Nicholas Piggin 04db493fc7 powerpc/64s: Fix copy-paste data exposure into newly created tasks ...

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copy-paste contains implicit "copy buffer" state that can contain
arbitrary user data (if the user process executes a copy instruction).
This could be snooped by another process if a context switch hits while
the state is live. So cp_abort is executed on context switch to clear
out possible sensitive data and prevent the leak.

cp_abort is done after the low level _switch(), which means it is never
reached by newly created tasks, so they could snoop on this buffer
between their first and second context switch.

Fix this by doing the cp_abort before calling _switch. Add some
comments which should make the issue harder to miss.

Fixes: 07d2a628bc ("powerpc/64s: Avoid cpabort in context switch when possible")
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210622053036.474678-1-npiggin@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

2021-07-14 16:56:49 +02:00

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