[PATCH v2 03/13] powerpc/module_32: Fix livepatching for RO modules

From: Christophe Leroy
Date: Mon Dec 20 2021 - 11:38:15 EST


Livepatching a loaded module involves applying relocations through
apply_relocate_add(), which attempts to write to read-only memory when
CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=y.

R_PPC_ADDR16_LO, R_PPC_ADDR16_HI, R_PPC_ADDR16_HA and R_PPC_REL24 are
the types generated by the kpatch-build userspace tool or klp-convert
kernel tree observed applying a relocation to a post-init module.

Use patch_instruction() to patch those relocations.

Commit 8734b41b3efe ("powerpc/module_64: Fix livepatching for
RO modules") did similar change in module_64.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell Currey <ruscur@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c
index a491ad481d85..a0432ef46967 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/sort.h>
#include <asm/setup.h>
+#include <asm/code-patching.h>

/* Count how many different relocations (different symbol, different
addend) */
@@ -174,15 +175,25 @@ static uint32_t do_plt_call(void *location,
entry++;
}

- entry->jump[0] = PPC_RAW_LIS(_R12, PPC_HA(val));
- entry->jump[1] = PPC_RAW_ADDI(_R12, _R12, PPC_LO(val));
- entry->jump[2] = PPC_RAW_MTCTR(_R12);
- entry->jump[3] = PPC_RAW_BCTR();
+ if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[0], ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_LIS(_R12, PPC_HA(val)))))
+ return 0;
+ if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[1], ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_ADDI(_R12, _R12, PPC_LO(val)))))
+ return 0;
+ if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[2], ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_MTCTR(_R12))))
+ return 0;
+ if (patch_instruction(&entry->jump[3], ppc_inst(PPC_RAW_BCTR())))
+ return 0;

pr_debug("Initialized plt for 0x%x at %p\n", val, entry);
return (uint32_t)entry;
}

+static int patch_location_16(uint32_t *loc, u16 value)
+{
+ loc = PTR_ALIGN_DOWN(loc, sizeof(u32));
+ return patch_instruction(loc, ppc_inst((*loc & 0xffff0000) | value));
+}
+
int apply_relocate_add(Elf32_Shdr *sechdrs,
const char *strtab,
unsigned int symindex,
@@ -216,37 +227,42 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf32_Shdr *sechdrs,

case R_PPC_ADDR16_LO:
/* Low half of the symbol */
- *(uint16_t *)location = value;
+ if (patch_location_16(location, PPC_LO(value)))
+ return -EFAULT;
break;

case R_PPC_ADDR16_HI:
/* Higher half of the symbol */
- *(uint16_t *)location = (value >> 16);
+ if (patch_location_16(location, PPC_HI(value)))
+ return -EFAULT;
break;

case R_PPC_ADDR16_HA:
- /* Sign-adjusted lower 16 bits: PPC ELF ABI says:
- (((x >> 16) + ((x & 0x8000) ? 1 : 0))) & 0xFFFF.
- This is the same, only sane.
- */
- *(uint16_t *)location = (value + 0x8000) >> 16;
+ if (patch_location_16(location, PPC_HA(value)))
+ return -EFAULT;
break;

case R_PPC_REL24:
if ((int)(value - (uint32_t)location) < -0x02000000
- || (int)(value - (uint32_t)location) >= 0x02000000)
+ || (int)(value - (uint32_t)location) >= 0x02000000) {
value = do_plt_call(location, value,
sechdrs, module);
+ if (!value)
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }

/* Only replace bits 2 through 26 */
pr_debug("REL24 value = %08X. location = %08X\n",
value, (uint32_t)location);
pr_debug("Location before: %08X.\n",
*(uint32_t *)location);
- *(uint32_t *)location
- = (*(uint32_t *)location & ~0x03fffffc)
+ value = (*(uint32_t *)location & ~0x03fffffc)
| ((value - (uint32_t)location)
& 0x03fffffc);
+
+ if (patch_instruction(location, ppc_inst(value)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
pr_debug("Location after: %08X.\n",
*(uint32_t *)location);
pr_debug("ie. jump to %08X+%08X = %08X\n",
--
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