Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Aug 2023 11:05:40 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fs/proc/kcore: reinstate bounce buffer for KCORE_TEXT regions | From | David Hildenbrand <> |
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On 31.07.23 23:50, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > Some architectures do not populate the entire range categorised by > KCORE_TEXT, so we must ensure that the kernel address we read from is > valid. > > Unfortunately there is no solution currently available to do so with a > purely iterator solution so reinstate the bounce buffer in this instance so > we can use copy_from_kernel_nofault() in order to avoid page faults when > regions are unmapped. > > This change partly reverts commit 2e1c0170771e ("fs/proc/kcore: avoid > bounce buffer for ktext data"), reinstating the bounce buffer, but adapts > the code to continue to use an iterator. > > Fixes: 2e1c0170771e ("fs/proc/kcore: avoid bounce buffer for ktext data") > Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@gmail.com> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZHc2fm+9daF6cgCE@krava > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> > --- > fs/proc/kcore.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c > index 9cb32e1a78a0..3bc689038232 100644 > --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c > +++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c > @@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ static void append_kcore_note(char *notes, size_t *i, const char *name, > > static ssize_t read_kcore_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter) > { > + struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp; > + char *buf = file->private_data; > loff_t *fpos = &iocb->ki_pos; > size_t phdrs_offset, notes_offset, data_offset; > size_t page_offline_frozen = 1; > @@ -554,11 +556,22 @@ static ssize_t read_kcore_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter) > fallthrough; > case KCORE_VMEMMAP: > case KCORE_TEXT: > + /* > + * Sadly we must use a bounce buffer here to be able to > + * make use of copy_from_kernel_nofault(), as these > + * memory regions might not always be mapped on all > + * architectures. > + */ > + if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(buf, (void *)start, tsz)) { > + if (iov_iter_zero(tsz, iter) != tsz) { > + ret = -EFAULT; > + goto out; > + } > /* > * We use _copy_to_iter() to bypass usermode hardening > * which would otherwise prevent this operation. > */
Having a comment at this indentation level looks for the else case looks kind of weird.
(does that comment still apply?)
-- Cheers,
David / dhildenb
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