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DateSat, 26 Jul 2008 16:37:56 +0200
FromIngo Molnar <>
SubjectRe: [patch] x64, fpu: fix possible FPU leakage in error conditions

* Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:43:44PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > So how about this patch as a starting point? This is the RightThing(tm) to
> > do regardless, and if it then makes it easier to do some other cleanups,
> > we should do it first. What do you think?
>
> Linus, Attached is my last attempt for the day. Please review. Thanks.
> ---
>
> restore_fpu_checking() calls init_fpu() in error conditions. While
> this is wrong(as our main intention is to clear the fpu state of the
> thread), this was benign before the commit
> 92d140e21f1ce8cf99320afbbcad73879128e6dc.
>
> Post commit 92d140e21f1ce8cf99320afbbcad73879128e6dc, live FPU
> registers may not belong to this process at this error scenario.
>
> In the error condition for restore_fpu_checking() (especially during
> the 64bit signal return), we are doing init_fpu(), which saves the
> live FPU register state (possibly belonging to some other process
> context) into the thread struct (through unlazy_fpu() in init_fpu()).
> This is wrong and can leak the FPU data.
>
> For the signal handler restore error condition in restore_i387(),
> clear the fpu state present in the thread struct(before ultimately
> sending a SIGSEGV for badframe).
>
> For the paranoid error condition check in math_state_restore(), send a
> SIGSEGV, if we fail to restore the state.

i've applied your patch to tip/x86/fpu for further testing. I suspect
once it proves reliable we can merge it into v2.6.27, after -rc1.

Ingo


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