Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: XRSTOR is expected to raise #GP | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:49:37 -0800 |
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On 11/26/18 9:49 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > On 2018-11-26 18:27:06 [+0100], Jann Horn wrote: >> commit 75045f77f7a7 ("x86/extable: Introduce _ASM_EXTABLE_UA for uaccess >> fixups") incorrectly replaced the fixup entry for XSTATE_OP with a >> user-#PF-only fixup. However, XRSTOR can also raise #GP when the supplied >> address points to userspace memory. Change it back. > > The #GP is raised if the xstate content is invalid. But I guess the > details don't matter. > >> Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> >> Fixes: 75045f77f7a7 ("x86/extable: Introduce _ASM_EXTABLE_UA for uaccess fixups") >> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> > Acked-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> >
It does matter -- please correct the patch description, or we might have some serious confusion at some arbitrary point in the future with the result that the bug gets re-introduced; it would not be the first time.
-hpa
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