From: Ricky Ringler <richard.rringler@gmail.com>
To: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ricky Ringler <richard.rringler@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xtensa: align: validate user access in fast_load_store under MMU
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:52:51 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251213025252.2574336-1-richard.rringler@gmail.com> (raw)
fast_load_store aligns faulting address then reads two words
with l32i. With CONFIG_MMU, bad user access can fault
in this path.
Replace arbitrary jump to .Linvalid_instruction with
access_ok() to validate aligned address before loads
and branch to .Linvalid_instruction on failure.
a0: scratch. a2: sp. Matches existing usage in
Xtensa entry.S.
Tested-by: Ricky Ringler <richard.rringler@gmail.com>
Testing:
- Built Xtensa with CONFIG_MMU enabled
- objdump before/after comparison and validated code path
- Ran emulated Xtensa device with QEMU and manually triggered unaligned and
aligned loads
Signed-off-by: Ricky Ringler <richard.rringler@gmail.com>
---
arch/xtensa/include/asm/asm-uaccess.h | 2 +-
arch/xtensa/kernel/align.S | 9 ++++++---
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/asm-uaccess.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/asm-uaccess.h
index 7cec869136e3..c5baa134d3d8 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/asm-uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/asm-uaccess.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
* <aa> register containing memory address
* <as> register containing memory size
* <at> temp register
- * <sp>
+ * <sp> unused; ignored
* <error> label to branch to on error; implies fall-through
* macro on success
* On Exit:
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/align.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/align.S
index ee97edce2300..808f9f843d33 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/align.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/align.S
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
#include <asm/asmmacro.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+#include <asm/asm-uaccess.h>
+#endif
#if XCHAL_UNALIGNED_LOAD_EXCEPTION || defined CONFIG_XTENSA_LOAD_STORE
#define LOAD_EXCEPTION_HANDLER
@@ -178,15 +181,15 @@ ENTRY(fast_load_store)
bbsi.l a4, OP1_SI_BIT + INSN_OP1, .Linvalid_instruction
1:
- movi a3, ~3
+ movi a3, ~3
and a3, a3, a8 # align memory address
__ssa8 a8
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
/* l32e can't be used here even when it's available. */
- /* TODO access_ok(a3) could be used here */
- j .Linvalid_instruction
+ movi a5, 8
+ access_ok a3, a5, a0, a2, .Linvalid_instruction
#endif
l32i a5, a3, 0
l32i a6, a3, 4
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-12-13 2:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-13 2:52 Ricky Ringler [this message]
2025-12-13 2:52 ` [PATCH] xtensa: mmu: validate user access in fast_load_store with MMU Ricky Ringler
2025-12-14 7:14 ` Max Filippov
2025-12-14 7:24 ` Max Filippov
2025-12-14 22:28 ` [PATCH v2] xtensa: align: validate access in fast_load_store Ricky Ringler
2025-12-15 3:06 ` Max Filippov
2025-12-15 14:33 ` [PATCH v3] " Ricky Ringler
2025-12-15 15:11 ` Max Filippov
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