Instead of taking a full WARN() exception before restoring a potentially
missed CR4 bit, this retains the missing bit for later reporting. This
matches the logic done for the CR0 pinning.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
index 8416d6b31084..6f649eaecc73 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ extern volatile unsigned long cr4_pin;
static inline void native_write_cr4(unsigned long val)
{
+ unsigned long warn = 0;
+
again:
val |= cr4_pin;
asm volatile("mov %0,%%cr4": : "r" (val), "m" (__force_order));
@@ -105,10 +107,12 @@ static inline void native_write_cr4(unsigned long val)
* notice the lack of pinned bits in "val" and start the function
* from the beginning to gain the cr4_pin bits for sure.
*/
- if (WARN_ONCE((val & cr4_pin) != cr4_pin,
- "Attempt to unpin cr4 bits: %lx, cr4 bypass attack?!",
- ~val & cr4_pin))
+ if ((val & cr4_pin) != cr4_pin) {
+ warn = ~val & cr4_pin;
goto again;
+ }
+ WARN_ONCE(warn, "Attempt to unpin cr4 bits: %lx; bypass attack?!\n",
+ warn);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
--
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