
+ flush_vsx_to_thread(tsk);
+#endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
+}
+
/*
* Set up the sigcontext for the signal frame.
*/
@@ -97,7 +115,6 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc,
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
elf_vrreg_t __user *v_regs = sigcontext_vmx_regs(sc);
- unsigned long vrsave;
#endif
struct pt_regs *regs = tsk->thread.regs;
unsigned long msr = regs->msr;
@@ -112,7 +129,6 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc,
/* save altivec registers */
if (tsk->thread.used_vr) {
- flush_altivec_to_thread(tsk);
/* Copy 33 vec registers (vr0..31 and vscr) to the stack */
err |= __copy_to_user(v_regs, &tsk->thread.vr_state,
33 * sizeof(vector128));
@@ -124,17 +140,10 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc,
/* We always copy to/from vrsave, it's 0 if we don't have or don't
* use altivec.
*/
- vrsave = 0;
- if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)) {
- vrsave = mfspr(SPRN_VRSAVE);
- tsk->thread.vrsave = vrsave;
- }
-
- err |= __put_user(vrsave, (u32 __user *)&v_regs[33]);
+ err |= __put_user(tsk->thread.vrsave, (u32 __user *)&v_regs[33]);
#else /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
err |= __put_user(0, &sc->v_regs);
#endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
- flush_fp_to_thread(tsk);
/* copy fpr regs and fpscr */
err |= copy_fpr_to_user(&sc->fp_regs, tsk);
@@ -150,7 +159,6 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc,
* VMX data.
*/
if (tsk->thread.used_vsr && ctx_has_vsx_region) {
- flush_vsx_to_thread(tsk);
v_regs += ELF_NVRREG;
err |= copy_vsx_to_user(v_regs, tsk);
/* set MSR_VSX in the MSR value in the frame to
@@ -655,6 +663,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(swapcontext, struct ucontext __user *,
old_ctx,
ctx_has_vsx_region = 1;
if (old_ctx != NULL) {
+ prepare_setup_sigcontext(current);
if (!access_ok(old_ctx, ctx_size)
|| setup_sigcontext(&old_ctx->uc_mcontext, current, 0,
NULL, 0,
ctx_has_vsx_region)
@@ -842,6 +851,7 @@ int handle_rt_signal64(struct ksignal *ksig, sigset_t *set,
#endif
{
err |= __put_user(0, &frame->uc.uc_link);
+ prepare_setup_sigcontext(tsk);
err |= setup_sigcontext(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, tsk, ksig->sig,
NULL, (unsigned
long)ksig->ka.sa.sa_handler,
1);
--
2.26.1
