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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig11
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c16
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h2
-rw-r--r--tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c11
4 files changed, 10 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index c1aed6c0e413..09c599e0900d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ choice
it can be used to assist security vulnerability exploitation.
This setting can be changed at boot time via the kernel command
- line parameter vsyscall=[native|emulate|none].
+ line parameter vsyscall=[emulate|none].
On a system with recent enough glibc (2.14 or newer) and no
static binaries, you can say None without a performance penalty
@@ -2274,15 +2274,6 @@ choice
If unsure, select "Emulate".
- config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE
- bool "Native"
- help
- Actual executable code is located in the fixed vsyscall
- address mapping, implementing time() efficiently. Since
- this makes the mapping executable, it can be used during
- security vulnerability exploitation (traditionally as
- ROP gadgets). This configuration is not recommended.
-
config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE
bool "Emulate"
help
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
index 577fa8adb785..8560ef68a9d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include "vsyscall_trace.h"
-static enum { EMULATE, NATIVE, NONE } vsyscall_mode =
-#if defined(CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE)
- NATIVE;
-#elif defined(CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE)
+static enum { EMULATE, NONE } vsyscall_mode =
+#ifdef CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE
NONE;
#else
EMULATE;
@@ -56,8 +54,6 @@ static int __init vsyscall_setup(char *str)
if (str) {
if (!strcmp("emulate", str))
vsyscall_mode = EMULATE;
- else if (!strcmp("native", str))
- vsyscall_mode = NATIVE;
else if (!strcmp("none", str))
vsyscall_mode = NONE;
else
@@ -139,10 +135,6 @@ 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");
@@ -370,9 +362,7 @@ void __init map_vsyscall(void)
if (vsyscall_mode != NONE) {
__set_fixmap(VSYSCALL_PAGE, physaddr_vsyscall,
- vsyscall_mode == NATIVE
- ? PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL
- : PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR);
+ PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR);
set_vsyscall_pgtable_user_bits(swapper_pg_dir);
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index 246f15b4e64c..acfe755562a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ enum page_cache_mode {
#define __PAGE_KERNEL_RO (__PAGE_KERNEL & ~_PAGE_RW)
#define __PAGE_KERNEL_RX (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC & ~_PAGE_RW)
#define __PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE (__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_NOCACHE)
-#define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RX | _PAGE_USER)
#define __PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR (__PAGE_KERNEL_RO | _PAGE_USER)
#define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE (__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_PSE)
#define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_PSE)
@@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ enum page_cache_mode {
#define PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE | _PAGE_ENC)
#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE | _PAGE_ENC)
#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC | _PAGE_ENC)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL | _PAGE_ENC)
#define PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR | _PAGE_ENC)
#define PAGE_KERNEL_IO __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_IO)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
index be81621446f0..0b4f1cc2291c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void sigtrap(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ctx_void)
num_vsyscall_traps++;
}
-static int test_native_vsyscall(void)
+static int test_emulation(void)
{
time_t tmp;
bool is_native;
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static int test_native_vsyscall(void)
if (!vtime)
return 0;
- printf("[RUN]\tchecking for native vsyscall\n");
+ printf("[RUN]\tchecking that vsyscalls are emulated\n");
sethandler(SIGTRAP, sigtrap, 0);
set_eflags(get_eflags() | X86_EFLAGS_TF);
vtime(&tmp);
@@ -474,11 +474,12 @@ static int test_native_vsyscall(void)
*/
is_native = (num_vsyscall_traps > 1);
- printf("\tvsyscalls are %s (%d instructions in vsyscall page)\n",
+ printf("[%s]\tvsyscalls are %s (%d instructions in vsyscall page)\n",
+ (is_native ? "FAIL" : "OK"),
(is_native ? "native" : "emulated"),
(int)num_vsyscall_traps);
- return 0;
+ return is_native;
}
#endif
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
nerrs += test_vsys_r();
#ifdef __x86_64__
- nerrs += test_native_vsyscall();
+ nerrs += test_emulation();
#endif
return nerrs ? 1 : 0;