arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
There is a case in exc_invalid_op handler that is executed outside the
irqentry_enter()/irqentry_exit() region when an UD2 instruction is used
to encode a call to __warn().
In that case the `struct pt_regs` passed to the interrupt handler is
never unpoisoned by KMSAN (this is normally done in irqentry_enter()),
which leads to false positives inside handle_bug().
Use kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs() to explicitly unpoison those registers
before using them.
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
---
v2:
- move the call to kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs() after the
instrumentation_begin(), as suggested by Peter Zijlstra
---
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 178015a820f08..66701b4d99acd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/context_tracking.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/kmsan.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/kprobes.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -308,6 +309,13 @@ static noinstr bool handle_bug(struct pt_regs *regs)
* All lies, just get the WARN/BUG out.
*/
instrumentation_begin();
+
+ /*
+ * Normally @regs are unpoisoned by irqentry_enter(), but handle_bug()
+ * is a rare case that uses @regs without passing them to
+ * irqentry_enter().
+ */
+ kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs(regs);
/*
* Since we're emulating a CALL with exceptions, restore the interrupt
* state to what it was at the exception site.
--
2.38.1.273.g43a17bfeac-goog
On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 02:45:15PM +0100, Alexander Potapenko wrote: > There is a case in exc_invalid_op handler that is executed outside the > irqentry_enter()/irqentry_exit() region when an UD2 instruction is used > to encode a call to __warn(). > > In that case the `struct pt_regs` passed to the interrupt handler is > never unpoisoned by KMSAN (this is normally done in irqentry_enter()), > which leads to false positives inside handle_bug(). > > Use kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs() to explicitly unpoison those registers > before using them. > > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > Cc: x86@kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> > > --- > > v2: > - move the call to kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs() after the > instrumentation_begin(), as suggested by Peter Zijlstra Thanks! Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
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