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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/tls.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c | 3 |
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h index bc359dd2f7f6..85e23bb7b34e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ static inline void fill_ldt(struct desc_struct *desc, const struct user_desc *in desc->type = (info->read_exec_only ^ 1) << 1; desc->type |= info->contents << 2; + /* Set the ACCESS bit so it can be mapped RO */ + desc->type |= 1; desc->s = 1; desc->dpl = 0x3; diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c index 9629c5d8267a..579cc4a66fdf 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c @@ -158,7 +158,12 @@ map_ldt_struct(struct mm_struct *mm, struct ldt_struct *ldt, int slot) ptep = get_locked_pte(mm, va, &ptl); if (!ptep) return -ENOMEM; - pte = pfn_pte(pfn, __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL & ~_PAGE_GLOBAL)); + /* + * Map it RO so the easy to find address is not a primary + * target via some kernel interface which misses a + * permission check. + */ + pte = pfn_pte(pfn, __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RO & ~_PAGE_GLOBAL)); set_pte_at(mm, va, ptep, pte); pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl); } diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c index 9a9c9b076955..a5b802a12212 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c @@ -93,17 +93,10 @@ static void set_tls_desc(struct task_struct *p, int idx, cpu = get_cpu(); while (n-- > 0) { - if (LDT_empty(info) || LDT_zero(info)) { + if (LDT_empty(info) || LDT_zero(info)) memset(desc, 0, sizeof(*desc)); - } else { + else fill_ldt(desc, info); - - /* - * Always set the accessed bit so that the CPU - * doesn't try to write to the (read-only) GDT. - */ - desc->type |= 1; - } ++info; ++desc; } diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c index 0304ffb714f2..1aef72df20a1 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c @@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ static void check_valid_segment(uint16_t index, int ldt, * NB: Different Linux versions do different things with the * accessed bit in set_thread_area(). */ - if (ar != expected_ar && - (ldt || ar != (expected_ar | AR_ACCESSED))) { + if (ar != expected_ar && ar != (expected_ar | AR_ACCESSED)) { printf("[FAIL]\t%s entry %hu has AR 0x%08X but expected 0x%08X\n", (ldt ? "LDT" : "GDT"), index, ar, expected_ar); nerrs++; |