linux/arch/arm64
Alexandru Elisei 3fed9e5514 arm64: compat: Do not treat syscall number as ESR_ELx for a bad syscall
If a compat process tries to execute an unknown system call above the
__ARM_NR_COMPAT_END number, the kernel sends a SIGILL signal to the
offending process. Information about the error is printed to dmesg in
compat_arm_syscall() -> arm64_notify_die() -> arm64_force_sig_fault() ->
arm64_show_signal().

arm64_show_signal() interprets a non-zero value for
current->thread.fault_code as an exception syndrome and displays the
message associated with the ESR_ELx.EC field (bits 31:26).
current->thread.fault_code is set in compat_arm_syscall() ->
arm64_notify_die() with the bad syscall number instead of a valid ESR_ELx
value. This means that the ESR_ELx.EC field has the value that the user set
for the syscall number and the kernel can end up printing bogus exception
messages*. For example, for the syscall number 0x68000000, which evaluates
to ESR_ELx.EC value of 0x1A (ESR_ELx_EC_FPAC) the kernel prints this error:

[   18.349161] syscall[300]: unhandled exception: ERET/ERETAA/ERETAB, ESR 0x68000000, Oops - bad compat syscall(2) in syscall[10000+50000]
[   18.350639] CPU: 2 PID: 300 Comm: syscall Not tainted 5.18.0-rc1 #79
[   18.351249] Hardware name: Pine64 RockPro64 v2.0 (DT)
[..]

which is misleading, as the bad compat syscall has nothing to do with
pointer authentication.

Stop arm64_show_signal() from printing exception syndrome information by
having compat_arm_syscall() set the ESR_ELx value to 0, as it has no
meaning for an invalid system call number. The example above now becomes:

[   19.935275] syscall[301]: unhandled exception: Oops - bad compat syscall(2) in syscall[10000+50000]
[   19.936124] CPU: 1 PID: 301 Comm: syscall Not tainted 5.18.0-rc1-00005-g7e08006d4102 #80
[   19.936894] Hardware name: Pine64 RockPro64 v2.0 (DT)
[..]

which although shows less information because the syscall number,
wrongfully advertised as the ESR value, is missing, it is better than
showing plainly wrong information. The syscall number can be easily
obtained with strace.

*A 32-bit value above or equal to 0x8000_0000 is interpreted as a negative
integer in compat_arm_syscal() and the condition scno < __ARM_NR_COMPAT_END
evaluates to true; the syscall will exit to userspace in this case with the
ENOSYS error code instead of arm64_notify_die() being called.

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220425114444.368693-3-alexandru.elisei@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2022-04-29 19:26:27 +01:00
..
boot arm64: dts: qcom/sdm845-shift-axolotl: Fix boolean properties with values 2022-04-14 22:52:17 +02:00
configs ARM: DT updates for 5.18 2022-03-23 18:37:22 -07:00
crypto crypto: arm64 - cleanup comments 2022-03-09 15:12:32 +12:00
hyperv arm64: hyperv: Initialize hypervisor on boot 2021-08-04 16:54:36 +00:00
include arm64: Make ESR_ELx_xVC_IMM_MASK compatible with assembly 2022-04-29 19:26:26 +01:00
kernel arm64: compat: Do not treat syscall number as ESR_ELx for a bad syscall 2022-04-29 19:26:27 +01:00
kvm KVM: arm64: mixed-width check should be skipped for uninitialized vCPUs 2022-04-06 12:29:45 +01:00
lib Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2022-03-21 16:02:36 -07:00
mm arm64: fix typos in comments 2022-04-04 10:32:50 +01:00
net kasan, arm64: don't tag executable vmalloc allocations 2022-03-24 19:06:48 -07:00
tools Merge branch 'for-next/spectre-bhb' into for-next/core 2022-03-14 19:08:31 +00:00
xen xen: allow pv-only hypercalls only with CONFIG_XEN_PV 2021-11-02 08:11:01 -05:00
Kbuild kbuild: use more subdir- for visiting subdirectories while cleaning 2021-10-24 13:49:46 +09:00
Kconfig Char/Misc and other driver updates for 5.18-rc1 2022-03-28 12:27:35 -07:00
Kconfig.debug
Kconfig.platforms ARM: DT updates for 5.18 2022-03-23 18:37:22 -07:00
Makefile arm64/xor: use EOR3 instructions when available 2021-12-14 12:14:26 +00:00