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Re: Debian SID kernel doesn't boot on PowerBook 3400c





Le 06/08/2021 à 11:43, Finn Thain a écrit :
On Fri, 6 Aug 2021, Christophe Leroy wrote:


Can you check if they DO NOT happen at preceding commit c16728835~


$ git checkout c16728835~
Previous HEAD position was c16728835eec powerpc/32: Manage KUAP in C
HEAD is now at 0b45359aa2df powerpc/8xx: Create C version of kuap
save/restore/check helpers
$ git am ../message.mbox
warning: Patch sent with format=flowed; space at the end of lines might be
lost.
Applying: powerpc/32: Dismantle EXC_XFER_STD/LITE/TEMPLATE
$ cp ../dot-config-powermac-5.13 .config
$ make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- -j4 clean
olddefconfig vmlinux

Linux version 5.12.0-rc3-pmac-00077-gc9f6e8dd045

3) PB 3400c
Hangs at boot (Mac OS screen)

4) Wallstreet
X fails, errors in console log (different than test 2), see
Wallstreet_console-2.txt.


This log shows that the errors "xfce4-session[1775]: bus error (7)" and
"kernel BUG at arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c:49!" happen prior to commit
c16728835eec ("powerpc/32: Manage KUAP in C").

As mentionned by Nic, this is due to r11 being cloberred. For the time being
the only r11 clobber identified is the one I have provided a fix for. I'm
wondering whether it was applied for all further tests or not.


Your fix was applied to this build with "git am ../message.mbox".

Ok good.


...


Could you test with CONFIG_PPC_KUAP and CONFIG_PPC_KUAP_DEBUG
...

$scripts/config -e CONFIG_PPC_KUAP
$ scripts/config -e CONFIG_PPC_KUAP_DEBUG
$ make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- -j4 clean
olddefconfig vmlinux
$ grep CONFIG_PPC_KUAP .config
CONFIG_PPC_KUAP=y
CONFIG_PPC_KUAP_DEBUG=y

Linux version 5.12.0-rc3-pmac-00078-g5cac2bc3752

9) PB 3400c
Hangs at boot (Mac OS screen)

10) Wallstreet
X failed at first login, worked at second login, one error in console
log ("BUG: Unable to handle kernel instruction fetch"), see
Wallstreet_console-5.txt.


One might expect to see "Kernel attempted to write user page (b3399774) -
exploit attempt?" again here (see c16728835eec build above) but instead
this log says "Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11".

Maybe the test should be done a second time. As r11 is garbage it may or
may not be a user address. If it is a user address the we get "Kernel
attempted to write user page". If it is a random kernel address, we
likely get "Kernel access of bad area" instead.


Your fix was applied here also.


Anyway, it would be worth trying to boot a few times more with the same kernel, because as I said the value is random, so it may or may not hit userspace, hence the possible difference of message, either "Kernel attempted to write user page" or "Kernel access of bad area" depending on whether the address is a user address or not.

I have cooked a tentative fix for that KUAP stuff.
Could you try the branch 'bugtest' at https://github.com/chleroy/linux.git

Thanks
Christophe


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