[PATCH 1/2] x86, tls, ldt: Stop checking lm in LDT_empty

[Andy Lutomirski]

32-bit programs don't have an lm bit in their ABI, so they can't
reliably cause LDT_empty to return true without resorting to memset.
They shouldn't need to do this.

This should fix a longstanding, if minor, issue in all 64-bit kernels
as well as a potential regression in the TLS hardening code.

Fixes: 41bdc78544b8 x86/tls: Validate TLS entries to protect espfix
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
index 50d033a8947d..fc237fd0259a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ static inline void native_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu)
 		gdt[GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN + i] = t->tls_array[i];
 }
 
-#define _LDT_empty(info)				\
+/* This intentionally ignores lm, since 32-bit apps don't have that field. */
+#define LDT_empty(info)					\
 	((info)->base_addr		== 0	&&	\
 	 (info)->limit			== 0	&&	\
 	 (info)->contents		== 0	&&	\
@@ -261,12 +262,6 @@ static inline void native_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu)
 	 (info)->seg_not_present	== 1	&&	\
 	 (info)->useable		== 0)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-#define LDT_empty(info) (_LDT_empty(info) && ((info)->lm == 0))
-#else
-#define LDT_empty(info) (_LDT_empty(info))
-#endif
-
 static inline void clear_LDT(void)
 {
 	set_ldt(NULL, 0);
-- 
2.1.0

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