Re: [PATCH v7 03/14] x86/cet/ibt: Add IBT legacy code bitmap setup function

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Fri Jun 07 2019 - 15:07:48 EST


On 6/6/19 1:09 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> + modify_fpu_regs_begin();
> + rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_U_CET, r);
> + r |= (MSR_IA32_CET_LEG_IW_EN | bitmap);
> + wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_U_CET, r);
> + modify_fpu_regs_end();

Isn't there a bunch of other stuff in this MSR? It seems like the
bitmap value would allow overwriting lots of bits in the MSR that have
nothing to do with the bitmap... in a prctl() that's supposed to only be
dealing with the bitmap.