[PATCH 19/43] x86/entry/64: Remove the SYSENTER stack canary

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Nov 24 2017 - 12:30:11 EST


From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>

Now that the SYSENTER stack has a guard page, there's no need for a
canary to detect overflow after the fact.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/be3179c0a38c392fa44ebeb7dd89391ff5c010c3.1511497875.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 1 -
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c | 3 +--
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 1 -
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 7 -------
4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 3a09e5571a92..7743aedb82ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ struct tss_struct {
* Space for the temporary SYSENTER stack, used for SYSENTER
* and the entry trampoline as well.
*/
- unsigned long SYSENTER_stack_canary;
unsigned long SYSENTER_stack[64];

/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
index bb61919c9335..9ce5fcf7d14d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ bool in_sysenter_stack(unsigned long *stack, struct stack_info *info)
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
struct tss_struct *tss = &get_cpu_entry_area(cpu)->tss;

- /* Treat the canary as part of the stack for unwinding purposes. */
- void *begin = &tss->SYSENTER_stack_canary;
+ void *begin = &tss->SYSENTER_stack;
void *end = (void *)&tss->SYSENTER_stack + sizeof(tss->SYSENTER_stack);

if ((void *)stack < begin || (void *)stack >= end)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 86e83762e3b3..6a04287f222b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ __visible DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct tss_struct, cpu_tss) = {
*/
.io_bitmap = { [0 ... IO_BITMAP_LONGS] = ~0 },
#endif
- .SYSENTER_stack_canary = STACK_END_MAGIC,
};
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_tss);

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index cbc4272bb9dd..19475dbff068 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -801,13 +801,6 @@ dotraplinkage void do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
debug_stack_usage_dec();

exit:
- /*
- * This is the most likely code path that involves non-trivial use
- * of the SYSENTER stack. Check that we haven't overrun it.
- */
- WARN(this_cpu_read(cpu_tss.SYSENTER_stack_canary) != STACK_END_MAGIC,
- "Overran or corrupted SYSENTER stack\n");
-
ist_exit(regs);
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_debug);
--
2.14.1