Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:30:11 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: x86: Make sure IDT is page aligned |
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On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 01:15:26AM +0000, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/linus/;a=commit;h=4df05f361937ee86e5a8c9ead8aeb6a19ea9b7d7 > Commit: 4df05f361937ee86e5a8c9ead8aeb6a19ea9b7d7 > Parent: 5ff560fd48d5b3d82fa0c3aff625c9da1a301911 > Author: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > AuthorDate: Tue Jul 16 11:34:41 2013 -0700 > Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> > CommitDate: Tue Jul 16 15:14:48 2013 -0700 > > x86: Make sure IDT is page aligned > > Since the IDT is referenced from a fixmap, make sure it is page aligned. > Merge with 32-bit one, since it was already aligned to deal with F00F > bug. Since bss is cleared before IDT setup, it can live there. This also > moves the other *_idt_table variables into common locations. > > This avoids the risk of the IDT ever being moved in the bss and having > the mapping be offset, resulting in calling incorrect handlers. In the > current upstream kernel this is not a manifested bug, but heavily patched > kernels (such as those using the PaX patch series) did encounter this bug. > > The tables other than idt_table technically do not need to be page > aligned, at least not at the current time, but using a common > declaration avoids mistakes. On 64 bits the table is exactly one page > long, anyway. > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130716183441.GA14232@www.outflux.net > Reported-by: PaX Team <pageexec@gmail.com> > Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> > --- > arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 15 --------------- > arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c | 6 ++---- > arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 12 ++++++------ > 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
This patch is now in Linus's tree. Kees, did you also want this in the -stable tree(s)?
thanks,
greg k-h
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S > index 5e4d8a8..e1aabdb 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S > @@ -512,21 +512,6 @@ ENTRY(phys_base) > > #include "../../x86/xen/xen-head.S" > > - .section .bss, "aw", @nobits > - .align L1_CACHE_BYTES > -ENTRY(idt_table) > - .skip IDT_ENTRIES * 16 > - > - .align L1_CACHE_BYTES > -ENTRY(debug_idt_table) > - .skip IDT_ENTRIES * 16 > - > -#ifdef CONFIG_TRACING > - .align L1_CACHE_BYTES > -ENTRY(trace_idt_table) > - .skip IDT_ENTRIES * 16 > -#endif > - > __PAGE_ALIGNED_BSS > NEXT_PAGE(empty_zero_page) > .skip PAGE_SIZE > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c > index 4e584a8..1c113db 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c > @@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ atomic_t trace_idt_ctr = ATOMIC_INIT(0); > struct desc_ptr trace_idt_descr = { NR_VECTORS * 16 - 1, > (unsigned long) trace_idt_table }; > > -#ifndef CONFIG_X86_64 > -gate_desc trace_idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_data > - = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, }; > -#endif > +/* No need to be aligned, but done to keep all IDTs defined the same way. */ > +gate_desc trace_idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_bss; > > static int trace_irq_vector_refcount; > static DEFINE_MUTEX(irq_vector_mutex); > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c > index b0865e8..1b23a1c 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c > @@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ > #include <asm/x86_init.h> > #include <asm/pgalloc.h> > #include <asm/proto.h> > + > +/* No need to be aligned, but done to keep all IDTs defined the same way. */ > +gate_desc debug_idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_bss; > #else > #include <asm/processor-flags.h> > #include <asm/setup.h> > > asmlinkage int system_call(void); > - > -/* > - * The IDT has to be page-aligned to simplify the Pentium > - * F0 0F bug workaround. > - */ > -gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_data = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, }; > #endif > > +/* Must be page-aligned because the real IDT is used in a fixmap. */ > +gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_bss; > + > DECLARE_BITMAP(used_vectors, NR_VECTORS); > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(used_vectors); > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git-commits-head" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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