linux-kernel - [PATCH PTI v3 06/10] x86/vsyscall/64: Warn and fail vsyscall emulation in NATIVE mode

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Date:   Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:56:41 -0800
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH PTI v3 06/10] x86/vsyscall/64: Warn and fail vsyscall emulation in NATIVE mode

If something goes wrong with pagetable setup, vsyscall=native will
accidentally fall back to emulation.  Make it warn and fail so that
we notice.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
index bc88a0540347..a06f2ae09ad6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ bool emulate_vsyscall(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(address != regs->ip);
 
+	/* This should be unreachable in NATIVE mode. */
+	if (WARN_ON(vsyscall_mode == NATIVE))
+		return false;
+
 	if (vsyscall_mode == NONE) {
 		warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_INFO, regs,
 				  "vsyscall attempted with vsyscall=none");
-- 
2.13.6