linux/init
Ryan Roberts 37beb42560 randomize_kstack: Maintain kstack_offset per task
kstack_offset was previously maintained per-cpu, but this caused a
couple of issues. So let's instead make it per-task.

Issue 1: add_random_kstack_offset() and choose_random_kstack_offset()
expected and required to be called with interrupts and preemption
disabled so that it could manipulate per-cpu state. But arm64, loongarch
and risc-v are calling them with interrupts and preemption enabled. I
don't _think_ this causes any functional issues, but it's certainly
unexpected and could lead to manipulating the wrong cpu's state, which
could cause a minor performance degradation due to bouncing the cache
lines. By maintaining the state per-task those functions can safely be
called in preemptible context.

Issue 2: add_random_kstack_offset() is called before executing the
syscall and expands the stack using a previously chosen random offset.
choose_random_kstack_offset() is called after executing the syscall and
chooses and stores a new random offset for the next syscall. With
per-cpu storage for this offset, an attacker could force cpu migration
during the execution of the syscall and prevent the offset from being
updated for the original cpu such that it is predictable for the next
syscall on that cpu. By maintaining the state per-task, this problem
goes away because the per-task random offset is updated after the
syscall regardless of which cpu it is executing on.

Fixes: 39218ff4c6 ("stack: Optionally randomize kernel stack offset each syscall")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/dd8c37bc-795f-4c7a-9086-69e584d8ab24@arm.com/
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260303150840.3789438-2-ryan.roberts@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2026-03-24 21:12:03 -07:00
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.gitignore kbuild: build init/built-in.a just once 2022-09-29 04:40:15 +09:00
.kunitconfig initramfs_test: kunit tests for initramfs unpacking 2025-03-08 12:13:04 +01:00
calibrate.c calibrate: update header inclusion 2025-11-27 14:24:45 -08:00
do_mounts_initrd.c init: remove /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev 2026-01-12 17:22:27 +01:00
do_mounts_rd.c initrd: remove deprecated code path (linuxrc) 2026-01-12 17:22:22 +01:00
do_mounts.c vfs-7.0-rc1.nullfs 2026-02-09 13:41:34 -08:00
do_mounts.h fs: use nullfs unconditionally as the real rootfs 2026-01-14 11:23:39 +01:00
init_task.c Scheduler changes for v7.0: 2026-02-10 12:50:10 -08:00
initramfs_internal.h init: add initramfs_internal.h 2025-03-04 09:52:36 +01:00
initramfs_test.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
initramfs.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Kconfig init/Kconfig: Adjust fixed clang version for __builtin_counted_by_ref 2026-02-23 14:35:16 -08:00
main.c randomize_kstack: Maintain kstack_offset per task 2026-03-24 21:12:03 -07:00
Makefile initramfs_test: kunit tests for initramfs unpacking 2025-03-08 12:13:04 +01:00
noinitramfs.c init: move usermodehelper_enable() to populate_rootfs() 2021-09-08 11:50:27 -07:00
version-timestamp.c ns: drop custom reference count initialization for initial namespaces 2025-11-11 10:01:32 +01:00
version.c init/version.c: Replace strlcpy with strscpy 2023-09-22 09:50:56 -07:00