13 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Coiby Xu
03738dd159 crash_dump/dm-crypt: don't print in arch-specific code
Patch series "kdump: Enable LUKS-encrypted dump target support in ARM64
and PowerPC", v5.

CONFIG_CRASH_DM_CRYPT has been introduced to support LUKS-encrypted device
dump target by addressing two challenges [1],

 - Kdump kernel may not be able to decrypt the LUKS partition. For some
   machines, a system administrator may not have a chance to enter the
   password to decrypt the device in kdump initramfs after the 1st kernel
   crashes

 - LUKS2 by default use the memory-hard Argon2 key derivation function
   which is quite memory-consuming compared to the limited memory reserved
   for kdump.

To also enable this feature for ARM64 and PowerPC, we need to add a device
tree property dmcryptkeys [2] as similar to elfcorehdr to pass the memory
address of the stored info of dm-crypt keys to the kdump kernel.


This patch (of 3):

When the vmcore dumping target is not a LUKS-encrypted target, it's
expected that there is no dm-crypt key thus no need to return -ENOENT. 
Also print more logs in crash_load_dm_crypt_keys.  The benefit is
arch-specific code can be more succinct.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260225060347.718905-1-coxu@redhat.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260225060347.718905-2-coxu@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250502011246.99238-1-coxu@redhat.com/ [1]
Link: https://github.com/devicetree-org/dt-schema/pull/181 [2]
Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaud Lefebvre <arnaud.lefebvre@clever-cloud.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Kairui Song <ryncsn@gmail.com>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Cc: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@gmail.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Staudt <tstaudt@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-04-02 23:36:24 -07:00
Thorsten Blum
defec2ca7c crash_dump: use sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions
Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit() in sysfs show functions.  sysfs_emit()
is preferred for formatting sysfs output because it provides safer bounds
checking.  No functional changes.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260301125106.911980-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-03-27 21:19:38 -07:00
Thorsten Blum
26430489b1 crash_dump: fix typo in function name read_key_from_user_keying
The function read_key_from_user_keying() is missing an 'r' in its name. 
Fix the typo by renaming it to read_key_from_user_keyring().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260227230422.859423-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-03-27 21:19:35 -07:00
Thorsten Blum
c02474fe1a crash_dump: remove redundant less-than-zero check
'key_count' is an 'unsigned int' and cannot be less than zero. Remove
the redundant condition.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260228085136.861971-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-03-27 21:19:35 -07:00
Thorsten Blum
36f46b0e36 crash_dump: don't log dm-crypt key bytes in read_key_from_user_keying
When debug logging is enabled, read_key_from_user_keying() logs the first
8 bytes of the key payload and partially exposes the dm-crypt key.  Stop
logging any key bytes.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260227230008.858641-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev
Fixes: 479e58549b ("crash_dump: store dm crypt keys in kdump reserved memory")
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-03-10 16:01:48 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
bf4afc53b7 Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Kees Cook
69050f8d6d treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
Vasily Gorbik
96a54b8ffc crash_dump: fix dm_crypt keys locking and ref leak
crash_load_dm_crypt_keys() reads dm-crypt volume keys from the user
keyring.  It uses user_key_payload_locked() without holding key->sem,
which makes lockdep complain when kexec_file_load() assembles the crash
image:

  =============================
  WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
  -----------------------------
  ./include/keys/user-type.h:53 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage!

  other info that might help us debug this:

  rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
  no locks held by kexec/4875.

  stack backtrace:
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
   lockdep_rcu_suspicious.cold+0x4e/0x96
   crash_load_dm_crypt_keys+0x314/0x390
   bzImage64_load+0x116/0x9a0
   ? __lock_acquire+0x464/0x1ba0
   __do_sys_kexec_file_load+0x26a/0x4f0
   do_syscall_64+0xbd/0x430
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

In addition, the key returned by request_key() is never key_put()'d,
leaking a key reference on each load attempt.

Take key->sem while copying the payload and drop the key reference
afterwards.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/patch.git-2d4d76083a5c.your-ad-here.call-01769426386-ext-2560@work.hours
Fixes: 479e58549b ("crash_dump: store dm crypt keys in kdump reserved memory")
Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-31 16:16:08 -08:00
Christophe JAILLET
b11052be3e crash_dump: constify struct configfs_item_operations and configfs_group_operations
'struct configfs_item_operations' and 'configfs_group_operations' are not
modified in this driver.

Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so
increases overall security, especially when the structure holds some
function pointers.

On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
Before:
======
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  16339	  11001	    384	  27724	   6c4c	kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.o

After:
=====
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  16499	  10841	    384	  27724	   6c4c	kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.o

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d046ee5666d2f6b1a48ca1a222dfbd2f7c44462f.1765735035.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Reviewed-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-20 19:44:15 -08:00
Coiby Xu
62f17d9df6 crash_dump: retrieve dm crypt keys in kdump kernel
Crash kernel will retrieve the dm crypt keys based on the dmcryptkeys
command line parameter.  When user space writes the key description to
/sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_key/restore, the crash kernel will save
the encryption keys to the user keyring.  Then user space e.g. 
cryptsetup's --volume-key-keyring API can use it to unlock the encrypted
device.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250502011246.99238-6-coxu@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Pazdziora <jpazdziora@redhat.com>
Cc: Liu Pingfan <kernelfans@gmail.com>
Cc: Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>
Cc: Ondrej Kozina <okozina@redhat.com>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-05-21 10:48:21 -07:00
Coiby Xu
9ebfa8dcae crash_dump: reuse saved dm crypt keys for CPU/memory hot-plugging
When there are CPU and memory hot un/plugs, the dm crypt keys may need to
be reloaded again depending on the solution for crash hotplug support. 
Currently, there are two solutions.  One is to utilizes udev to instruct
user space to reload the kdump kernel image and initrd, elfcorehdr and etc
again.  The other is to only update the elfcorehdr segment introduced in
commit 2472627561 ("crash: add generic infrastructure for crash hotplug
support").

For the 1st solution, the dm crypt keys need to be reloaded again.  The
user space can write true to /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_key/reuse
so the stored keys can be re-used.

For the 2nd solution, the dm crypt keys don't need to be reloaded. 
Currently, only x86 supports the 2nd solution.  If the 2nd solution gets
extended to all arches, this patch can be dropped.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250502011246.99238-5-coxu@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Pazdziora <jpazdziora@redhat.com>
Cc: Liu Pingfan <kernelfans@gmail.com>
Cc: Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>
Cc: Ondrej Kozina <okozina@redhat.com>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-05-21 10:48:21 -07:00
Coiby Xu
479e58549b crash_dump: store dm crypt keys in kdump reserved memory
When the kdump kernel image and initrd are loaded, the dm crypts keys will
be read from keyring and then stored in kdump reserved memory.

Assume a key won't exceed 256 bytes thus MAX_KEY_SIZE=256 according to
"cryptsetup benchmark".

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250502011246.99238-4-coxu@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Pazdziora <jpazdziora@redhat.com>
Cc: Liu Pingfan <kernelfans@gmail.com>
Cc: Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>
Cc: Ondrej Kozina <okozina@redhat.com>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-05-21 10:48:20 -07:00
Coiby Xu
180cf31af7 crash_dump: make dm crypt keys persist for the kdump kernel
A configfs /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys is provided for user
space to make the dm crypt keys persist for the kdump kernel.  Take the
case of dumping to a LUKS-encrypted target as an example, here is the life
cycle of the kdump copies of LUKS volume keys,

 1. After the 1st kernel loads the initramfs during boot, systemd uses
    an user-input passphrase to de-crypt the LUKS volume keys or simply
    TPM-sealed volume keys and then save the volume keys to specified
    keyring (using the --link-vk-to-keyring API) and the keys will expire
    within specified time.

 2. A user space tool (kdump initramfs loader like kdump-utils) create
    key items inside /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys to inform
    the 1st kernel which keys are needed.

 3. When the kdump initramfs is loaded by the kexec_file_load
    syscall, the 1st kernel will iterate created key items, save the
    keys to kdump reserved memory.

 4. When the 1st kernel crashes and the kdump initramfs is booted, the
    kdump initramfs asks the kdump kernel to create a user key using the
    key stored in kdump reserved memory by writing yes to
    /sys/kernel/crash_dm_crypt_keys/restore. Then the LUKS encrypted
    device is unlocked with libcryptsetup's --volume-key-keyring API.

 5. The system gets rebooted to the 1st kernel after dumping vmcore to
    the LUKS encrypted device is finished

Eventually the keys have to stay in the kdump reserved memory for the
kdump kernel to unlock encrypted volumes.  During this process, some
measures like letting the keys expire within specified time are desirable
to reduce security risk.

This patch assumes,
1) there are 128 LUKS devices at maximum to be unlocked thus
   MAX_KEY_NUM=128.

2) a key description won't exceed 128 bytes thus KEY_DESC_MAX_LEN=128.

And here is a demo on how to interact with
/sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys,

    # Add key #1
    mkdir /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/7d26b7b4-e342-4d2d-b660-7426b0996720
    # Add key #1's description
    echo cryptsetup:7d26b7b4-e342-4d2d-b660-7426b0996720 > /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/description

    # how many keys do we have now?
    cat /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/count
    1

    # Add key# 2 in the same way

    # how many keys do we have now?
    cat /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/count
    2

    # the tree structure of /crash_dm_crypt_keys configfs
    tree /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/
    /sys/kernel/config/crash_dm_crypt_keys/
    ├── 7d26b7b4-e342-4d2d-b660-7426b0996720
    │   └── description
    ├── count
    ├── fce2cd38-4d59-4317-8ce2-1fd24d52c46a
    │   └── description

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250502011246.99238-3-coxu@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Jan Pazdziora <jpazdziora@redhat.com>
Cc: Liu Pingfan <kernelfans@gmail.com>
Cc: Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>
Cc: Ondrej Kozina <okozina@redhat.com>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-05-21 10:48:20 -07:00