x86/alternatives: Disable KASAN in apply_alternatives()
Fei has reported that KASAN triggers during apply_alternatives() on
a 5-level paging machine:
BUG: KASAN: out-of-bounds in rcu_is_watching()
Read of size 4 at addr ff110003ee6419a0 by task swapper/0/0
...
__asan_load4()
rcu_is_watching()
trace_hardirqs_on()
text_poke_early()
apply_alternatives()
...
On machines with 5-level paging, cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57)
gets patched. It includes KASAN code, where KASAN_SHADOW_START depends on
__VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT, which is defined with cpu_feature_enabled().
KASAN gets confused when apply_alternatives() patches the
KASAN_SHADOW_START users. A test patch that makes KASAN_SHADOW_START
static, by replacing __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT with 56, works around the issue.
Fix it for real by disabling KASAN while the kernel is patching alternatives.
[ mingo: updated the changelog ]
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Ubuntu USN |
USN-6831-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:30:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:28:35.856Z
Reserved: 2024-02-20T12:30:33.314Z
Link: CVE-2023-52504
Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:20.409Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-03-02T22:15:47.300
Modified: 2024-12-11T15:05:44.313
Link: CVE-2023-52504
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