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commit 34b1999da935a33be6239226bfa6cd4f704c5c88 upstream. Jiri Olsa reported a fault when running: # cat /proc/kallsyms | grep ksys_read ffffffff8136d580 T ksys_read # objdump -d --start-address=0xffffffff8136d580 --stop-address=0xffffffff8136d590 /proc/kcore /proc/kcore: file format elf64-x86-64 Segmentation fault general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xf887ffcbff000: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 12 PID: 1079 Comm: objdump Not tainted 5.14.0-rc5qemu+ #508 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-4.fc34 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:kern_addr_valid Call Trace: read_kcore ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? trace_hardirqs_on ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? lock_acquire ? lock_acquire ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? lock_acquire ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? lock_release ? _raw_spin_unlock ? __handle_mm_fault ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? lock_acquire ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held ? lock_release proc_reg_read ? vfs_read vfs_read ksys_read do_syscall_64 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe The fault happens because kern_addr_valid() dereferences existent but not present PMD in the high kernel mappings. Such PMDs are created when free_kernel_image_pages() frees regions larger than 2Mb. In this case, a part of the freed memory is mapped with PMDs and the set_memory_np_noalias() -> ... -> __change_page_attr() sequence will mark the PMD as not present rather than wipe it completely. Have kern_addr_valid() check whether higher level page table entries are present before trying to dereference them to fix this issue and to avoid similar issues in the future. Stable backporting note: ------------------------ Note that the stable marking is for all active stable branches because there could be cases where pagetable entries exist but are not valid - see 9a14aefc1d28 ("x86: cpa, fix lookup_address"), for example. So make sure to be on the safe side here and use pXY_present() accessors rather than pXY_none() which could #GP when accessing pages in the direct map. Also see: c40a56a7818c ("x86/mm/init: Remove freed kernel image areas from alias mapping") for more info. Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> Tested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.4+ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210819132717.19358-1-rppt@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.