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Pull xtensa fixes from Max Filippov:
- fix interaction between unaligned exception handler and load/store
exception handler
- fix parsing ISS network interface specification string
- add comment about etherdev freeing to ISS network driver
* tag 'xtensa-20230716' of https://github.com/jcmvbkbc/linux-xtensa:
xtensa: fix unaligned and load/store configuration interaction
xtensa: ISS: fix call to split_if_spec
xtensa: ISS: add comment about etherdev freeing
Pull perf fix from Borislav Petkov:
- Fix a lockdep warning when the event given is the first one, no event
group exists yet but the code still goes and iterates over event
siblings
* tag 'perf_urgent_for_v6.5_rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
perf/x86: Fix lockdep warning in for_each_sibling_event() on SPR
Unaligned exception handler is needed in configurations with hardware
support for unaligned access when the load/store exception handler is
enabled because such configurations would still raise an exception on
unaligned access through the instruction bus.
Fixes: f29cf77609cc ("xtensa: add load/store exception handler")
Signed-off-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Pull objtool fixes from Borislav Petkov:
- Mark copy_iovec_from_user() __noclone in order to prevent gcc from
doing an inter-procedural optimization and confuse objtool
- Initialize struct elf fully to avoid build failures
* tag 'objtool_urgent_for_v6.5_rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
iov_iter: Mark copy_iovec_from_user() noclone
objtool: initialize all of struct elf
On SPR, the load latency event needs an auxiliary event in the same
group to work properly. There's a check in intel_pmu_hw_config()
for this to iterate sibling events and find a mem-loads-aux event.
The for_each_sibling_event() has a lockdep assert to make sure if it
disabled hardirq or hold leader->ctx->mutex. This works well if the
given event has a separate leader event since perf_try_init_event()
grabs the leader->ctx->mutex to protect the sibling list. But it can
cause a problem when the event itself is a leader since the event is
not initialized yet and there's no ctx for the event.
Actually I got a lockdep warning when I run the below command on SPR,
but I guess it could be a NULL pointer dereference.
$ perf record -d -e cpu/mem-loads/uP true
The code path to the warning is:
sys_perf_event_open()
perf_event_alloc()
perf_init_event()
perf_try_init_event()
x86_pmu_event_init()
hsw_hw_config()
intel_pmu_hw_config()
for_each_sibling_event()
lockdep_assert_event_ctx()
We don't need for_each_sibling_event() when it's a standalone event.
Let's return the error code directly.
Fixes: f3c0eba28704 ("perf: Add a few assertions")
Reported-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230704181516.3293665-1-namhyung@kernel.org
split_if_spec expects a NULL-pointer as an end marker for the argument
list, but tuntap_probe never supplied that terminating NULL. As a result
incorrectly formatted interface specification string may cause a crash
because of the random memory access. Fix that by adding NULL terminator
to the split_if_spec argument list.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 7282bee78798 ("[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for Tensilica Xtensa Part 8")
Signed-off-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Pull scheduler fixes from Borislav Petkov:
- Remove a cgroup from under a polling process properly
- Fix the idle sibling selection
* tag 'sched_urgent_for_v6.5_rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
sched/psi: use kernfs polling functions for PSI trigger polling
sched/fair: Use recent_used_cpu to test p->cpus_ptr
Extend commit 50f9a76ef127 ("iov_iter: Mark
copy_compat_iovec_from_user() noinline") to also cover
copy_iovec_from_user(). Different compiler versions cause the same
problem on different functions.
lib/iov_iter.o: warning: objtool: .altinstr_replacement+0x1f: redundant UACCESS disable
lib/iov_iter.o: warning: objtool: iovec_from_user+0x84: call to copy_iovec_from_user.part.0() with UACCESS enabled
lib/iov_iter.o: warning: objtool: __import_iovec+0x143: call to copy_iovec_from_user.part.0() with UACCESS enabled
Fixes: 50f9a76ef127 ("iov_iter: Mark copy_compat_iovec_from_user() noinline")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230616124354.GD4253@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
iss_net_configure explicitly frees etherdev in all error return paths
except one where register_netdevice fails. In that remaining error
return path the etherdev is freed by the iss_net_pdev_release callback
triggered by the platform_device_unregister call. Add a comment stating
that.
Signed-off-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Pull pin control fixes from Linus Walleij:
"I'm mostly on vacation but what would vacation be without a few
critical fixes so people can use their gaming laptops when hiding away
from the sun (or rain)?
- Fix a really annoying interrupt storm in the AMD driver affecting
Asus TUF gaming notebooks
- Fix device tree parsing in the Renesas driver"
* tag 'pinctrl-v6.5-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-pinctrl:
pinctrl: amd: Unify debounce handling into amd_pinconf_set()
pinctrl: amd: Drop pull up select configuration
pinctrl: amd: Use amd_pinconf_set() for all config options
pinctrl: amd: Only use special debounce behavior for GPIO 0
pinctrl: renesas: rzg2l: Handle non-unique subnode names
pinctrl: renesas: rzv2m: Handle non-unique subnode names
Destroying psi trigger in cgroup_file_release causes UAF issues when
a cgroup is removed from under a polling process. This is happening
because cgroup removal causes a call to cgroup_file_release while the
actual file is still alive. Destroying the trigger at this point would
also destroy its waitqueue head and if there is still a polling process
on that file accessing the waitqueue, it will step on the freed pointer:
do_select
vfs_poll
do_rmdir
cgroup_rmdir
kernfs_drain_open_files
cgroup_file_release
cgroup_pressure_release
psi_trigger_destroy
wake_up_pollfree(&t->event_wait)
// vfs_poll is unblocked
synchronize_rcu
kfree(t)
poll_freewait -> UAF access to the trigger's waitqueue head
Patch [1] fixed this issue for epoll() case using wake_up_pollfree(),
however the same issue exists for synchronous poll() case.
The root cause of this issue is that the lifecycles of the psi trigger's
waitqueue and of the file associated with the trigger are different. Fix
this by using kernfs_generic_poll function when polling on cgroup-specific
psi triggers. It internally uses kernfs_open_node->poll waitqueue head
with its lifecycle tied to the file's lifecycle. This also renders the
fix in [1] obsolete, so revert it.
[1] commit c2dbe32d5db5 ("sched/psi: Fix use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue()")
Fixes: 0e94682b73bf ("psi: introduce psi monitor")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230613062306.101831-1-lujialin4@huawei.com/
Reported-by: Lu Jialin <lujialin4@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230630005612.1014540-1-surenb@google.com
Function elf_open_read() only zero initializes the initial part of
allocated struct elf; num_relocs member was recently added outside the
zeroed part so that it was left uninitialized, resulting in build failures
on some systems.
The partial initialization is a relic of times when struct elf had large
hash tables embedded. This is no longer the case so remove the trap and
initialize the whole structure instead.
Fixes: eb0481bbc4ce ("objtool: Fix reloc_hash size")
Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230629102051.42E8360467@lion.mk-sys.cz
We just sorted the entries and fields last release, so just out of a
perverse sense of curiosity, I decided to see if we can keep things
ordered for even just one release.
The answer is "No. No we cannot".
I suggest that all kernel developers will need weekly training sessions,
involving a lot of Big Bird and Sesame Street. And at the yearly
maintainer summit, we will all sing the alphabet song together.
I doubt I will keep doing this. At some point "perverse sense of
curiosity" turns into just a cold dark place filled with sadness and
despair.
Repeats: 80e62bc8487b ("MAINTAINERS: re-sort all entries and fields")
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Pull smb client fixes from Steve French:
- Two reconnect fixes: important fix to address inFlight count to leak
(which can leak credits), and fix for better handling a deleted share
- DFS fix
- SMB1 cleanup fix
- deferred close fix
* tag '6.5-rc1-smb3-fixes' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6:
cifs: fix mid leak during reconnection after timeout threshold
cifs: is_network_name_deleted should return a bool
smb: client: fix missed ses refcounting
smb: client: Fix -Wstringop-overflow issues
cifs: if deferred close is disabled then close files immediately