From: "Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org>, Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev,
"Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/5] lib/vsprintf: Validate spinlock context during restricted pointer formatting
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:21:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260608-restricted-pointers-final-v4-0-9a436615799e@linutronix.de> (raw)
Depending on the system configuration, the restricted pointer formatting
might call into the security subsystem which takes spinlocks, which
might sleep under PREEMPT_RT. As %pK is intended to be only used from
read handlers of virtual files, which always run in task context,
this should not be a problem in practice.
However, developers have used %pK before from atomic context without
realizing this restriction.
Add a lockdep annotation to unconditionally introduce a fake spinlock in
restricted_pointer(), so lockdep can detect misuse even if the current
test system configuration would not exhibit the issue.
---
Changes in v4:
- Pick up review from Petr.
- Check in_task() before LD_WAIT_CONFIG.
- Make commit message slightly clearer.
- Reorder patches to avoid problematic temporary states.
- Link to v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260520-restricted-pointers-final-v3-0-76bca6a6ab3f@linutronix.de
Changes in v3:
- Use in_task() over its open-coded inverse.
- Also switch the existing check over to it.
- Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260504-restricted-pointers-final-v2-0-4934933503e5@linutronix.de
Changes in v2:
- Use custom lock_map over might_sleep()
- Also assert IRQ context
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260317-restricted-pointers-final-v1-1-b4dca0ed6483@linutronix.de
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
To: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
To: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org>
To: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
To: Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
---
Thomas Weißschuh (5):
locking/lockdep: Add a helper to validate the locking context without a lock
locking/lockdep: Add a guard for lock_map_acquire()
lib/vsprintf: Use in_task() for restricted pointer context check
lib/vsprintf: Always check interrupt context restrictions
lib/vsprintf: Validate spinlock context during restricted pointer formatting
include/linux/lockdep.h | 11 +++++++++++
lib/vsprintf.c | 12 +++++++++++-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
base-commit: d870b998ed2e4184cbe312f4a4e2fd60d1360caf
change-id: 20260107-restricted-pointers-final-cd24979fd752
Best regards,
--
Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-08 14:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-08 14:21 Thomas Weißschuh [this message]
2026-06-08 14:21 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] locking/lockdep: Add a helper to validate the locking context without a lock Thomas Weißschuh
2026-06-08 14:21 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] locking/lockdep: Add a guard for lock_map_acquire() Thomas Weißschuh
2026-06-08 14:21 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] lib/vsprintf: Use in_task() for restricted pointer context check Thomas Weißschuh
2026-06-08 14:21 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] lib/vsprintf: Always check interrupt context restrictions Thomas Weißschuh
2026-06-08 14:21 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] lib/vsprintf: Validate spinlock context during restricted pointer formatting Thomas Weißschuh
2026-06-11 10:09 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-06-16 9:14 ` Petr Mladek
2026-06-25 14:51 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-06-26 15:53 ` Petr Mladek
2026-06-26 16:06 ` Petr Mladek
2026-06-26 17:06 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-06-29 12:06 ` Petr Mladek
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