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x86/mm: Disallow vsyscall page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault()
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When trying to use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read vsyscall page
through a bpf program, the following oops was reported:

  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffff600000
  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
  PGD 3231067 P4D 3231067 PUD 3233067 PMD 3235067 PTE 0
  Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
  CPU: 1 PID: 20390 Comm: test_progs ...... 6.7.0+ #58
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) ......
  RIP: 0010:copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x6f/0x110
  ......
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   ? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x6f/0x110
   bpf_probe_read_kernel+0x1d/0x50
   bpf_prog_2061065e56845f08_do_probe_read+0x51/0x8d
   trace_call_bpf+0xc5/0x1c0
   perf_call_bpf_enter.isra.0+0x69/0xb0
   perf_syscall_enter+0x13e/0x200
   syscall_trace_enter+0x188/0x1c0
   do_syscall_64+0xb5/0xe0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76
   </TASK>
  ......
  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

The oops is triggered when:

1) A bpf program uses bpf_probe_read_kernel() to read from the vsyscall
page and invokes copy_from_kernel_nofault() which in turn calls
__get_user_asm().

2) Because the vsyscall page address is not readable from kernel space,
a page fault exception is triggered accordingly.

3) handle_page_fault() considers the vsyscall page address as a user
space address instead of a kernel space address. This results in the
fix-up setup by bpf not being applied and a page_fault_oops() is invoked
due to SMAP.

Considering handle_page_fault() has already considered the vsyscall page
address as a userspace address, fix the problem by disallowing vsyscall
page read for copy_from_kernel_nofault().

Originally-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reported-by: syzbot+72aa0161922eba61b50e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAG48ez06TZft=ATH1qh2c5mpS5BT8UakwNkzi6nvK5_djC-4Nw@mail.gmail.com
Reported-by: xingwei lee <xrivendell7@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CABOYnLynjBoFZOf3Z4BhaZkc5hx_kHfsjiW+UWLoB=w33LvScw@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240202103935.3154011-3-houtao@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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Hou Tao authored and Alexei Starovoitov committed Feb 16, 2024
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#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>

#include <asm/vsyscall.h>

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
bool copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(const void *unsafe_src, size_t size)
{
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if (vaddr < TASK_SIZE_MAX + PAGE_SIZE)
return false;

/*
* Reading from the vsyscall page may cause an unhandled fault in
* certain cases. Though it is at an address above TASK_SIZE_MAX, it is
* usually considered as a user space address.
*/
if (is_vsyscall_vaddr(vaddr))
return false;

/*
* Allow everything during early boot before 'x86_virt_bits'
* is initialized. Needed for instruction decoding in early
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