x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous

modify_ldt() has questionable locking and does not synchronize
threads.  Improve it: redesign the locking and synchronize all
threads' LDTs using an IPI on all modifications.

This will dramatically slow down modify_ldt in multithreaded
programs, but there shouldn't be any multithreaded programs that
care about modify_ldt's performance in the first place.

This fixes some fallout from the CVE-2015-5157 fixes.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: security@kernel.org <security@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4c6978476782160600471bd865b318db34c7b628.1438291540.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h

@@ -280,21 +280,6 @@ static inline void clear_LDT(void)
 	set_ldt(NULL, 0);
 }
 
-/*
- * load one particular LDT into the current CPU
- */
-static inline void load_LDT_nolock(mm_context_t *pc)
-{
-	set_ldt(pc->ldt, pc->size);
-}
-
-static inline void load_LDT(mm_context_t *pc)
-{
-	preempt_disable();
-	load_LDT_nolock(pc);
-	preempt_enable();
-}
-
 static inline unsigned long get_desc_base(const struct desc_struct *desc)
 {
 	return (unsigned)(desc->base0 | ((desc->base1) << 16) | ((desc->base2) << 24));

arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h

@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
  * we put the segment information here.
  */
 typedef struct {
-	void *ldt;
+	struct ldt_struct *ldt;
-	int size;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	/* True if mm supports a task running in 32 bit compatibility mode. */

arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h

@@ -33,6 +33,50 @@ static inline void load_mm_cr4(struct mm_struct *mm)
 static inline void load_mm_cr4(struct mm_struct *mm) {}
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * ldt_structs can be allocated, used, and freed, but they are never
+ * modified while live.
+ */
+struct ldt_struct {
+	/*
+	 * Xen requires page-aligned LDTs with special permissions.  This is
+	 * needed to prevent us from installing evil descriptors such as
+	 * call gates.  On native, we could merge the ldt_struct and LDT
+	 * allocations, but it's not worth trying to optimize.
+	 */
+	struct desc_struct *entries;
+	int size;
+};
+
+static inline void load_mm_ldt(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	struct ldt_struct *ldt;
+
+	/* lockless_dereference synchronizes with smp_store_release */
+	ldt = lockless_dereference(mm->context.ldt);
+
+	/*
+	 * Any change to mm->context.ldt is followed by an IPI to all
+	 * CPUs with the mm active.  The LDT will not be freed until
+	 * after the IPI is handled by all such CPUs.  This means that,
+	 * if the ldt_struct changes before we return, the values we see
+	 * will be safe, and the new values will be loaded before we run
+	 * any user code.
+	 *
+	 * NB: don't try to convert this to use RCU without extreme care.
+	 * We would still need IRQs off, because we don't want to change
+	 * the local LDT after an IPI loaded a newer value than the one
+	 * that we can see.
+	 */
+
+	if (unlikely(ldt))
+		set_ldt(ldt->entries, ldt->size);
+	else
+		clear_LDT();
+
+	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(preemptible());
+}
+
 /*
  * Used for LDT copy/destruction.
  */
@@ -78,12 +122,12 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
 		 * was called and then modify_ldt changed
 		 * prev->context.ldt but suppressed an IPI to this CPU.
 		 * In this case, prev->context.ldt != NULL, because we
-		 * never free an LDT while the mm still exists.  That
+		 * never set context.ldt to NULL while the mm still
-		 * means that next->context.ldt != prev->context.ldt,
+		 * exists.  That means that next->context.ldt !=
-		 * because mms never share an LDT.
+		 * prev->context.ldt, because mms never share an LDT.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(prev->context.ldt != next->context.ldt))
-			load_LDT_nolock(&next->context);
+			load_mm_ldt(next);
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	  else {
@@ -106,7 +150,7 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
 			load_cr3(next->pgd);
 			trace_tlb_flush(TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH, TLB_FLUSH_ALL);
 			load_mm_cr4(next);
-			load_LDT_nolock(&next->context);
+			load_mm_ldt(next);
 		}
 	}
 #endif

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c

@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ void cpu_init(void)
 	load_sp0(t, &current->thread);
 	set_tss_desc(cpu, t);
 	load_TR_desc();
-	load_LDT(&init_mm.context);
+	load_mm_ldt(&init_mm);
 
 	clear_all_debug_regs();
 	dbg_restore_debug_regs();
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ void cpu_init(void)
 	load_sp0(t, thread);
 	set_tss_desc(cpu, t);
 	load_TR_desc();
-	load_LDT(&init_mm.context);
+	load_mm_ldt(&init_mm);
 
 	t->x86_tss.io_bitmap_base = offsetof(struct tss_struct, io_bitmap);
 

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c

@@ -2179,21 +2179,25 @@ static unsigned long get_segment_base(unsigned int segment)
 	int idx = segment >> 3;
 
 	if ((segment & SEGMENT_TI_MASK) == SEGMENT_LDT) {
+		struct ldt_struct *ldt;
+
 		if (idx > LDT_ENTRIES)
 			return 0;
 
-		if (idx > current->active_mm->context.size)
+		/* IRQs are off, so this synchronizes with smp_store_release */
+		ldt = lockless_dereference(current->active_mm->context.ldt);
+		if (!ldt || idx > ldt->size)
 			return 0;
 
-		desc = current->active_mm->context.ldt;
+		desc = &ldt->entries[idx];
 	} else {
 		if (idx > GDT_ENTRIES)
 			return 0;
 
-		desc = raw_cpu_ptr(gdt_page.gdt);
+		desc = raw_cpu_ptr(gdt_page.gdt) + idx;
 	}
 
-	return get_desc_base(desc + idx);
+	return get_desc_base(desc);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT

arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -20,82 +21,82 @@
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+/* context.lock is held for us, so we don't need any locking. */
 static void flush_ldt(void *current_mm)
 {
-	if (current->active_mm == current_mm)
+	mm_context_t *pc;
-		load_LDT(&current->active_mm->context);
+
+	if (current->active_mm != current_mm)
+		return;
+
+	pc = &current->active_mm->context;
+	set_ldt(pc->ldt->entries, pc->ldt->size);
 }
-#endif
 
-static int alloc_ldt(mm_context_t *pc, int mincount, int reload)
+/* The caller must call finalize_ldt_struct on the result. LDT starts zeroed. */
+static struct ldt_struct *alloc_ldt_struct(int size)
 {
-	void *oldldt, *newldt;
+	struct ldt_struct *new_ldt;
-	int oldsize;
+	int alloc_size;
 
-	if (mincount <= pc->size)
+	if (size > LDT_ENTRIES)
-		return 0;
+		return NULL;
-	oldsize = pc->size;
+
-	mincount = (mincount + (PAGE_SIZE / LDT_ENTRY_SIZE - 1)) &
+	new_ldt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ldt_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
-			(~(PAGE_SIZE / LDT_ENTRY_SIZE - 1));
+	if (!new_ldt)
-	if (mincount * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE > PAGE_SIZE)
+		return NULL;
-		newldt = vmalloc(mincount * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE);
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(LDT_ENTRY_SIZE != sizeof(struct desc_struct));
+	alloc_size = size * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE;
+
+	/*
+	 * Xen is very picky: it requires a page-aligned LDT that has no
+	 * trailing nonzero bytes in any page that contains LDT descriptors.
+	 * Keep it simple: zero the whole allocation and never allocate less
+	 * than PAGE_SIZE.
+	 */
+	if (alloc_size > PAGE_SIZE)
+		new_ldt->entries = vzalloc(alloc_size);
 	else
-		newldt = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		new_ldt->entries = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (!newldt)
+	if (!new_ldt->entries) {
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		kfree(new_ldt);
-
+		return NULL;
-	if (oldsize)
-		memcpy(newldt, pc->ldt, oldsize * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE);
-	oldldt = pc->ldt;
-	memset(newldt + oldsize * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE, 0,
-	       (mincount - oldsize) * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE);
-
-	paravirt_alloc_ldt(newldt, mincount);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	/* CHECKME: Do we really need this ? */
-	wmb();
-#endif
-	pc->ldt = newldt;
-	wmb();
-	pc->size = mincount;
-	wmb();
-
-	if (reload) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-		preempt_disable();
-		load_LDT(pc);
-		if (!cpumask_equal(mm_cpumask(current->mm),
-				   cpumask_of(smp_processor_id())))
-			smp_call_function(flush_ldt, current->mm, 1);
-		preempt_enable();
-#else
-		load_LDT(pc);
-#endif
 	}
-	if (oldsize) {
+
-		paravirt_free_ldt(oldldt, oldsize);
+	new_ldt->size = size;
-		if (oldsize * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE > PAGE_SIZE)
+	return new_ldt;
-			vfree(oldldt);
-		else
-			put_page(virt_to_page(oldldt));
-	}
-	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int copy_ldt(mm_context_t *new, mm_context_t *old)
+/* After calling this, the LDT is immutable. */
+static void finalize_ldt_struct(struct ldt_struct *ldt)
 {
-	int err = alloc_ldt(new, old->size, 0);
+	paravirt_alloc_ldt(ldt->entries, ldt->size);
-	int i;
+}
 
-	if (err < 0)
+/* context.lock is held */
-		return err;
+static void install_ldt(struct mm_struct *current_mm,
+			struct ldt_struct *ldt)
+{
+	/* Synchronizes with lockless_dereference in load_mm_ldt. */
+	smp_store_release(&current_mm->context.ldt, ldt);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < old->size; i++)
+	/* Activate the LDT for all CPUs using current_mm. */
-		write_ldt_entry(new->ldt, i, old->ldt + i * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE);
+	on_each_cpu_mask(mm_cpumask(current_mm), flush_ldt, current_mm, true);
-	return 0;
+}
+
+static void free_ldt_struct(struct ldt_struct *ldt)
+{
+	if (likely(!ldt))
+		return;
+
+	paravirt_free_ldt(ldt->entries, ldt->size);
+	if (ldt->size * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE > PAGE_SIZE)
+		vfree(ldt->entries);
+	else
+		kfree(ldt->entries);
+	kfree(ldt);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -104,17 +105,37 @@ static inline int copy_ldt(mm_context_t *new, mm_context_t *old)
  */
 int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
+	struct ldt_struct *new_ldt;
 	struct mm_struct *old_mm;
 	int retval = 0;
 
 	mutex_init(&mm->context.lock);
-	mm->context.size = 0;
 	old_mm = current->mm;
-	if (old_mm && old_mm->context.size > 0) {
+	if (!old_mm) {
-		mutex_lock(&old_mm->context.lock);
+		mm->context.ldt = NULL;
-		retval = copy_ldt(&mm->context, &old_mm->context);
+		return 0;
-		mutex_unlock(&old_mm->context.lock);
 	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&old_mm->context.lock);
+	if (!old_mm->context.ldt) {
+		mm->context.ldt = NULL;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	new_ldt = alloc_ldt_struct(old_mm->context.ldt->size);
+	if (!new_ldt) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(new_ldt->entries, old_mm->context.ldt->entries,
+	       new_ldt->size * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE);
+	finalize_ldt_struct(new_ldt);
+
+	mm->context.ldt = new_ldt;
+
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&old_mm->context.lock);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -125,53 +146,47 @@ int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
  */
 void destroy_context(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-	if (mm->context.size) {
+	free_ldt_struct(mm->context.ldt);
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	mm->context.ldt = NULL;
-		/* CHECKME: Can this ever happen ? */
-		if (mm == current->active_mm)
-			clear_LDT();
-#endif
-		paravirt_free_ldt(mm->context.ldt, mm->context.size);
-		if (mm->context.size * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE > PAGE_SIZE)
-			vfree(mm->context.ldt);
-		else
-			put_page(virt_to_page(mm->context.ldt));
-		mm->context.size = 0;
-	}
 }
 
 static int read_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount)
 {
-	int err;
+	int retval;
 	unsigned long size;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 
-	if (!mm->context.size)
+	mutex_lock(&mm->context.lock);
-		return 0;
+
+	if (!mm->context.ldt) {
+		retval = 0;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
 	if (bytecount > LDT_ENTRY_SIZE * LDT_ENTRIES)
 		bytecount = LDT_ENTRY_SIZE * LDT_ENTRIES;
 
-	mutex_lock(&mm->context.lock);
+	size = mm->context.ldt->size * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE;
-	size = mm->context.size * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE;
 	if (size > bytecount)
 		size = bytecount;
 
-	err = 0;
+	if (copy_to_user(ptr, mm->context.ldt->entries, size)) {
-	if (copy_to_user(ptr, mm->context.ldt, size))
+		retval = -EFAULT;
-		err = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_unlock;
-	mutex_unlock(&mm->context.lock);
+	}
-	if (err < 0)
+
-		goto error_return;
 	if (size != bytecount) {
-		/* zero-fill the rest */
+		/* Zero-fill the rest and pretend we read bytecount bytes. */
-		if (clear_user(ptr + size, bytecount - size) != 0) {
+		if (clear_user(ptr + size, bytecount - size)) {
-			err = -EFAULT;
+			retval = -EFAULT;
-			goto error_return;
+			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 	}
-	return bytecount;
+	retval = bytecount;
-error_return:
+
-	return err;
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&mm->context.lock);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static int read_default_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount)
@@ -195,6 +210,8 @@ static int write_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount, int oldmode)
 	struct desc_struct ldt;
 	int error;
 	struct user_desc ldt_info;
+	int oldsize, newsize;
+	struct ldt_struct *new_ldt, *old_ldt;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;
 	if (bytecount != sizeof(ldt_info))
@@ -213,34 +230,39 @@ static int write_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount, int oldmode)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&mm->context.lock);
+	if ((oldmode && !ldt_info.base_addr && !ldt_info.limit) ||
-	if (ldt_info.entry_number >= mm->context.size) {
+	    LDT_empty(&ldt_info)) {
-		error = alloc_ldt(&current->mm->context,
+		/* The user wants to clear the entry. */
-				  ldt_info.entry_number + 1, 1);
+		memset(&ldt, 0, sizeof(ldt));
-		if (error < 0)
+	} else {
-			goto out_unlock;
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_16BIT) && !ldt_info.seg_32bit) {
-	}
+			error = -EINVAL;
-
+			goto out;
-	/* Allow LDTs to be cleared by the user. */
-	if (ldt_info.base_addr == 0 && ldt_info.limit == 0) {
-		if (oldmode || LDT_empty(&ldt_info)) {
-			memset(&ldt, 0, sizeof(ldt));
-			goto install;
 		}
+
+		fill_ldt(&ldt, &ldt_info);
+		if (oldmode)
+			ldt.avl = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_16BIT) && !ldt_info.seg_32bit) {
+	mutex_lock(&mm->context.lock);
-		error = -EINVAL;
+
+	old_ldt = mm->context.ldt;
+	oldsize = old_ldt ? old_ldt->size : 0;
+	newsize = max((int)(ldt_info.entry_number + 1), oldsize);
+
+	error = -ENOMEM;
+	new_ldt = alloc_ldt_struct(newsize);
+	if (!new_ldt)
 		goto out_unlock;
-	}
 
-	fill_ldt(&ldt, &ldt_info);
+	if (old_ldt)
-	if (oldmode)
+		memcpy(new_ldt->entries, old_ldt->entries, oldsize * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE);
-		ldt.avl = 0;
+	new_ldt->entries[ldt_info.entry_number] = ldt;
+	finalize_ldt_struct(new_ldt);
 
-	/* Install the new entry ...  */
+	install_ldt(mm, new_ldt);
-install:
+	free_ldt_struct(old_ldt);
-	write_ldt_entry(mm->context.ldt, ldt_info.entry_number, &ldt);
 	error = 0;
 
 out_unlock:

arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c

@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ void __show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs, int all)
 void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 {
 	if (dead_task->mm) {
-		if (dead_task->mm->context.size) {
+		if (dead_task->mm->context.ldt) {
 			pr_warn("WARNING: dead process %s still has LDT? <%p/%d>\n",
 				dead_task->comm,
 				dead_task->mm->context.ldt,
-				dead_task->mm->context.size);
+				dead_task->mm->context.ldt->size);
 			BUG();
 		}
 	}

arch/x86/kernel/step.c

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
+#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 
 unsigned long convert_ip_to_linear(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -30,10 +31,11 @@ unsigned long convert_ip_to_linear(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *re
 		seg &= ~7UL;
 
 		mutex_lock(&child->mm->context.lock);
-		if (unlikely((seg >> 3) >= child->mm->context.size))
+		if (unlikely(!child->mm->context.ldt ||
+			     (seg >> 3) >= child->mm->context.ldt->size))
 			addr = -1L; /* bogus selector, access would fault */
 		else {
-			desc = child->mm->context.ldt + seg;
+			desc = &child->mm->context.ldt->entries[seg];
 			base = get_desc_base(desc);
 
 			/* 16-bit code segment? */

arch/x86/power/cpu.c

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <asm/fpu/internal.h>
 #include <asm/debugreg.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
+#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 __visible unsigned long saved_context_ebx;
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ static void fix_processor_context(void)
 	syscall_init();				/* This sets MSR_*STAR and related */
 #endif
 	load_TR_desc();				/* This does ltr */
-	load_LDT(&current->active_mm->context);	/* This does lldt */
+	load_mm_ldt(current->active_mm);	/* This does lldt */
 
 	fpu__resume_cpu();
 }