linux-kernel - [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm/entry/64: Disentangle error

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:10:28 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, peterz@...radead.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, luto@...nel.org,
	dvlasenk@...hat.com, luto@...capital.net, brgerst@...il.com,
	bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm/entry/64: Disentangle error_entry/
 exit gsbase/ebx/usermode code

Commit-ID:  539f5113650068ba221197f190267ab727296ef5
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/539f5113650068ba221197f190267ab727296ef5
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 12:36:01 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 08:47:57 +0200

x86/asm/entry/64: Disentangle error_entry/exit gsbase/ebx/usermode code

The error_entry/error_exit code to handle gsbase and whether we
return to user mdoe was a mess:

 - error_sti was misnamed.  In particular, it did not enable interrupts.

 - Error handling for gs_change was hopelessly tangled the normal
   usermode path.  Separate it out.  This saves a branch in normal
   entries from kernel mode.

 - The comments were bad.

Fix it up.  As a nice side effect, there's now a code path that
happens on error entries from user mode.  We'll use it soon.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/f1be898ab93360169fb845ab85185948832209ee.1433878454.git.luto@kernel.org
[ Prettified it, clarified comments some more. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index bd97161..3bb2c43 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ END(paranoid_exit)
 
 /*
  * Save all registers in pt_regs, and switch gs if needed.
- * Return: ebx=0: need swapgs on exit, ebx=1: otherwise
+ * Return: EBX=0: came from user mode; EBX=1: otherwise
  */
 ENTRY(error_entry)
 	cld
@@ -1144,9 +1144,11 @@ ENTRY(error_entry)
 	xorl	%ebx, %ebx
 	testb	$3, CS+8(%rsp)
 	jz	error_kernelspace
-error_swapgs:
+
+	/* We entered from user mode */
 	SWAPGS
-error_sti:
+
+error_entry_done:
 	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
 	ret
 
@@ -1165,8 +1167,15 @@ error_kernelspace:
 	cmpq	%rax, RIP+8(%rsp)
 	je	bstep_iret
 	cmpq	$gs_change, RIP+8(%rsp)
-	je	error_swapgs
-	jmp	error_sti
+	jne	error_entry_done
+
+	/*
+	 * hack: gs_change can fail with user gsbase.  If this happens, fix up
+	 * gsbase and proceed.  We'll fix up the exception and land in
+	 * gs_change's error handler with kernel gsbase.
+	 */
+	SWAPGS
+	jmp	error_entry_done
 
 bstep_iret:
 	/* Fix truncated RIP */
@@ -1174,16 +1183,30 @@ bstep_iret:
 	/* fall through */
 
 error_bad_iret:
+	/*
+	 * We came from an IRET to user mode, so we have user gsbase.
+	 * Switch to kernel gsbase:
+	 */
 	SWAPGS
+
+	/*
+	 * Pretend that the exception came from user mode: set up pt_regs
+	 * as if we faulted immediately after IRET and clear EBX so that
+	 * error_exit knows that we will be returning to user mode.
+	 */
 	mov	%rsp, %rdi
 	call	fixup_bad_iret
 	mov	%rax, %rsp
-	decl	%ebx				/* Return to usergs */
-	jmp	error_sti
+	decl	%ebx
+	jmp	error_entry_done
 END(error_entry)
 
 
-/* On entry, ebx is "no swapgs" flag (1: don't need swapgs, 0: need it) */
+/*
+ * On entry, EBS is a "return to kernel mode" flag:
+ *   1: already in kernel mode, don't need SWAPGS
+ *   0: user gsbase is loaded, we need SWAPGS and standard preparation for return to usermode
+ */
 ENTRY(error_exit)
 	movl	%ebx, %eax
 	RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
--
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/