linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/13] x86/fault: Check user_mode(regs) when validating a stack extension

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Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:45:26 -0800
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 02/13] x86/fault: Check user_mode(regs) when validating a stack extension

The fault handling code tries to validate that a page fault from
user mode that would extend the stack is within a certain range of
the user SP.  regs->sp is only equal to the user SP if
user_mode(regs).  In the extremely unlikely event that that
sw_error_code had the USER bit set but the faulting instruction was
in the kernel (i.e. the faulting instruction was WRUSS), then the
*kernel* stack pointer would have been checked, which would be an
info leak.

Note to -stable maintainers: don't backport this unless you backport
CET.  The bug it fixes is unobservable in current kernels.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 91d4d2722f2e..eae7ee3ce89b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ void do_user_addr_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		bad_area(regs, sw_error_code, address);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (sw_error_code & X86_PF_USER) {
+	if (user_mode(regs)) {
 		/*
 		 * Accessing the stack below %sp is always a bug.
 		 * The large cushion allows instructions like enter
-- 
2.17.2