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mm: make arch_get_unmapped_area() take vm_flags by default

Patch series "mm: Care about shadow stack guard gap when getting an
unmapped area", v2.

As covered in the commit log for c44357c2e76b ("x86/mm: care about shadow
stack guard gap during placement") our current mmap() implementation does
not take care to ensure that a new mapping isn't placed with existing
mappings inside it's own guard gaps. This is particularly important for
shadow stacks since if two shadow stacks end up getting placed adjacent to
each other then they can overflow into each other which weakens the
protection offered by the feature.

On x86 there is a custom arch_get_unmapped_area() which was updated by the
above commit to cover this case by specifying a start_gap for allocations
with VM_SHADOW_STACK. Both arm64 and RISC-V have equivalent features and
use the generic implementation of arch_get_unmapped_area() so let's make
the equivalent change there so they also don't get shadow stack pages
placed without guard pages. The arm64 and RISC-V shadow stack
implementations are currently on the list:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240829-arm64-gcs-v12-0-42fec94743
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240403234054.2020347-1-debug@rivosinc.com/

Given the addition of the use of vm_flags in the generic implementation we
also simplify the set of possibilities that have to be dealt with in the
core code by making arch_get_unmapped_area() take vm_flags as standard.
This is a bit invasive since the prototype change touches quite a few
architectures but since the parameter is ignored the change is
straightforward, the simplification for the generic code seems worth it.


This patch (of 3):

When we introduced arch_get_unmapped_area_vmflags() in 961148704acd ("mm:
introduce arch_get_unmapped_area_vmflags()") we did so as part of properly
supporting guard pages for shadow stacks on x86_64, which uses a custom
arch_get_unmapped_area(). Equivalent features are also present on both
arm64 and RISC-V, both of which use the generic implementation of
arch_get_unmapped_area() and will require equivalent modification there.
Rather than continue to deal with having two versions of the functions
let's bite the bullet and have all implementations of
arch_get_unmapped_area() take vm_flags as a parameter.

The new parameter is currently ignored by all implementations other than
x86. The only caller that doesn't have a vm_flags available is
mm_get_unmapped_area(), as for the x86 implementation and the wrapper used
on other architectures this is modified to supply no flags.

No functional changes.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240904-mm-generic-shadow-stack-guard-v2-0-a46b8b6dc0ed@kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240904-mm-generic-shadow-stack-guard-v2-1-a46b8b6dc0ed@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> [parisc]
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@kernel.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: WANG Xuerui <kernel@xen0n.name>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

authored by

Mark Brown and committed by
Andrew Morton
25d4054c f0679f9e

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+1 -1
arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
··· 1229 1229 unsigned long 1230 1230 arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 1231 1231 unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 1232 - unsigned long flags) 1232 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 1233 1233 { 1234 1234 unsigned long limit; 1235 1235
+2 -1
arch/arc/mm/mmap.c
··· 23 23 */ 24 24 unsigned long 25 25 arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 26 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 26 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 27 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 27 28 { 28 29 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; 29 30 struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+4 -3
arch/arm/mm/mmap.c
··· 28 28 */ 29 29 unsigned long 30 30 arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 31 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 31 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 32 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 32 33 { 33 34 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; 34 35 struct vm_area_struct *vma; ··· 79 78 80 79 unsigned long 81 80 arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0, 82 - const unsigned long len, const unsigned long pgoff, 83 - const unsigned long flags) 81 + const unsigned long len, const unsigned long pgoff, 82 + const unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 84 83 { 85 84 struct vm_area_struct *vma; 86 85 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+2 -1
arch/csky/abiv1/mmap.c
··· 23 23 */ 24 24 unsigned long 25 25 arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 26 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 26 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 27 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 27 28 { 28 29 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; 29 30 struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+3 -2
arch/loongarch/mm/mmap.c
··· 89 89 } 90 90 91 91 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr0, 92 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 92 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, 93 + vm_flags_t vm_flags) 93 94 { 94 95 return arch_get_unmapped_area_common(filp, 95 96 addr0, len, pgoff, flags, UP); ··· 102 101 */ 103 102 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, 104 103 unsigned long addr0, unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 105 - unsigned long flags) 104 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 106 105 { 107 106 return arch_get_unmapped_area_common(filp, 108 107 addr0, len, pgoff, flags, DOWN);
+3 -2
arch/mips/mm/mmap.c
··· 98 98 } 99 99 100 100 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr0, 101 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 101 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, 102 + vm_flags_t vm_flags) 102 103 { 103 104 return arch_get_unmapped_area_common(filp, 104 105 addr0, len, pgoff, flags, UP); ··· 111 110 */ 112 111 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, 113 112 unsigned long addr0, unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 114 - unsigned long flags) 113 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 115 114 { 116 115 return arch_get_unmapped_area_common(filp, 117 116 addr0, len, pgoff, flags, DOWN);
+3 -2
arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
··· 167 167 } 168 168 169 169 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 170 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 170 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, 171 + vm_flags_t vm_flags) 171 172 { 172 173 return arch_get_unmapped_area_common(filp, 173 174 addr, len, pgoff, flags, UP); ··· 176 175 177 176 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, 178 177 unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 179 - unsigned long flags) 178 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 180 179 { 181 180 return arch_get_unmapped_area_common(filp, 182 181 addr, len, pgoff, flags, DOWN);
+1 -1
arch/parisc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
··· 40 40 addr = ALIGN(addr, huge_page_size(h)); 41 41 42 42 /* we need to make sure the colouring is OK */ 43 - return arch_get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags); 43 + return arch_get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags, 0); 44 44 } 45 45 46 46
+4 -2
arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/slice.c
··· 637 637 unsigned long addr, 638 638 unsigned long len, 639 639 unsigned long pgoff, 640 - unsigned long flags) 640 + unsigned long flags, 641 + vm_flags_t vm_flags) 641 642 { 642 643 if (radix_enabled()) 643 644 return generic_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags); ··· 651 650 const unsigned long addr0, 652 651 const unsigned long len, 653 652 const unsigned long pgoff, 654 - const unsigned long flags) 653 + const unsigned long flags, 654 + vm_flags_t vm_flags) 655 655 { 656 656 if (radix_enabled()) 657 657 return generic_get_unmapped_area_topdown(filp, addr0, len, pgoff, flags);
+2 -2
arch/s390/mm/mmap.c
··· 82 82 83 83 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 84 84 unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 85 - unsigned long flags) 85 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 86 86 { 87 87 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; 88 88 struct vm_area_struct *vma; ··· 117 117 118 118 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 119 119 unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 120 - unsigned long flags) 120 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 121 121 { 122 122 struct vm_area_struct *vma; 123 123 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+3 -2
arch/sh/mm/mmap.c
··· 52 52 } 53 53 54 54 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 55 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 55 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, 56 + vm_flags_t vm_flags) 56 57 { 57 58 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; 58 59 struct vm_area_struct *vma; ··· 100 99 unsigned long 101 100 arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0, 102 101 const unsigned long len, const unsigned long pgoff, 103 - const unsigned long flags) 102 + const unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 104 103 { 105 104 struct vm_area_struct *vma; 106 105 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+1 -1
arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c
··· 39 39 return PAGE_SIZE; /* Possibly older binaries want 8192 on sun4's? */ 40 40 } 41 41 42 - unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 42 + unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 43 43 { 44 44 struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = {}; 45 45
+2 -2
arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
··· 87 87 return base + off; 88 88 } 89 89 90 - unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 90 + unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 91 91 { 92 92 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; 93 93 struct vm_area_struct * vma; ··· 146 146 unsigned long 147 147 arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0, 148 148 const unsigned long len, const unsigned long pgoff, 149 - const unsigned long flags) 149 + const unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 150 150 { 151 151 struct vm_area_struct *vma; 152 152 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-1
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
··· 245 245 246 246 #define HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA 247 247 #define HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN 248 - #define HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA_VMFLAGS 249 248 250 249 #define PAGE_AGP PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE 251 250 #define HAVE_PAGE_AGP 1
+3 -18
arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
··· 121 121 } 122 122 123 123 unsigned long 124 - arch_get_unmapped_area_vmflags(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, 124 + arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, 125 125 unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 126 126 { 127 127 struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; ··· 158 158 } 159 159 160 160 unsigned long 161 - arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown_vmflags(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr0, 161 + arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr0, 162 162 unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 163 163 unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 164 164 { ··· 228 228 * can happen with large stack limits and large mmap() 229 229 * allocations. 230 230 */ 231 - return arch_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr0, len, pgoff, flags); 232 - } 233 - 234 - unsigned long 235 - arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 236 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 237 - { 238 - return arch_get_unmapped_area_vmflags(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags, 0); 239 - } 240 - 241 - unsigned long 242 - arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr, 243 - const unsigned long len, const unsigned long pgoff, 244 - const unsigned long flags) 245 - { 246 - return arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown_vmflags(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags, 0); 231 + return arch_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr0, len, pgoff, flags, 0); 247 232 }
+2 -1
arch/xtensa/kernel/syscall.c
··· 55 55 56 56 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU 57 57 unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 58 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 58 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, 59 + vm_flags_t vm_flags) 59 60 { 60 61 struct vm_area_struct *vmm; 61 62 struct vma_iterator vmi;
+8 -15
include/linux/sched/mm.h
··· 179 179 180 180 extern void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm, 181 181 struct rlimit *rlim_stack); 182 - extern unsigned long 183 - arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, 184 - unsigned long, unsigned long); 185 - extern unsigned long 182 + 183 + unsigned long 184 + arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 185 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 186 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags); 187 + unsigned long 186 188 arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 187 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 188 - unsigned long flags); 189 + unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 190 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t); 189 191 190 192 unsigned long mm_get_unmapped_area(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *filp, 191 193 unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, 192 194 unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags); 193 - 194 - unsigned long 195 - arch_get_unmapped_area_vmflags(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 196 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 197 - unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags); 198 - unsigned long 199 - arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown_vmflags(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 200 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 201 - unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t); 202 195 203 196 unsigned long mm_get_unmapped_area_vmflags(struct mm_struct *mm, 204 197 struct file *filp,
+7 -24
mm/mmap.c
··· 770 770 unsigned long 771 771 arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 772 772 unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 773 - unsigned long flags) 773 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 774 774 { 775 775 return generic_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags); 776 776 } ··· 834 834 unsigned long 835 835 arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 836 836 unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 837 - unsigned long flags) 837 + unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 838 838 { 839 839 return generic_get_unmapped_area_topdown(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags); 840 - } 841 - #endif 842 - 843 - #ifndef HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA_VMFLAGS 844 - unsigned long 845 - arch_get_unmapped_area_vmflags(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, 846 - unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 847 - { 848 - return arch_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags); 849 - } 850 - 851 - unsigned long 852 - arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown_vmflags(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, 853 - unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, 854 - unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags) 855 - { 856 - return arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags); 857 840 } 858 841 #endif 859 842 ··· 846 863 vm_flags_t vm_flags) 847 864 { 848 865 if (test_bit(MMF_TOPDOWN, &mm->flags)) 849 - return arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown_vmflags(filp, addr, len, pgoff, 850 - flags, vm_flags); 851 - return arch_get_unmapped_area_vmflags(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags, vm_flags); 866 + return arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(filp, addr, len, pgoff, 867 + flags, vm_flags); 868 + return arch_get_unmapped_area(filp, addr, len, pgoff, flags, vm_flags); 852 869 } 853 870 854 871 unsigned long ··· 910 927 unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags) 911 928 { 912 929 if (test_bit(MMF_TOPDOWN, &mm->flags)) 913 - return arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags); 914 - return arch_get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags); 930 + return arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags, 0); 931 + return arch_get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags, 0); 915 932 } 916 933 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mm_get_unmapped_area); 917 934