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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-04-14 19:53:46 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-04-14 19:53:46 -0700
commit806fdcce017dc98c4dbf8ed001750a0d7d2bb0af (patch)
tree9cf2e221546d26219e5f83fff40f5be6e545f377 /drivers
parentMerge branch 'mm-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip (diff)
parentx86/mce: Avoid using object after free in genpool (diff)
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Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Misc fixes: a binutils fix, an lguest fix, an mcelog fix and a missing documentation fix" * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/mce: Avoid using object after free in genpool lguest, x86/entry/32: Fix handling of guest syscalls using interrupt gates x86/build: Build compressed x86 kernels as PIE x86/mm/pkeys: Add missing Documentation
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c6
-rw-r--r--drivers/lguest/lg.h1
-rw-r--r--drivers/lguest/x86/core.c6
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c b/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c
index eb934b0242e0..67392b6ab845 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void set_interrupt(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned int irq)
* Actually now I think of it, it's possible that Ron *is* half the Plan 9
* userbase. Oh well.
*/
-static bool could_be_syscall(unsigned int num)
+bool could_be_syscall(unsigned int num)
{
/* Normal Linux IA32_SYSCALL_VECTOR or reserved vector? */
return num == IA32_SYSCALL_VECTOR || num == syscall_vector;
@@ -416,6 +416,10 @@ bool deliver_trap(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned int num)
*
* This routine indicates if a particular trap number could be delivered
* directly.
+ *
+ * Unfortunately, Linux 4.6 started using an interrupt gate instead of a
+ * trap gate for syscalls, so this trick is ineffective. See Mastery for
+ * how we could do this anyway...
*/
static bool direct_trap(unsigned int num)
{
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lg.h b/drivers/lguest/lg.h
index ac8ad0461e80..69b3814afd2f 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/lg.h
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lg.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ void guest_set_clockevent(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned long delta);
bool send_notify_to_eventfd(struct lg_cpu *cpu);
void init_clockdev(struct lg_cpu *cpu);
bool check_syscall_vector(struct lguest *lg);
+bool could_be_syscall(unsigned int num);
int init_interrupts(void);
void free_interrupts(void);
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c b/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c
index 6a4cd771a2be..adc162c7040d 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c
@@ -429,8 +429,12 @@ void lguest_arch_handle_trap(struct lg_cpu *cpu)
return;
break;
case 32 ... 255:
+ /* This might be a syscall. */
+ if (could_be_syscall(cpu->regs->trapnum))
+ break;
+
/*
- * These values mean a real interrupt occurred, in which case
+ * Other values mean a real interrupt occurred, in which case
* the Host handler has already been run. We just do a
* friendly check if another process should now be run, then
* return to run the Guest again.