[tip: x86/urgent] x86/mm, kexec, ima: Use memblock_free_late() from ima_free_kexec_buffer()

From: tip-bot2 for Rik van Riel
Date: Mon Sep 18 2023 - 03:31:52 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 34cf99c250d5cd2530b93a57b0de31d3aaf8685b
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/34cf99c250d5cd2530b93a57b0de31d3aaf8685b
Author: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:55:58 -04:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:24:15 +02:00

x86/mm, kexec, ima: Use memblock_free_late() from ima_free_kexec_buffer()

The code calling ima_free_kexec_buffer() runs long after the memblock
allocator has already been torn down, potentially resulting in a use
after free in memblock_isolate_range().

With KASAN or KFENCE, this use after free will result in a BUG
from the idle task, and a subsequent kernel panic.

Switch ima_free_kexec_buffer() over to memblock_free_late() to avoid
that bug.

Fixes: fee3ff99bc67 ("powerpc: Move arch independent ima kexec functions to drivers/of/kexec.c")
Suggested-by: Mike Rappoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230817135558.67274c83@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index b9145a6..b098b1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -358,15 +358,11 @@ static void __init add_early_ima_buffer(u64 phys_addr)
#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_IMA_KEXEC) && !defined(CONFIG_OF_FLATTREE)
int __init ima_free_kexec_buffer(void)
{
- int rc;
-
if (!ima_kexec_buffer_size)
return -ENOENT;

- rc = memblock_phys_free(ima_kexec_buffer_phys,
- ima_kexec_buffer_size);
- if (rc)
- return rc;
+ memblock_free_late(ima_kexec_buffer_phys,
+ ima_kexec_buffer_size);

ima_kexec_buffer_phys = 0;
ima_kexec_buffer_size = 0;