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authorNicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>2021-06-22 15:30:36 +1000
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2021-06-25 00:07:11 +1000
commitf35d2f249ef05b9671e7898f09ad89aa78f99122 (patch)
treea9d77c3f07d071372ba6ddf838a470b09108444e /tools/perf/scripts/python
parenta27755d57e0b8c1109a6b1485e52a5f9d51bd4eb (diff)
powerpc/64s: Fix copy-paste data exposure into newly created tasks
copy-paste contains implicit "copy buffer" state that can contain arbitrary user data (if the user process executes a copy instruction). This could be snooped by another process if a context switch hits while the state is live. So cp_abort is executed on context switch to clear out possible sensitive data and prevent the leak. cp_abort is done after the low level _switch(), which means it is never reached by newly created tasks, so they could snoop on this buffer between their first and second context switch. Fix this by doing the cp_abort before calling _switch. Add some comments which should make the issue harder to miss. Fixes: 07d2a628bc000 ("powerpc/64s: Avoid cpabort in context switch when possible") Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210622053036.474678-1-npiggin@gmail.com
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