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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-01-04 12:32:03 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-01-05 00:39:57 +0100
commit1dddd25125112ba49706518ac9077a1026a18f37 (patch)
tree1a7dbf5aabe4314da221e2323ce66c9d2c4e87c1 /Documentation/x86/x86_64
parentf2078904810373211fb15f91888fba14c01a4acc (diff)
x86/kaslr: Fix the vaddr_end mess
vaddr_end for KASLR is only documented in the KASLR code itself and is adjusted depending on config options. So it's not surprising that a change of the memory layout causes KASLR to have the wrong vaddr_end. This can map arbitrary stuff into other areas causing hard to understand problems. Remove the whole ifdef magic and define the start of the cpu_entry_area to be the end of the KASLR vaddr range. Add documentation to that effect. Fixes: 92a0f81d8957 ("x86/cpu_entry_area: Move it out of the fixmap") Reported-by: Benjamin Gilbert <benjamin.gilbert@coreos.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Benjamin Gilbert <benjamin.gilbert@coreos.com> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@google.com>, Cc: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1801041320360.1771@nanos
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86/x86_64')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index f7dabe1f01e9..ea91cb61a602 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ffffea0000000000 - ffffeaffffffffff (=40 bits) virtual memory map (1TB)
... unused hole ...
ffffec0000000000 - fffffbffffffffff (=44 bits) kasan shadow memory (16TB)
... unused hole ...
+ vaddr_end for KASLR
fffffe0000000000 - fffffe7fffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping
fffffe8000000000 - fffffeffffffffff (=39 bits) LDT remap for PTI
ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ ffd4000000000000 - ffd5ffffffffffff (=49 bits) virtual memory map (512TB)
... unused hole ...
ffdf000000000000 - fffffc0000000000 (=53 bits) kasan shadow memory (8PB)
... unused hole ...
+ vaddr_end for KASLR
fffffe0000000000 - fffffe7fffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping
... unused hole ...
ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks
@@ -71,3 +73,7 @@ during EFI runtime calls.
Note that if CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY is enabled, the direct mapping of all
physical memory, vmalloc/ioremap space and virtual memory map are randomized.
Their order is preserved but their base will be offset early at boot time.
+
+Be very careful vs. KASLR when changing anything here. The KASLR address
+range must not overlap with anything except the KASAN shadow area, which is
+correct as KASAN disables KASLR.