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SubjectRe: [PATCH][GIT PULL][v3.3] x86: Test saved %rip in NMI to determine nested NMI
On 02/19/2012 12:34 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-02-19 at 05:46 -0800, hpanvin@gmail.com wrote:
>> Vsyscall page, not vdso...
>
> Peter,
>
> My original patch was to check the %cs register against __KERNEL_CS, but
> IIRC, you said that userspace can change that register to anything it
> wanted before doing a long jump or something. Is this true for x86_64 as
> well? I guess it would be because x86_64 can support 32bit apps.
>
> Anyway, I'll add a check that makes sure that the RIP is less than the
> FIXADDR sections as well.
>

User space can change %cs, but it can never set it to __KERNEL_CS;
specifically user space can never set the bottom two bits in CS to zero.

So this should be a better test.

(Now, doing the test that way plays havoc with the braindamage knows as
Xen paravirt, but I don't think it's subject to this particular NMI code.)

-hpa



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