linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: add missing verify

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Date:	Sun, 3 Jul 2011 23:34:07 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: add missing verify_cpu to 32bit wakeup

On Sun 2011-07-03 12:15:22, Kees Cook wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
> 
> On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 02:15:49PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > Some BIOSes will reset the Intel XD_DISABLE MSR bit when resuming from S3,
> > > which can interact poorly with ebba638ae723d8a8fc2f7abce5ec18b688b791d7.
> > > In 32bit PAE mode, this can lead to a fault when EFER is restored by
> > > the kernel wakeup routines, due to it setting the NX bit for a CPU
> > > that (thanks to the BIOS reset) now incorrectly thinks it lacks the NX
> > > feature. 64bit wakeup already handled this through its common call path
> > > that would hit verify_cpu(). 32bit has a separate path for restoring
> > > CPU state on S3 wakeup, and needed to call verify_cpu() to handle this
> > > situation.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
> > > Cc: stable@...nel.org
> > 
> > Looks ok to me, but I'm not sure it is stable material.
> 
> Well, I figured anything that shipped with
> ebba638ae723d8a8fc2f7abce5ec18b688b791d7 should get it, since it is
> a regression in the 32bit PAE with BIOS-disabled NX corner-case.

Aha, if it is an regression it makes sense for stable..

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