arm64: mm: abort uaccess retries upon fatal signal
authorMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:19:22 +0000 (15:19 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 2 Sep 2017 05:07:53 +0000 (07:07 +0200)
commit509d8b52bbe7e6f6022a086989e7ecf5180508cc
tree912e4cc41ad17cac66b46b2e3b25b8b28dcbfef8
parent3e033635b2b7eab01855c5a3e426e364064fd12b
arm64: mm: abort uaccess retries upon fatal signal

commit 289d07a2dc6c6b6f3e4b8a62669320d99dbe6c3d upstream.

When there's a fatal signal pending, arm64's do_page_fault()
implementation returns 0. The intent is that we'll return to the
faulting userspace instruction, delivering the signal on the way.

However, if we take a fatal signal during fixing up a uaccess, this
results in a return to the faulting kernel instruction, which will be
instantly retried, resulting in the same fault being taken forever. As
the task never reaches userspace, the signal is not delivered, and the
task is left unkillable. While the task is stuck in this state, it can
inhibit the forward progress of the system.

To avoid this, we must ensure that when a fatal signal is pending, we
apply any necessary fixup for a faulting kernel instruction. Thus we
will return to an error path, and it is up to that code to make forward
progress towards delivering the fatal signal.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper@arm.com>
Tested-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Tested-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/arm64/mm/fault.c