linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/xen: Fix 32-bit PV guests's usage of kernel

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Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 15:41:37 +0100
From:	Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
CC:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	<boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, <srostedt@...hat.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/xen: Fix 32-bit PV guests's usage of
 kernel_stack

On 09/04/14 15:29, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 09/04/14 15:21, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 09.04.14 at 16:06, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com> wrote:
>>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_32.S
>>> @@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ ENTRY(xen_iret)
>>>  	 * avoid having to reload %fs
>>>  	 */
>>>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>>> +	pushw %fs
>>> +	movl $(__KERNEL_PERCPU), %eax
>>> +	movl %eax, %fs
>>>  	GET_THREAD_INFO(%eax)
>>> +	popw %fs
>> I don't think it's guaranteed that this can't fault.
> If loading %fs faults when it is restored previously, the fixup zeros
> the value.  However, this later load could still fault even if the first
> succeeded.
>
> Suggest copying the fixup section from the RESTORE_REGS macros in
> arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
>
> David

If loading __KERNEL_PERCPU info fs faults, the kernel has bigger
problems to worry about.

The latter load however can easy fault; The arguments for %ds in 
XSA-42/ CVE-2013-0228 applies to %{e,f,g}s as well.

Furthermore, I am a little concerned about the performance impact of
this.  I would have thought that in most cases, %fs will already be
correct, at which point reloading it twice is a waste of time.

~Andrew
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