[PATCH] x86: tls: fix possible spectre-v1 in do_get_thread_area()
From: Dianzhang Chen
Date: Tue Jun 11 2019 - 09:20:39 EST
The idx in do_get_thread_area() is controlled by userspace
via syscall: ptrace(defined in kernel/ptrace.c), hence
leading to a potential exploitation of the Spectre variant 1 vulnerability.
The idx can be controlled from:
ptrace -> arch_ptrace -> do_get_thread_area.
Fix this by sanitizing idx before using it to index p->thread.tls_array.
Signed-off-by: Dianzhang Chen <dianzhangchen0@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/tls.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c
index a5b802a..4cd338c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <linux/user.h>
#include <linux/regset.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/desc.h>
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ int do_get_thread_area(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
struct user_desc __user *u_info)
{
struct user_desc info;
+ int index = idx - GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN;
if (idx == -1 && get_user(idx, &u_info->entry_number))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -227,8 +229,10 @@ int do_get_thread_area(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
if (idx < GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN || idx > GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
+ index = array_index_nospec(index,
+ GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MAX - GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN + 1);
fill_user_desc(&info, idx,
- &p->thread.tls_array[idx - GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN]);
+ &p->thread.tls_array[index]);
if (copy_to_user(u_info, &info, sizeof(info)))
return -EFAULT;
--
2.7.4