Re: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/entry, selftests: Further improve user entry sanity checks

From: peterz
Date: Thu Aug 20 2020 - 06:24:10 EST


On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 05:49:10PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/common.c b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
> index f392a8b..e83b3f1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/common.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
> @@ -49,6 +49,23 @@
> static void check_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
> {
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY)) {
> + /*
> + * Make sure that the entry code gave us a sensible EFLAGS
> + * register. Native because we want to check the actual CPU
> + * state, not the interrupt state as imagined by Xen.
> + */
> + unsigned long flags = native_save_fl();
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & (X86_EFLAGS_AC | X86_EFLAGS_DF |
> + X86_EFLAGS_NT));

This triggers with AC|TF on my !SMAP enabled machine.

something like so then?

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/entry-common.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/entry-common.h
index a8f9315b9eae..76410964585f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/entry-common.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/entry-common.h
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@ static __always_inline void arch_check_user_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
* state, not the interrupt state as imagined by Xen.
*/
unsigned long flags = native_save_fl();
- WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & (X86_EFLAGS_AC | X86_EFLAGS_DF |
- X86_EFLAGS_NT));
+ unsigned long mask = X86_EFLAGS_DF | X86_EFLAGS_NT;
+
+ /*
+ * For !SMAP hardware we patch out CLAC on entry.
+ */
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SMAP))
+ mask |= X86_EFLAGS_AC;
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(flags & mask);

/* We think we came from user mode. Make sure pt_regs agrees. */
WARN_ON_ONCE(!user_mode(regs));