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Date:	Sun, 7 Jun 2009 14:42:33 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu, lkundrak@...sk
Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Fix non-lazy GS handling in sys_vm86()

Commit-ID:  3aa6b186f86c5d06d6d92d14311ffed51f091f40
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3aa6b186f86c5d06d6d92d14311ffed51f091f40
Author:     Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
AuthorDate: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 16:23:48 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 16:31:23 +0200

x86: Fix non-lazy GS handling in sys_vm86()

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@...sk>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
LKML-Reference: <1244384628.2323.4.camel@...bo>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c |    9 +++++----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c
index d7ac84e..6a17769 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
@@ -343,7 +342,9 @@ 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"
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS
 		"mov  %2, %%gs\n\t"
+#endif
 		"jmp resume_userspace"
 		: /* no outputs */
 		:"r" (&info->regs), "r" (task_thread_info(tsk)), "r" (0));
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