[GIT pull] core/entry for v6.6-rc1
From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Aug 28 2023 - 09:02:09 EST
Linus,
please pull the latest core/entry branch from:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git core-entry-2023-08-28
up to: 1dfe3a5a7cef: entry: Remove empty addr_limit_user_check()
A single update to the core entry code, which removes the empty user
address limit check which is a leftover of the removed TIF_FSCHECK.
Thanks,
tglx
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Mark Rutland (1):
entry: Remove empty addr_limit_user_check()
include/linux/syscalls.h | 16 ----------------
kernel/entry/common.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 03e3d0121d5e..c4b9b66b0d05 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -283,22 +283,6 @@ static inline int is_syscall_trace_event(struct trace_event_call *tp_event)
#define SYSCALL32_DEFINE6 SYSCALL_DEFINE6
#endif
-/*
- * Called before coming back to user-mode. Returning to user-mode with an
- * address limit different than USER_DS can allow to overwrite kernel memory.
- */
-static inline void addr_limit_user_check(void)
-{
-#ifdef TIF_FSCHECK
- if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_FSCHECK))
- return;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef TIF_FSCHECK
- clear_thread_flag(TIF_FSCHECK);
-#endif
-}
-
/*
* These syscall function prototypes are kept in the same order as
* include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h. Architecture specific entries go below,
diff --git a/kernel/entry/common.c b/kernel/entry/common.c
index be61332c66b5..d7ee4bc3f2ba 100644
--- a/kernel/entry/common.c
+++ b/kernel/entry/common.c
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ static void exit_to_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare(regs, ti_work);
- /* Ensure that the address limit is intact and no locks are held */
- addr_limit_user_check();
+ /* Ensure that kernel state is sane for a return to userspace */
kmap_assert_nomap();
lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
lockdep_sys_exit();