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authorMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>2026-10-01 14:08:36 +0100
committerWill Deacon <will@kernel.org>2026-10-01 15:45:23 +0000
commite060d9069b49fe55f38057dfe592068014652671 (patch)
tree5cce4a97fd865638aa9b41287ba34dd9570d1857
parent45f7304679875eb000d67e194090ee7abd05c89c (diff)
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arm64/fpsimd: signal: Forbid non-streaming SVE payload on SME-only systems
When system_supports_sme() is true but system_supports_sve() is false, restoring a specifically crafted SVE signal context can result in the task erroneously having non-streaming SVE state. Subsequent attempts to manipulate the task's FPSIMD/SVE/SME state can result in a variety of problems, including fatal EL1 UNDEFs. In such configurations, the kernel always creates an SVE signal context when delivering a signal, and this can only be in one of two states: (1) SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is set, and an SVE payload is present containing streaming mode SVE state. The recorded VL is the task's live streaming VL. (2) SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is clear, and an SVE payload is not present. The FPSIMD context contains the non-streaming mode FPSIMD state. The recorded VL is 0. Currently restore_sve_fpsimd_context() correctly rejects cases where SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is set and an SVE payload is not present, but fails to reject cases where SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is clear and an SVE payload is present. Consequently, restore_sve_fpsimd_context() can place the task in a state where it has non-streaming SVE state even when this is not supported by HW. For example, this can cause a later EL1 UNDEF when the kernel attempts to restore the task's ZCR_EL1 value: | # ./sme-sigcontext-to-sve | Internal error: Oops - Undefined instruction: 0000000002000000 [#1] SMP | Modules linked in: | CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 131 Comm: sme-sigcontext- Not tainted 7.3.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT | Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) | pstate: 61402009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) | pc : fpsimd_restore_current_state+0x258/0x458 | lr : exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xb8/0x188 | sp : ffff80008056be40 | x29: ffff80008056be40 x28: fff00000c1670000 x27: 0000000000000000 | x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 | x23: ffff80008056bec0 x22: 0000000000000008 x21: 0000000000000040 | x20: 0000000000000081 x19: 0000000008800010 x18: 0000000000000000 | x17: 0000fffffd412570 x16: 0000000000001000 x15: 0000fffffd4123b0 | x14: 0000fffffd412780 x13: 0000fffffd412be8 x12: 0000000047435300 | x11: 0000fffffd412570 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000045585401 | x8 : fff00000c18a6c44 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000002 | x5 : 0000000000000002 x4 : ffff800080568000 x3 : 0000000000000001 | x2 : 0000000008800010 x1 : fff00000c1670000 x0 : 0000000008800000 | Call trace: | fpsimd_restore_current_state+0x258/0x458 (P) | exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xb8/0x188 | el0_svc+0x1cc/0x1d0 | el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4 | el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c | Code: d5384101 f9400020 53175c03 36b80de0 (d5381202) | ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- | Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops - Undefined instruction: Fatal exception in interrupt | Kernel Offset: 0x291fb1000000 from 0xffff800080000000 | PHYS_OFFSET: 0x40000000 | CPU features: 0x0,00000000,0052802f,ffb88f43,3afcf73f | Memory Limit: none Rework restore_sve_fpsimd_context() to reject cases where SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM is clear and an SVE payload is not present. As parse_user_sigframe() rejects SVE signal frames when neither SVE nor SME are supported, it isn't necessary for restore_sve_fpsimd_context() to handle the case where neither are supported. Fixes: 7dde62f0687c ("arm64/signal: Always accept SVE signal frames on SME only systems") Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c34
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
index 38e6fa204..6a06a4e35 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/signal.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static int restore_sve_fpsimd_context(struct user_ctxs *user)
unsigned int vl, vq;
struct user_fpsimd_state fpsimd;
u16 user_vl, flags;
+ bool fpsimd_only;
bool sm;
if (user->sve_size < sizeof(*user->sve))
@@ -443,19 +444,33 @@ static int restore_sve_fpsimd_context(struct user_ctxs *user)
if (err)
return err;
+ fpsimd_only = (user->sve_size == sizeof(*user->sve));
sm = flags & SVE_SIG_FLAG_SM;
+
if (sm) {
if (!system_supports_sme())
return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * Streaming SVE state is always preserved with an SVE payload.
+ * Only accept streaming state which has an SVE payload.
+ */
+ if (fpsimd_only)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
vl = task_get_sme_vl(current);
} else {
/*
- * A SME only system use SVE for streaming mode so can
- * have a SVE formatted context with a zero VL and no
- * payload data.
+ * Non-streaming SVE state may be preserved without an SVE
+ * payload, in which case all state is saved in the FPSIMD
+ * context.
+ *
+ * On SME-only systems, non-streaming (FPSIMD-only) state is
+ * always preserved without an SVE payload, and with VL==0. On
+ * such systems, only accept non-streaming state without an SVE
+ * payload.
*/
- if (!system_supports_sve() && !system_supports_sme())
+ if (!system_supports_sve() && !fpsimd_only)
return -EINVAL;
vl = task_get_sve_vl(current);
@@ -464,16 +479,7 @@ static int restore_sve_fpsimd_context(struct user_ctxs *user)
if (user_vl != vl)
return -EINVAL;
- /*
- * Non-streaming SVE state may be preserved without an SVE payload, in
- * which case the SVE context only has a header with VL==0, and all
- * state can be restored from the FPSIMD context.
- *
- * Streaming SVE state is always preserved with an SVE payload. For
- * consistency and robustness, reject restoring streaming SVE state
- * without an SVE payload.
- */
- if (!sm && user->sve_size == sizeof(*user->sve))
+ if (fpsimd_only)
return restore_fpsimd_context(user);
vq = sve_vq_from_vl(vl);