From: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
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Subject: [PATCH 0/2] ARM: support THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK (v7 only) (v2)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 23:09:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210904060908.1310204-1-keithp@keithp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210902155429.3987201-1-keithp@keithp.com>
Placing thread_info in the kernel stack leaves it vulnerable to stack
overflow attacks. This short series addresses that by using the
existing THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK infrastructure.
This is the second version of this series, in this version the changes
are restricted to v7 hardware which offers a way to identify each cpu
in the system without reference to the stack it is using.
The series is broken into three pieces:
1) Change the secondary_start_kernel API to pass the cpu number to
this function. This is required for the following patch because the
raw_smp_processor_id() macro will use the per_cpu_offset value which
needs to have the cpu number to get the right value.
2) Enable THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK by creating a new per-cpu variable,
current_task, just like the x86 architecture. The largest changes
are in the assembly code where fetching the current_task value
requires a temporary register. Fortunately, each location in the
code performing this had a reasonably obvious register to use.
3) Optimize access to the cpu number using another new per-cpu
variable. This is not functionally necessary, but avoids
de-referencing through two pointers at modest memory cost.
Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithpac@amazon.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-04 6:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-02 15:54 [PATCH 0/2]: ARM: Enable THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK Keith Packard
2021-09-02 15:54 ` [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Add per-cpu variable holding cpu number Keith Packard
2021-09-02 15:54 ` [PATCH 2/2] ARM: Move thread_info into task_struct Keith Packard
2021-09-02 16:07 ` [PATCH 0/2]: ARM: Enable THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK Kees Cook
2021-09-02 16:18 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-09-02 17:37 ` Kees Cook
2021-09-02 16:54 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-09-02 16:53 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-09-02 17:35 ` Kees Cook
2021-09-02 17:58 ` Keith Packard
2021-09-04 6:09 ` Keith Packard [this message]
2021-09-04 6:09 ` [PATCH 1/3] ARM: Pass cpu number to secondary_start_kernel Keith Packard
2021-09-05 20:25 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-09-04 6:09 ` [PATCH 2/3] ARM: Move thread_info into task_struct (v7 only) Keith Packard
2021-09-05 20:56 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-09-06 6:14 ` Keith Packard
2021-09-06 7:49 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-09-07 15:24 ` Keith Packard
2021-09-07 16:05 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-09-07 22:17 ` Keith Packard
2021-09-06 6:20 ` Keith Packard
2021-09-04 6:09 ` [PATCH 3/3] ARM: Add per-cpu variable cpu_number " Keith Packard
2021-09-07 22:00 ` [PATCH 0/7] ARM: support THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK (v3) Keith Packard
2021-09-07 22:00 ` [PATCH 1/7] ARM: Pass cpu number to secondary_start_kernel Keith Packard
2021-09-07 22:00 ` [PATCH 2/7] ARM: Pass task " Keith Packard
2021-09-07 22:00 ` [PATCH 3/7] ARM: Use smp_processor_id() in vfp_pm_suspend instead of ti->cpu Keith Packard
2021-09-07 22:00 ` [PATCH 4/7] ARM: Use hack from powerpc to get current cpu number Keith Packard
2021-09-08 7:45 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-09-07 22:00 ` [PATCH 5/7] ARM: Stop using TPIDRPRW to hold per_cpu_offset Keith Packard
2021-09-09 13:54 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-09-07 22:00 ` [PATCH 6/7] ARM: Use TPIDRPRW for current Keith Packard
2021-09-09 13:56 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-09-07 22:00 ` [PATCH 7/7] ARM: Move thread_info into task_struct (v7 only) Keith Packard
2021-09-08 7:01 ` [PATCH 0/7] ARM: support THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK (v3) Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-09-08 7:47 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-09-08 7:50 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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