linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 12/36] x86/elf/64: Clear more registers in elf_common

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Date:	Mon,  5 Oct 2015 17:48:00 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 12/36] x86/elf/64: Clear more registers in elf_common_init

Before we start calling execve in contexts that honor the full
pt_regs, we need to teach it to initialize all registers.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
index 2ee05c4f5f37..1514753fd435 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@ do {						\
 static inline void elf_common_init(struct thread_struct *t,
 				   struct pt_regs *regs, const u16 ds)
 {
-	/* Commented-out registers are cleared in stub_execve */
-	/*regs->ax = regs->bx =*/ regs->cx = regs->dx = 0;
-	regs->si = regs->di /*= regs->bp*/ = 0;
+	/* ax gets execve's return value. */
+	/*regs->ax = */ regs->bx = regs->cx = regs->dx = 0;
+	regs->si = regs->di = regs->bp = 0;
 	regs->r8 = regs->r9 = regs->r10 = regs->r11 = 0;
-	/*regs->r12 = regs->r13 = regs->r14 = regs->r15 = 0;*/
+	regs->r12 = regs->r13 = regs->r14 = regs->r15 = 0;
 	t->fs = t->gs = 0;
 	t->fsindex = t->gsindex = 0;
 	t->ds = t->es = ds;
-- 
2.4.3

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