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    x86/fault: Check user_mode(regs) when avoiding an mmap_sem deadlock · 6344be60
    Andy Lutomirski authored
    The fault-handling code that takes mmap_sem needs to avoid a
    deadlock that could occur if the kernel took a bad (OOPS-worthy)
    page fault on a user address while holding mmap_sem.  This can only
    happen if the faulting instruction was in the kernel
    (i.e. user_mode(regs)).  Rather than checking the sw_error_code
    (which will have the USER bit set if the fault was a USER-permission
    access *or* if user_mode(regs)), just check user_mode(regs)
    directly.
    
    The old code would have malfunctioned if the kernel executed a bogus
    WRUSS instruction while holding mmap_sem.  Fortunately, that is
    extremely unlikely in current kernels, which don't use WRUSS.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
    Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
    Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
    Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
    Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
    Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
    Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4b89b542e8ceba9bd6abde2f386afed6d99244a9.1542667307.git.luto@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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