linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 09/12] x86, mpx: decode MPX instruction to get bound violation information

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Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:12:07 +0800
From:	Ren Qiaowei <qiaowei.ren@...el.com>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
CC:	x86@...nel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 09/12] x86, mpx: decode MPX instruction to get bound
 violation information

On 10/31/2014 06:38 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> +void do_mpx_bounds(struct pt_regs *regs, siginfo_t *info,
>> +		struct xsave_struct *xsave_buf)
>> +{
>> +	struct mpx_insn insn;
>> +	uint8_t bndregno;
>> +	unsigned long addr_vio;
>> +
>> +	addr_vio = mpx_insn_decode(&insn, regs);
>> +
>> +	bndregno = X86_MODRM_REG(insn.modrm.value);
>> +	if (bndregno > 3)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	/* Note: the upper 32 bits are ignored in 32-bit mode. */
>> +	info->si_lower = (void __user *)(unsigned long)
>> +		(xsave_buf->bndregs.bndregs[2*bndregno]);
>> +	info->si_upper = (void __user *)(unsigned long)
>> +		(~xsave_buf->bndregs.bndregs[2*bndregno+1]);
>> +	info->si_addr_lsb = 0;
>> +	info->si_signo = SIGSEGV;
>> +	info->si_errno = 0;
>> +	info->si_code = SEGV_BNDERR;
>> +	info->si_addr = (void __user *)addr_vio;
>> +}
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
>> index 611b6ec..b2a916b 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
>> @@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_bounds(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
>>   	unsigned long status;
>>   	struct xsave_struct *xsave_buf;
>>   	struct task_struct *tsk = current;
>> +	siginfo_t info;
>>
>>   	prev_state = exception_enter();
>>   	if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, "bounds", regs, error_code,
>> @@ -316,6 +317,11 @@ dotraplinkage void do_bounds(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
>>   		break;
>>
>>   	case 1: /* Bound violation. */
>> +		do_mpx_bounds(regs, &info, xsave_buf);
>> +		do_trap(X86_TRAP_BR, SIGSEGV, "bounds", regs,
>> +				error_code, &info);
>> +		break;
>> +
>>   	case 0: /* No exception caused by Intel MPX operations. */
>>   		do_trap(X86_TRAP_BR, SIGSEGV, "bounds", regs, error_code, NULL);
>>   		break;
>>
>
> So, siginfo is stack-allocarted here.  do_mpx_bounds() can error out if
> it sees an invalid bndregno.  We still send the signal with the &info
> whether or not we filled the 'info' in do_mpx_bounds().
>
> Can't this leak some kernel stack out in the 'info'?
>

This should check the return value of do_mpx_bounds and should be fixed.

Thanks,
Qiaowei

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