[v9,4/4] arm64/syscalls: Optimize address limit check

Commit Message

Thomas Garnier April 28, 2017, 3:32 p.m. UTC

Disable the generic address limit check in favor of an architecture
specific optimized implementation.

The address limit is checked on each syscall return path to user-mode.
If it was changed, a generic handler is called to stop the kernel on an
explicit check.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <[e-mail]>
---
Based on next-20170426
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig        |  1 +
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

Patch

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 3dcd7ec69bca..ae82b1f067da 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@  config ARM64
 	select ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE_ONLY if ACPI
 	select ACPI_MCFG if ACPI
 	select ACPI_SPCR_TABLE if ACPI
+	select ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK
 	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 43512d4d7df2..c895c4402d32 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -744,6 +744,8 @@  ENDPROC(cpu_switch_to)
 ret_fast_syscall:
 	disable_irq				// disable interrupts
 	str	x0, [sp, #S_X0]			// returned x0
+	ldr	x2, [tsk, #TSK_TI_ADDR_LIMIT]	// check addr limit change
+	tbnz	x2, #63, addr_limit_fail
 	ldr	x1, [tsk, #TSK_TI_FLAGS]	// re-check for syscall tracing
 	and	x2, x1, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK
 	cbnz	x2, ret_fast_syscall_trace
@@ -771,6 +773,8 @@  work_pending:
  */
 ret_to_user:
 	disable_irq				// disable interrupts
+	ldr	x2, [tsk, #TSK_TI_ADDR_LIMIT]	// check addr limit change
+	tbnz	x2, #63, addr_limit_fail
 	ldr	x1, [tsk, #TSK_TI_FLAGS]
 	and	x2, x1, #_TIF_WORK_MASK
 	cbnz	x2, work_pending
@@ -780,6 +784,14 @@  finish_ret_to_user:
 ENDPROC(ret_to_user)
 
 /*
+ * Address limit was incorrect before returning in user-mode which could be
+ * used to elevate privileges. Call the generic handler to stop the kernel on
+ * the appropriate check. This function does not return.
+ */
+addr_limit_fail:
+	b	addr_limit_check_failed
+
+/*
  * This is how we return from a fork.
  */
 ENTRY(ret_from_fork)