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linux/mm/rodata_test.c
Petr Tesarik db27ad8b02 mm/rodata_test: use READ_ONCE() to read const variable
Patch series "Fix mm/rodata_test", v2.

Make sure that the test actually reads the read-only memory location.
Verify that the variable contains the expected value rather than any
non-zero value.


This patch (of 2):

The C compiler may optimize away the memory read of a const variable if
its value is known at compile time.

In particular, GCC14 with -O2 generates no code at all for test 1, and it
generates the following x86_64 instructions for test 3:

	cmpl	$195, 4(%rsp)
	je	.L14

That is, it replaces the read of rodata_test_data with an immediate value
and compares it to the value of the local variable "zero".

Use READ_ONCE() to undo any such compiler optimizations and enforce a
memory read.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1732016064.git.ptesarik@suse.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2a66dee010151b25cb143efb39091ef7530aa00a.1732016064.git.ptesarik@suse.com
Fixes: 2959a5f726 ("mm: add arch-independent testcases for RODATA")
Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Jinbum Park <jinb.park7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-01-13 22:40:37 -08:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
* rodata_test.c: functional test for mark_rodata_ro function
*
* (C) Copyright 2008 Intel Corporation
* Author: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "rodata_test: " fmt
#include <linux/rodata_test.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
static const int rodata_test_data = 0xC3;
void rodata_test(void)
{
int zero = 0;
/* test 1: read the value */
/* If this test fails, some previous testrun has clobbered the state */
if (!READ_ONCE(rodata_test_data)) {
pr_err("test 1 fails (start data)\n");
return;
}
/* test 2: write to the variable; this should fault */
if (!copy_to_kernel_nofault((void *)&rodata_test_data,
(void *)&zero, sizeof(zero))) {
pr_err("test data was not read only\n");
return;
}
/* test 3: check the value hasn't changed */
if (READ_ONCE(rodata_test_data) == zero) {
pr_err("test data was changed\n");
return;
}
/* test 4: check if the rodata section is PAGE_SIZE aligned */
if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(__start_rodata)) {
pr_err("start of .rodata is not page size aligned\n");
return;
}
if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(__end_rodata)) {
pr_err("end of .rodata is not page size aligned\n");
return;
}
pr_info("all tests were successful\n");
}