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charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Server: rspam03 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 2D6AE40002 X-Stat-Signature: ajswn6um15meymm57pdu7a51obj515mc X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1770663977-927858 X-HE-Meta: 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 aKHj/AVI 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 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Introduces a mechanism to inherit hardware capabilities (AT_HWCAP, AT_HWCAP2, etc.) from a parent process when they have been modified via prctl. To support C/R operations (snapshots, live migration) in heterogeneous clusters, we must ensure that processes utilize CPU features available on all potential target nodes. To solve this, we need to advertise a common feature set across the cluster. This patch adds a new mm flag MMF_USER_HWCAP, which is set when the auxiliary vector is modified via prctl(PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_AUXV). When execve() is called, if the current process has MMF_USER_HWCAP set, the HWCAP values are extracted from the current auxiliary vector and stored in the linux_binprm structure. These values are then used to populate the auxiliary vector of the new process, effectively inheriting the hardware capabilities. The inherited HWCAPs are masked with the hardware capabilities supported by the current kernel to ensure that we don't report more features than actually supported. This is important to avoid unexpected behavior, especially for processes with additional privileges. Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 8 +++--- fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c | 8 +++--- fs/exec.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/binfmts.h | 11 ++++++++ include/linux/mm_types.h | 2 ++ kernel/fork.c | 3 ++ kernel/sys.c | 5 +++- 7 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c index 3eb734c192e9..aec129e33f0b 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec, */ ARCH_DLINFO; #endif - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP, ELF_HWCAP); + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP, bprm->hwcap); NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PAGESZ, ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE); NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_CLKTCK, CLOCKS_PER_SEC); NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PHDR, phdr_addr); @@ -264,13 +264,13 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, const struct elfhdr *exec, NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_SECURE, bprm->secureexec); NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_RANDOM, (elf_addr_t)(unsigned long)u_rand_bytes); #ifdef ELF_HWCAP2 - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP2, ELF_HWCAP2); + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP2, bprm->hwcap2); #endif #ifdef ELF_HWCAP3 - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP3, ELF_HWCAP3); + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP3, bprm->hwcap3); #endif #ifdef ELF_HWCAP4 - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP4, ELF_HWCAP4); + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP4, bprm->hwcap4); #endif NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_EXECFN, bprm->exec); if (k_platform) { diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c index a3d4e6973b29..55b482f03c82 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c @@ -629,15 +629,15 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, */ ARCH_DLINFO; #endif - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP, ELF_HWCAP); + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP, bprm->hwcap); #ifdef ELF_HWCAP2 - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP2, ELF_HWCAP2); + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP2, bprm->hwcap2); #endif #ifdef ELF_HWCAP3 - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP3, ELF_HWCAP3); + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP3, bprm->hwcap3); #endif #ifdef ELF_HWCAP4 - NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP4, ELF_HWCAP4); + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_HWCAP4, bprm->hwcap4); #endif NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_PAGESZ, PAGE_SIZE); NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_CLKTCK, CLOCKS_PER_SEC); diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 9d5ebc9d15b0..7401efbe4ba0 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -1462,6 +1462,17 @@ static struct linux_binprm *alloc_bprm(int fd, struct filename *filename, int fl */ bprm->is_check = !!(flags & AT_EXECVE_CHECK); + bprm->hwcap = ELF_HWCAP; +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP2 + bprm->hwcap2 = ELF_HWCAP2; +#endif +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP3 + bprm->hwcap3 = ELF_HWCAP3; +#endif +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP4 + bprm->hwcap4 = ELF_HWCAP4; +#endif + retval = bprm_mm_init(bprm); if (!retval) return bprm; @@ -1780,6 +1791,53 @@ static int bprm_execve(struct linux_binprm *bprm) return retval; } +static void inherit_hwcap(struct linux_binprm *bprm) +{ + int i, n; + +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP4 + n = 4; +#elif defined(ELF_HWCAP3) + n = 3; +#elif defined(ELF_HWCAP2) + n = 2; +#else + n = 1; +#endif + + for (i = 0; n && i < AT_VECTOR_SIZE; i += 2) { + long val = current->mm->saved_auxv[i + 1]; + + switch (current->mm->saved_auxv[i]) { + case AT_NULL: + goto done; + case AT_HWCAP: + bprm->hwcap = val & ELF_HWCAP; + break; +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP2 + case AT_HWCAP2: + bprm->hwcap2 = val & ELF_HWCAP2; + break; +#endif +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP3 + case AT_HWCAP3: + bprm->hwcap3 = val & ELF_HWCAP3; + break; +#endif +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP4 + case AT_HWCAP4: + bprm->hwcap4 = val & ELF_HWCAP4; + break; +#endif + default: + continue; + } + n--; + } +done: + mm_flags_set(MMF_USER_HWCAP, bprm->mm); +} + static int do_execveat_common(int fd, struct filename *filename, struct user_arg_ptr argv, struct user_arg_ptr envp, @@ -1856,6 +1914,9 @@ static int do_execveat_common(int fd, struct filename *filename, current->comm, bprm->filename); } + if (mm_flags_test(MMF_USER_HWCAP, current->mm)) + inherit_hwcap(bprm); + retval = bprm_execve(bprm); out_free: free_bprm(bprm); diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h index 65abd5ab8836..94a3dcf9b1d2 100644 --- a/include/linux/binfmts.h +++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_BINFMTS_H #define _LINUX_BINFMTS_H +#include #include #include #include @@ -67,6 +68,16 @@ struct linux_binprm { unsigned long exec; struct rlimit rlim_stack; /* Saved RLIMIT_STACK used during exec. */ + unsigned long hwcap; +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP2 + unsigned long hwcap2; +#endif +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP3 + unsigned long hwcap3; +#endif +#ifdef ELF_HWCAP4 + unsigned long hwcap4; +#endif char buf[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE]; } __randomize_layout; diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h index 78950eb8926d..68c9131dceee 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h @@ -1871,6 +1871,8 @@ enum { #define MMF_TOPDOWN 31 /* mm searches top down by default */ #define MMF_TOPDOWN_MASK BIT(MMF_TOPDOWN) +#define MMF_USER_HWCAP 32 /* user-defined HWCAPs */ + #define MMF_INIT_LEGACY_MASK (MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK | MMF_DUMP_FILTER_MASK |\ MMF_DISABLE_THP_MASK | MMF_HAS_MDWE_MASK |\ MMF_VM_MERGE_ANY_MASK | MMF_TOPDOWN_MASK) diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index b1f3915d5f8e..0091315643de 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -1103,6 +1103,9 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p, __mm_flags_overwrite_word(mm, mmf_init_legacy_flags(flags)); mm->def_flags = current->mm->def_flags & VM_INIT_DEF_MASK; + + if (mm_flags_test(MMF_USER_HWCAP, current->mm)) + mm_flags_set(MMF_USER_HWCAP, mm); } else { __mm_flags_overwrite_word(mm, default_dump_filter); mm->def_flags = 0; diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c index 8d199cf457ae..6fbd7be21a5f 100644 --- a/kernel/sys.c +++ b/kernel/sys.c @@ -2157,8 +2157,10 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data * not introduce additional locks here making the kernel * more complex. */ - if (prctl_map.auxv_size) + if (prctl_map.auxv_size) { memcpy(mm->saved_auxv, user_auxv, sizeof(user_auxv)); + mm_flags_set(MMF_USER_HWCAP, current->mm); + } mmap_read_unlock(mm); return 0; @@ -2190,6 +2192,7 @@ static int prctl_set_auxv(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, task_lock(current); memcpy(mm->saved_auxv, user_auxv, len); + mm_flags_set(MMF_USER_HWCAP, current->mm); task_unlock(current); return 0; -- 2.53.0.239.g8d8fc8a987-goog