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[FUTEX] Fix address computation in compat code. 

compat_exit_robust_list() computes a pointer to the
futex entry in userspace as follows:

	(void __user *)entry + futex_offset

'entry' is a 'struct robust_list __user *', and
'futex_offset' is a 'compat_long_t' (typically a 's32').

Things explode if the 32-bit sign bit is set in futex_offset.

Type promotion sign extends futex_offset to a 64-bit value before
adding it to 'entry'.

This triggered a problem on sparc64 running 32-bit applications which
would lock up a cpu looping forever in the fault handling for the
userspace load in handle_futex_death().

Compat userspace runs with address masking (wherein the cpu zeros out
the top 32-bits of every effective address given to a memory operation
instruction) so the sparc64 fault handler accounts for this by
zero'ing out the top 32-bits of the fault address too.

Since the kernel properly uses the compat_uptr interfaces, kernel side
accesses to compat userspace work too since they will only use
addresses with the top 32-bit clear.

Because of this compat futex layer bug we get into the following loop
when executing the get_user() load near the top of handle_futex_death():

1) load from address '0xfffffffff7f16bd8', FAULT
2) fault handler clears upper 32-bits, processes fault
   for address '0xf7f16bd8' which succeeds
3) goto #1

I want to thank Bernd Zeimetz, Josip Rodin, and Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
for their tireless efforts helping me track down this bug.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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David Miller 2007-11-06 21:13:56 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 8fc543c8f0
commit 3c5fd9c77d
1 changed files with 19 additions and 7 deletions
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kernel/futex_compat.c
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@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ fetch_robust_entry(compat_uptr_t *uentry, struct robust_list __user **entry,
return 0;
}
static void __user *futex_uaddr(struct robust_list *entry,
compat_long_t futex_offset)
{
compat_uptr_t base = ptr_to_compat(entry);
void __user *uaddr = compat_ptr(base + futex_offset);
return uaddr;
}
/*
* Walk curr->robust_list (very carefully, it's a userspace list!)
* and mark any locks found there dead, and notify any waiters.
@ -76,11 +85,12 @@ void compat_exit_robust_list(struct task_struct *curr)
* A pending lock might already be on the list, so
* dont process it twice:
*/
if (entry != pending)
if (handle_futex_death((void __user *)entry + futex_offset,
curr, pi))
return;
if (entry != pending) {
void __user *uaddr = futex_uaddr(entry, futex_offset);
if (handle_futex_death(uaddr, curr, pi))
return;
}
if (rc)
return;
uentry = next_uentry;
@ -94,9 +104,11 @@ void compat_exit_robust_list(struct task_struct *curr)
cond_resched();
}
if (pending)
handle_futex_death((void __user *)pending + futex_offset,
curr, pip);
if (pending) {
void __user *uaddr = futex_uaddr(pending, futex_offset);
handle_futex_death(uaddr, curr, pip);
}
}
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