[PATCH 3.2 040/115] x86/iopl: Fix iopl capability check on Xen PV

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Tue Apr 26 2016 - 19:31:15 EST


3.2.80-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit c29016cf41fe9fa994a5ecca607cf5f1cd98801e upstream.

iopl(3) is supposed to work if iopl is already 3, even if
unprivileged. This didn't work right on Xen PV. Fix it.

Reviewewd-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8ce12013e6e4c0a44a97e316be4a6faff31bd5ea.1458162709.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -95,9 +95,14 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ioperm(unsigned long
*/
long sys_iopl(unsigned int level, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- unsigned int old = (regs->flags >> 12) & 3;
struct thread_struct *t = &current->thread;

+ /*
+ * Careful: the IOPL bits in regs->flags are undefined under Xen PV
+ * and changing them has no effect.
+ */
+ unsigned int old = t->iopl >> 12;
+
if (level > 3)
return -EINVAL;
/* Trying to gain more privileges? */