x86-32: Fix invalid stack address while in softirq

In 32 bit the stack address provided by kernel_stack_pointer() may
point to an invalid range causing NULL pointer access or page faults
while in NMI (see trace below). This happens if called in softirq
context and if the stack is empty. The address at &regs->sp is then
out of range.

Fixing this by checking if regs and &regs->sp are in the same stack
context. Otherwise return the previous stack pointer stored in struct
thread_info. If that address is invalid too, return address of regs.

 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000a
 IP: [<c1004237>] print_context_stack+0x6e/0x8d
 *pde = 00000000
 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
 Modules linked in:
 Pid: 4434, comm: perl Not tainted 3.6.0-rc3-oprofile-i386-standard-g4411a05 #4 Hewlett-Packard HP xw9400 Workstation/0A1Ch
 EIP: 0060:[<c1004237>] EFLAGS: 00010093 CPU: 0
 EIP is at print_context_stack+0x6e/0x8d
 EAX: ffffe000 EBX: 0000000a ECX: f4435f94 EDX: 0000000a
 ESI: f4435f94 EDI: f4435f94 EBP: f5409ec0 ESP: f5409ea0
  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
 CR0: 8005003b CR2: 0000000a CR3: 34ac9000 CR4: 000007d0
 DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
 DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400
 Process perl (pid: 4434, ti=f5408000 task=f5637850 task.ti=f4434000)
 Stack:
  000003e8 ffffe000 00001ffc f4e39b00 00000000 0000000a f4435f94 c155198c
  f5409ef0 c1003723 c155198c f5409f04 00000000 f5409edc 00000000 00000000
  f5409ee8 f4435f94 f5409fc4 00000001 f5409f1c c12dce1c 00000000 c155198c
 Call Trace:
  [<c1003723>] dump_trace+0x7b/0xa1
  [<c12dce1c>] x86_backtrace+0x40/0x88
  [<c12db712>] ? oprofile_add_sample+0x56/0x84
  [<c12db731>] oprofile_add_sample+0x75/0x84
  [<c12ddb5b>] op_amd_check_ctrs+0x46/0x260
  [<c12dd40d>] profile_exceptions_notify+0x23/0x4c
  [<c1395034>] nmi_handle+0x31/0x4a
  [<c1029dc5>] ? ftrace_define_fields_irq_handler_entry+0x45/0x45
  [<c13950ed>] do_nmi+0xa0/0x2ff
  [<c1029dc5>] ? ftrace_define_fields_irq_handler_entry+0x45/0x45
  [<c13949e5>] nmi_stack_correct+0x28/0x2d
  [<c1029dc5>] ? ftrace_define_fields_irq_handler_entry+0x45/0x45
  [<c1003603>] ? do_softirq+0x4b/0x7f
  <IRQ>
  [<c102a06f>] irq_exit+0x35/0x5b
  [<c1018f56>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x7a
  [<c1394746>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x2a/0x30
 Code: 89 fe eb 08 31 c9 8b 45 0c ff 55 ec 83 c3 04 83 7d 10 00 74 0c 3b 5d 10 73 26 3b 5d e4 73 0c eb 1f 3b 5d f0 76 1a 3b 5d e8 73 15 <8b> 13 89 d0 89 55 e0 e8 ad 42 03 00 85 c0 8b 55 e0 75 a6 eb cc
 EIP: [<c1004237>] print_context_stack+0x6e/0x8d SS:ESP 0068:f5409ea0
 CR2: 000000000000000a
 ---[ end trace 62afee3481b00012 ]---
 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

V2:
* add comments to kernel_stack_pointer()
* always return a valid stack address by falling back to the address
  of regs

Reported-by: Yang Wei <wei.yang@windriver.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120912135059.GZ8285@erda.amd.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jun Zhang <jun.zhang@intel.com>

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index b00b33a..2484e33 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -166,6 +166,34 @@ static inline bool invalid_selector(u16 value)
 
 #define FLAG_MASK		FLAG_MASK_32
 
+/*
+ * X86_32 CPUs don't save ss and esp if the CPU is already in kernel mode
+ * when it traps.  The previous stack will be directly underneath the saved
+ * registers, and 'sp/ss' won't even have been saved. Thus the '&regs->sp'.
+ *
+ * Now, if the stack is empty, '&regs->sp' is out of range. In this
+ * case we try to take the previous stack. To always return a non-null
+ * stack pointer we fall back to regs as stack if no previous stack
+ * exists.
+ *
+ * This is valid only for kernel mode traps.
+ */
+unsigned long kernel_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long context = (unsigned long)regs & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1);
+	unsigned long sp = (unsigned long)&regs->sp;
+	struct thread_info *tinfo;
+
+	if (context == (sp & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1)))
+		return sp;
+
+	tinfo = (struct thread_info *)context;
+	if (tinfo->previous_esp)
+		return tinfo->previous_esp;
+
+	return (unsigned long)regs;
+}
+
 static unsigned long *pt_regs_access(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long regno)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct pt_regs, bx) != 0);