Messages in this thread | | | From | Kees Cook <> | Date | Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:37:52 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] x86/asm: Pin sensitive CR4 bits |
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 9:33 AM Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:09:34AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > > + if (WARN_ONCE((val & cr4_pin) != cr4_pin, "cr4 bypass attempt?!\n")) > > Printing what bits diverged would be helpful in the unlikely event that the > WARN_ONCE triggers. "cr4 bypass attempt" is probably only meaningful to > people that are already familiar with the code, e.g.: > > if (WARN_ONCE((val & cr4_pin) != cr4_pin, > "Attempt to unpin cr4 bits: %lx, cr4 bypass attack?!", ~val & cr4_pin))
Ah yeah, I like it. I'll send a v3. Thanks!
-- Kees Cook
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