Re: [PATCH] Fix non-lazy GS handling in sys_vm86()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sun Jun 07 2009 - 03:57:20 EST



* Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@xxxxx> wrote:

> This fixes a stack corruption panic or null dereference oops due to
> a bad GS in resume_userspace() when returning from sys_vm86() and calling
> lockdep_sys_exit().
>
> Only a problem when CONFIG_LOCKDEP and CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@xxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c | 13 +++++++------
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
> index d7ac84e..177d976 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
> @@ -287,10 +287,9 @@ static void do_sys_vm86(struct kernel_vm86_struct *info, struct task_struct *tsk
> info->regs.pt.ds = 0;
> info->regs.pt.es = 0;
> info->regs.pt.fs = 0;
> -
> -/* we are clearing gs later just before "jmp resume_userspace",
> - * because it is not saved/restored.
> - */
> +#ifndef CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS
> + info->regs.pt.gs = 0;
> +#endif
>
> /*
> * The flags register is also special: we cannot trust that the user
> @@ -343,10 +342,12 @@ static void do_sys_vm86(struct kernel_vm86_struct *info, struct task_struct *tsk
> __asm__ __volatile__(
> "movl %0,%%esp\n\t"
> "movl %1,%%ebp\n\t"
> - "mov %2, %%gs\n\t"
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS
> + "mov $0, %%gs\n\t"
> +#endif

That bit looks rather untested - i dont think there's an immediate
constant instruction variant for segment register moves ...

Ingo
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