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Dave Hansen authored
The kernel image starts out with the Global bit set across the entire kernel image. The bit is cleared with set_memory_nonglobal() in the configurations with PCIDs where the performance benefits of the Global bit are not needed. However, this is fragile. It means that we are stuck opting *out* of the less-secure (Global bit set) configuration, which seems backwards. Let's start more secure (Global bit clear) and then let things opt back in if they want performance, or are truly mapping common data between kernel and userspace. This fixes a bug. Before this patch, there are areas that are unmapped from the user page tables (like like everything above 0xffffffff82600000 in the example below). These have the hallmark of being a wrong Global area: they are not identical in the 'current_kernel' and 'current_user' page table dumps. They are also read-write, which means they're much more likely to contain secrets. Before this patch: current_kernel:---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- current_kernel-0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81e00000 14M ro PSE GLB x pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff81e00000-0xffffffff81e11000 68K ro GLB x pte current_kernel-0xffffffff81e11000-0xffffffff82000000 1980K RW GLB NX pte current_kernel-0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff82600000 6M ro PSE GLB NX pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff82600000-0xffffffff82c00000 6M RW PSE GLB NX pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff82c00000-0xffffffff82e00000 2M RW GLB NX pte current_kernel-0xffffffff82e00000-0xffffffff83200000 4M RW PSE GLB NX pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff83200000-0xffffffffa0000000 462M pmd current_user:---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- current_user-0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd current_user-0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81e00000 14M ro PSE GLB x pmd current_user-0xffffffff81e00000-0xffffffff81e11000 68K ro GLB x pte current_user-0xffffffff81e11000-0xffffffff82000000 1980K RW GLB NX pte current_user-0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff82600000 6M ro PSE GLB NX pmd current_user-0xffffffff82600000-0xffffffffa0000000 474M pmd After this patch: current_kernel:---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- current_kernel-0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81e00000 14M ro PSE GLB x pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff81e00000-0xffffffff81e11000 68K ro GLB x pte current_kernel-0xffffffff81e11000-0xffffffff82000000 1980K RW NX pte current_kernel-0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff82600000 6M ro PSE GLB NX pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff82600000-0xffffffff82c00000 6M RW PSE NX pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff82c00000-0xffffffff82e00000 2M RW NX pte current_kernel-0xffffffff82e00000-0xffffffff83200000 4M RW PSE NX pmd current_kernel-0xffffffff83200000-0xffffffffa0000000 462M pmd current_user:---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- current_user-0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd current_user-0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81e00000 14M ro PSE GLB x pmd current_user-0xffffffff81e00000-0xffffffff81e11000 68K ro GLB x pte current_user-0xffffffff81e11000-0xffffffff82000000 1980K RW NX pte current_user-0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff82600000 6M ro PSE GLB NX pmd current_user-0xffffffff82600000-0xffffffffa0000000 474M pmd Fixes: 0f561fce ("x86/pti: Enable global pages for shared areas") Reported-by:
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by:
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