Re: [Patch V3] x86/ldt: correct fpu emulation access to ldt

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Thu Aug 06 2015 - 11:16:16 EST


On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 2:21 AM, Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Commit 37868fe113ff ("x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous") introduced
> a new struct ldt_struct anchored at mm->context.ldt.
>
> Adapt the x86 fpu emulation to use that new structure.
>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 37868fe113ff: x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # a5b9e5a2f14f: x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt optional
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_entry.c | 3 +--
> arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_system.h | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
> arch/x86/math-emu/get_address.c | 3 +--
> 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_entry.c b/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_entry.c
> index f37e84a..203318a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_entry.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_entry.c
> @@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
>
> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> #include <asm/traps.h>
> -#include <asm/desc.h>
> #include <asm/user.h>
> #include <asm/fpu/internal.h>
>
> @@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ void math_emulate(struct math_emu_info *info)
> math_abort(FPU_info, SIGILL);
> }
>
> - code_descriptor = LDT_DESCRIPTOR(FPU_CS);
> + code_descriptor = *FPU_get_ldt_descriptor(FPU_CS);
> if (SEG_D_SIZE(code_descriptor)) {
> /* The above test may be wrong, the book is not clear */
> /* Segmented 32 bit protected mode */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_system.h b/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_system.h
> index 9ccecb6..d4a49d7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_system.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/math-emu/fpu_system.h
> @@ -16,9 +16,24 @@
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/mm.h>
>
> -/* s is always from a cpu register, and the cpu does bounds checking
> - * during register load --> no further bounds checks needed */
> -#define LDT_DESCRIPTOR(s) (((struct desc_struct *)current->mm->context.ldt)[(s) >> 3])
> +#include <asm/desc.h>
> +#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
> +
> +static inline struct desc_struct *FPU_get_ldt_descriptor(unsigned seg)
> +{
> + static struct desc_struct zero_desc;
> + struct desc_struct *ret = &zero_desc;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
> + seg >>= 3;
> + mutex_lock(&current->mm->context.lock);
> + if (current->mm->context.ldt && seg < current->mm->context.ldt->size)
> + ret = current->mm->context.ldt->entries + seg;
> + mutex_unlock(&current->mm->context.lock);
> +#endif

Is there a good reason to return a pointer instead of returning struct
desc_struct directly? I think that, if you return a pointer, the
locking is still wrong. context.ldt can change at any point during
which IRQs are enabled (unless you hold the mutex), so I don't think
the mutex is sufficient -- the pointer can become invalid even after
this function returns.

--Andy
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