From patchwork Thu Feb 21 23:44:51 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Edgecombe, Rick P" X-Patchwork-Id: 10824875 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 9F3B714E1 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:51:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923AA31D2E for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:51:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 85A5631D30; Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:51:21 +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=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391AD31D3C for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:51:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727352AbfBUXvO (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:51:14 -0500 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:3176 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727337AbfBUXvM (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:51:12 -0500 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Feb 2019 15:51:12 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.58,397,1544515200"; d="scan'208";a="322394969" Received: from linksys13920.jf.intel.com (HELO rpedgeco-DESK5.jf.intel.com) ([10.54.75.11]) by fmsmga005.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 21 Feb 2019 15:51:11 -0800 From: Rick Edgecombe To: Andy Lutomirski , Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Borislav Petkov , Nadav Amit , Dave Hansen , Peter Zijlstra , linux_dti@icloud.com, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, will.deacon@arm.com, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, kristen@linux.intel.com, deneen.t.dock@intel.com, Nadav Amit , Masami Hiramatsu , Rick Edgecombe Subject: [PATCH v3 20/20] x86/alternative: Comment about module removal races Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:44:51 -0800 Message-Id: <20190221234451.17632-21-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20190221234451.17632-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> References: <20190221234451.17632-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> Sender: owner-linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP From: Nadav Amit 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 c63707e7ed3d..a1335b9486bf 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -809,6 +809,11 @@ 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) {