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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:15:25 -0800 From: Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com> To: x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 3/4] x86: call verify_cpu during 32bit CPU startup The XD_DISABLE-clearing side-effect needs to happen on 32bit CPU start-up as well. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S | 6 ++++++ arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S | 1 + 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S index bcece91..fdaea52 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S @@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ ENTRY(startup_32_smp) subl $0x80000001, %eax cmpl $(0x8000ffff-0x80000001), %eax ja 6f + + /* Clear bogus XD_DISABLE bits */ + call verify_cpu + mov $0x80000001, %eax cpuid /* Execute Disable bit supported? */ @@ -609,6 +613,8 @@ ignore_int: #endif iret +#include "verify_cpu.S" + __REFDATA .align 4 ENTRY(initial_code) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S b/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S index ccb4136..5644b4b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/verify_cpu.S @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ * * arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head_64.S: Boot cpu verification * arch/x86_64/kernel/trampoline_64.S: secondary processor verfication + * arch/x86_64/kernel/head_32.S: processor startup * * verify_cpu, returns the status of longmode and SSE in register %eax. * 0: Success 1: Failure -- 1.7.2.3 -- Kees Cook Ubuntu Security Team -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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