From patchwork Fri Apr 26 00:11:41 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Nadav Amit X-Patchwork-Id: 10918719 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C826E14C0 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA6F72898B for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id ADED828DA4; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:36:20 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,DATE_IN_PAST_06_12, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mother.openwall.net (mother.openwall.net [195.42.179.200]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C69EC2898B for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:36:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 20368 invoked by uid 550); 26 Apr 2019 07:32:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact kernel-hardening-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-ID: Delivered-To: mailing list kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Received: (qmail 19998 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2019 07:32:15 -0000 From: Nadav Amit To: Peter Zijlstra , Borislav Petkov , Andy Lutomirski , Ingo Molnar CC: , , , Thomas Gleixner , Nadav Amit , Dave Hansen , , , , , , , , , , , Rick Edgecombe , Nadav Amit , Masami Hiramatsu Subject: [PATCH v5 21/23] x86/alternative: Comment about module removal races Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:11:41 -0700 Message-ID: <20190426001143.4983-22-namit@vmware.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20190426001143.4983-1-namit@vmware.com> References: <20190426001143.4983-1-namit@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Received-SPF: None (EX13-EDG-OU-002.vmware.com: namit@vmware.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Add a comment to clarify that users of text_poke() must ensure that no races with module removal take place. Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe --- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index 18f959975ea0..7b9b49dfc05a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -810,6 +810,11 @@ static void *__text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) * It means the size must be writable atomically and the address must be aligned * in a way that permits an atomic write. It also makes sure we fit on a single * page. + * + * Note that the caller must ensure that if the modified code is part of a + * module, the module would not be removed during poking. This can be achieved + * by registering a module notifier, and ordering module removal and patching + * trough a mutex. */ void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len) {