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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 07/10] x86/xsaves: Fix PTRACE frames for XSAVES
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On 03/04/2016 10:12 AM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> + for (i = 0; i < XFEATURE_MAX; i++) {
> + /*
> + * Copy only in-use xstates.
> + */
> + if (((header.xfeatures >> i) & 1) && xfeature_enabled(i)) {
> + void *src = get_xsave_addr_no_check(xsave, i);

How could a bit in header.xfeatures get set if it is not set in
xfeature_enabled() aka xfeatures_mask aka XCR0?

...
> +int copyin_to_xsaves(const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf,
> + struct xregs_state *xsave)
> +{
> + unsigned int offset, size;
> + int i;
> + u64 xfeatures;
> +
> + offset = offsetof(struct xregs_state, header);
> + size = sizeof(xfeatures);
> +
> + if (kbuf)
> + memcpy(&xfeatures, kbuf + offset, size);
> + else if (__copy_from_user(&xfeatures, ubuf + offset, size))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + /*
> + * Reject if the user tries to set any supervisor xstates.
> + */
> + if (xfeatures & XFEATURE_MASK_SUPERVISOR)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < XFEATURE_MAX; i++) {
> + u64 mask = ((u64)1 << i);
> +
> + if ((xfeatures & mask) && xfeature_enabled(i)) {
> + void *dst = get_xsave_addr_no_check(xsave, i);
> +
> + offset = xstate_offsets[i];
> + size = xstate_sizes[i];
> +
> + if (kbuf)
> + memcpy(dst, kbuf + offset, size);
> + else if (__copy_from_user(dst, ubuf + offset, size))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + }
> + }

If a caller tries to pass a non-enabled xfeature in, we appear to just
silently drop it and return success. Is that really what we want to do
or do we want to error out?

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