Re: [PATCH v2] x86/show_trace_log_lvl: ensure stack pointer is aligned, again

From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Thu May 04 2023 - 14:15:10 EST


Josh,

This version does exactly what you requested in reply to v1.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230428043158.r5omehiaqawcac2y@treble/

What else should we do? Make V3 following David's suggestion

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/aa8537d81dc747a097e9e30491b5081b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

? Or what?

On 04/29, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> From: Vernon Lovejoy <vlovejoy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The commit e335bb51cc15 ("x86/unwind: Ensure stack pointer is aligned")
> tried to align the stack pointer in show_trace_log_lvl(), otherwise the
> "stack < stack_info.end" check can't guarantee that the last read does
> not go past the end of the stack.
>
> However, we have the same problem with the initial value of the stack
> pointer, it can also be unaligned. So without this patch this trivial
> kernel module
>
> #include <linux/module.h>
>
> static int init(void)
> {
> asm volatile("sub $0x4,%rsp");
> dump_stack();
> asm volatile("add $0x4,%rsp");
>
> return -EAGAIN;
> }
>
> module_init(init);
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>
> crashes the kernel.
>
> Fixes: e335bb51cc15 ("x86/unwind: Ensure stack pointer is aligned")
> Signed-off-by: Vernon Lovejoy <vlovejoy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
> index 0bf6779187dd..f82d896eb99d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
> @@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ static void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
> printk("%sCall Trace:\n", log_lvl);
>
> unwind_start(&state, task, regs, stack);
> - stack = stack ? : get_stack_pointer(task, regs);
> regs = unwind_get_entry_regs(&state, &partial);
>
> /*
> @@ -214,7 +213,10 @@ static void show_trace_log_lvl(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
> * - hardirq stack
> * - entry stack
> */
> - for ( ; stack; stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack_info.next_sp, sizeof(long))) {
> + for (stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack ?: get_stack_pointer(task, regs), sizeof(long));
> + stack;
> + stack = PTR_ALIGN(stack_info.next_sp, sizeof(long)))
> + {
> const char *stack_name;
>
> if (get_stack_info(stack, task, &stack_info, &visit_mask)) {
> --
> 2.25.1.362.g51ebf55
>