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| author | Ali Ahmet Memis <ali@iusegentoo.com> | 2026-08-21 01:45:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com> | 2026-08-29 07:32:26 +0100 |
| commit | 78004e9a87f240df03e2f73120d291763c32e0a7 (patch) | |
| tree | 137c22dd795222931b9d2bf2501d37cd766741aa /Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst | |
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openrisc: fix arbitrary kernel memory access via or1k_atomic syscallgrafted
sys_or1k_atomic() (syscall 244 in the "or1k" ABI) takes two user
pointers, v1 and v2, and swaps the words they point to in hand-written
assembly.
l.lwz r29,0(r4)
l.lwz r27,0(r5)
l.sw 0(r4),r27
l.sw 0(r5),r29
The pointers are not checked with access_ok(). The four memory
accesses also have no exception table entries.
A caller passes a kernel address as either pointer, and the syscall
reads from and writes to it directly.
This gives an unprivileged process a kernel read/write primitive. It
overwrites kernel data such as the sys_call_table, gaining code
execution in kernel context.
Check both pointers before entering the critical section. Add fixups
for the four memory accesses so faults on valid but unmapped user
addresses return -EFAULT.
[shorne@gmail.com: fix comment style]
Fixes: 9d02a4283e9c ("OpenRISC: Boot code")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ali Ahmet Memis <ali@iusegentoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a889d43bc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/aml-debugger.rst @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +================ +The AML Debugger +================ + +:Copyright: |copy| 2016, Intel Corporation +:Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> + + +This document describes the usage of the AML debugger embedded in the Linux +kernel. + +1. Build the debugger +===================== + +The following kernel configuration items are required to enable the AML +debugger interface from the Linux kernel:: + + CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER=y + CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUGGER_USER=m + +The userspace utilities can be built from the kernel source tree using +the following commands:: + + $ cd tools + $ make acpi + +The resultant userspace tool binary is then located at:: + + tools/power/acpi/acpidbg + +It can be installed to system directories by running "make install" (as a +sufficiently privileged user). + +2. Start the userspace debugger interface +========================================= + +After booting the kernel with the debugger built-in, the debugger can be +started by using the following commands:: + + # mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug + # modprobe acpi_dbg + # tools/power/acpi/acpidbg + +That spawns the interactive AML debugger environment where you can execute +debugger commands. + +The commands are documented in the "ACPICA Overview and Programmer Reference" +that can be downloaded from + +https://acpica.org/documentation + +The detailed debugger commands reference is located in Chapter 12 "ACPICA +Debugger Reference". The "help" command can be used for a quick reference. + +3. Stop the userspace debugger interface +======================================== + +The interactive debugger interface can be closed by pressing Ctrl+C or using +the "quit" or "exit" commands. When finished, unload the module with:: + + # rmmod acpi_dbg + +The module unloading may fail if there is an acpidbg instance running. + +4. Run the debugger in a script +=============================== + +It may be useful to run the AML debugger in a test script. "acpidbg" supports +this in a special "batch" mode. For example, the following command outputs +the entire ACPI namespace:: + + # acpidbg -b "namespace" |
