linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/unwind/orc: Fix address check size for deref_stack_iret

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Date:   Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:01:39 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Dmitry Monakhov <dmtrmonakhov@...dex-team.ru>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/unwind/orc: Fix address check size for
 deref_stack_iret_regs

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 10:40:04AM +0300, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> For historical reasons we check only IRET_FRAME_OFFSET, but this check
> is no longer valid because  we also access regs->sp field which is
> located beyond IRET_FRAME, so it is reasonable to validate full structure.

Uuuh, what? IRET frame is:

 ss, sp, flags, cs, ip

that very much includes sp.