[PATCH v4 2/3] x86/iopl/64: Properly context-switch IOPL on Xen PV

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Wed Mar 16 2016 - 17:14:39 EST


On Xen PV, regs->flags doesn't reliably reflect IOPL and the
exit-to-userspace code doesn't change IOPL. We need to context
switch it manually.

I'm doing this without going through paravirt because this is
specific to Xen PV. After the dust settles, we can merge this with
the 32-bit code, tidy up the iopl syscall implementation, and remove
the set_iopl pvop entirely.

Fixes XSA-171.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewewd-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 12 ++++++++++++
arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h
index 8b2d4bea9962..39171b3646bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h
@@ -62,4 +62,6 @@ void xen_arch_register_cpu(int num);
void xen_arch_unregister_cpu(int num);
#endif

+extern void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask);
+
#endif /* _ASM_X86_XEN_HYPERVISOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index b9d99e0f82c4..9f751876066f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
#include <asm/syscalls.h>
#include <asm/debugreg.h>
#include <asm/switch_to.h>
+#include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>

asmlinkage extern void ret_from_fork(void);

@@ -411,6 +412,17 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
task_thread_info(prev_p)->flags & _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_PREV))
__switch_to_xtra(prev_p, next_p, tss);

+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
+ /*
+ * On Xen PV, IOPL bits in pt_regs->flags have no effect, and
+ * current_pt_regs()->flags may not match the current task's
+ * intended IOPL. We need to switch it manually.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XENPV) &&
+ prev->iopl != next->iopl))
+ xen_set_iopl_mask(next->iopl);
+#endif
+
if (static_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS)) {
/*
* AMD CPUs have a misfeature: SYSRET sets the SS selector but
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index d09e4c9d7cc5..e3679db17545 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ static void xen_load_sp0(struct tss_struct *tss,
tss->x86_tss.sp0 = thread->sp0;
}

-static void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
+void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
{
struct physdev_set_iopl set_iopl;

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