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diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 35f1498e9832..42606a04ae85 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -190,6 +190,53 @@ static inline pmd_t *vmalloc_sync_one(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address)
return pmd_k;
}
+/*
+ * Handle a fault on the vmalloc or module mapping area
+ *
+ * This is needed because there is a race condition between the time
+ * when the vmalloc mapping code updates the PMD to the point in time
+ * where it synchronizes this update with the other page-tables in the
+ * system.
+ *
+ * In this race window another thread/CPU can map an area on the same
+ * PMD, finds it already present and does not synchronize it with the
+ * rest of the system yet. As a result v[mz]alloc might return areas
+ * which are not mapped in every page-table in the system, causing an
+ * unhandled page-fault when they are accessed.
+ */
+static noinline int vmalloc_fault(unsigned long address)
+{
+ unsigned long pgd_paddr;
+ pmd_t *pmd_k;
+ pte_t *pte_k;
+
+ /* Make sure we are in vmalloc area: */
+ if (!(address >= VMALLOC_START && address < VMALLOC_END))
+ return -1;
+
+ /*
+ * Synchronize this task's top level page-table
+ * with the 'reference' page table.
+ *
+ * Do _not_ use "current" here. We might be inside
+ * an interrupt in the middle of a task switch..
+ */
+ pgd_paddr = read_cr3_pa();
+ pmd_k = vmalloc_sync_one(__va(pgd_paddr), address);
+ if (!pmd_k)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (pmd_large(*pmd_k))
+ return 0;
+
+ pte_k = pte_offset_kernel(pmd_k, address);
+ if (!pte_present(*pte_k))
+ return -1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(vmalloc_fault);
+
void arch_sync_kernel_mappings(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
unsigned long addr;
@@ -1081,7 +1128,7 @@ access_error(unsigned long error_code, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return 0;
}
-static int fault_in_kernel_space(unsigned long address)
+bool fault_in_kernel_space(unsigned long address)
{
/*
* On 64-bit systems, the vsyscall page is at an address above
@@ -1110,6 +1157,37 @@ do_kern_addr_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long hw_error_code,
*/
WARN_ON_ONCE(hw_error_code & X86_PF_PK);
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+ /*
+ * We can fault-in kernel-space virtual memory on-demand. The
+ * 'reference' page table is init_mm.pgd.
+ *
+ * NOTE! We MUST NOT take any locks for this case. We may
+ * be in an interrupt or a critical region, and should
+ * only copy the information from the master page table,
+ * nothing more.
+ *
+ * Before doing this on-demand faulting, ensure that the
+ * fault is not any of the following:
+ * 1. A fault on a PTE with a reserved bit set.
+ * 2. A fault caused by a user-mode access. (Do not demand-
+ * fault kernel memory due to user-mode accesses).
+ * 3. A fault caused by a page-level protection violation.
+ * (A demand fault would be on a non-present page which
+ * would have X86_PF_PROT==0).
+ *
+ * This is only needed to close a race condition on x86-32 in
+ * the vmalloc mapping/unmapping code. See the comment above
+ * vmalloc_fault() for details. On x86-64 the race does not
+ * exist as the vmalloc mappings don't need to be synchronized
+ * there.
+ */
+ if (!(hw_error_code & (X86_PF_RSVD | X86_PF_USER | X86_PF_PROT))) {
+ if (vmalloc_fault(address) >= 0)
+ return;
+ }
+#endif
+
/* Was the fault spurious, caused by lazy TLB invalidation? */
if (spurious_kernel_fault(hw_error_code, address))
return;