linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 seccomp 2/6] asm/syscall.h: Add syscall

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Message-ID: <20200925001803.GV3421308@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 25 Sep 2020 01:18:03 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        YiFei Zhu <yifeifz2@...inois.edu>,
        YiFei Zhu <zhuyifei1999@...il.com>,
        Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
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        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Dimitrios Skarlatos <dskarlat@...cmu.edu>,
        Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivan@...hat.com>,
        Hubertus Franke <frankeh@...ibm.com>,
        Jack Chen <jianyan2@...inois.edu>,
        Josep Torrellas <torrella@...inois.edu>,
        Tianyin Xu <tyxu@...inois.edu>,
        Tobin Feldman-Fitzthum <tobin@....com>,
        Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.pizza>,
        Valentin Rothberg <vrothber@...hat.com>,
        Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 seccomp 2/6] asm/syscall.h: Add syscall_arches[] array

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 02:15:50AM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 2:01 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> > 2) seccomp needs to handle "multiplexed" tables like x86_x32 (distros
> >    haven't removed CONFIG_X86_X32 widely yet, so it is a reality that
> >    it must be dealt with), which means seccomp's idea of the arch
> >    "number" can't be the same as the AUDIT_ARCH.
> 
> Sure, distros ship it; but basically nobody uses it, it doesn't have
> to be fast. As long as we don't *break* it, everything's fine. And if
> we ignore the existence of X32 in the fastpath, that'll just mean that
> syscalls with the X32 marker bit always hit the seccomp slowpath
> (because it'll look like the syscall number is out-of-bounds ) - no
> problem.

You do realize that X32 is amd64 counterpart of mips n32, right?  And that's
not "basically nobody uses it"...