Yeoreum Yun 363cd2b81c arm64: cpufeature: Move arm64_use_ng_mappings to the .data section to prevent wrong idmap generation
The PTE_MAYBE_NG macro sets the nG page table bit according to the value
of "arm64_use_ng_mappings". This variable is currently placed in the
.bss section. create_init_idmap() is called before the .bss section
initialisation which is done in early_map_kernel(). Therefore,
data/test_prot in create_init_idmap() could be set incorrectly through
the PAGE_KERNEL -> PROT_DEFAULT -> PTE_MAYBE_NG macros.

   # llvm-objdump-21 --syms vmlinux-gcc | grep arm64_use_ng_mappings
     ffff800082f242a8 g     O .bss    0000000000000001 arm64_use_ng_mappings

The create_init_idmap() function disassembly compiled with llvm-21:

  // create_init_idmap()
  ffff80008255c058: d10103ff     	sub	sp, sp, #0x40
  ffff80008255c05c: a9017bfd     	stp	x29, x30, [sp, #0x10]
  ffff80008255c060: a90257f6     	stp	x22, x21, [sp, #0x20]
  ffff80008255c064: a9034ff4     	stp	x20, x19, [sp, #0x30]
  ffff80008255c068: 910043fd     	add	x29, sp, #0x10
  ffff80008255c06c: 90003fc8     	adrp	x8, 0xffff800082d54000
  ffff80008255c070: d280e06a     	mov	x10, #0x703     // =1795
  ffff80008255c074: 91400409     	add	x9, x0, #0x1, lsl #12 // =0x1000
  ffff80008255c078: 394a4108     	ldrb	w8, [x8, #0x290] ------------- (1)
  ffff80008255c07c: f2e00d0a     	movk	x10, #0x68, lsl #48
  ffff80008255c080: f90007e9     	str	x9, [sp, #0x8]
  ffff80008255c084: aa0103f3     	mov	x19, x1
  ffff80008255c088: aa0003f4     	mov	x20, x0
  ffff80008255c08c: 14000000     	b	0xffff80008255c08c <__pi_create_init_idmap+0x34>
  ffff80008255c090: aa082d56     	orr	x22, x10, x8, lsl #11 -------- (2)

Note (1) is loading the arm64_use_ng_mappings value in w8 and (2) is set
the text or data prot with the w8 value to set PTE_NG bit. If the .bss
section isn't initialized, x8 could include a garbage value and generate
an incorrect mapping.

Annotate arm64_use_ng_mappings as __read_mostly so that it is placed in
the .data section.

Fixes: 84b04d3e6b ("arm64: kernel: Create initial ID map from C code")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.9.x
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250502180412.3774883-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: use __read_mostly instead of __ro_after_init]
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: slight tweaking of the code comment]
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2025-05-06 11:43:44 +01:00
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