From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== commit a27507ca2d796cfa8d907de31ad730359c8a6d06 upstream. Check the repeat_nmi .. end_repeat_nmi special case first. The next patch will rework the RSP check and, as a side effect, the RSP check will no longer detect repeat_nmi .. end_repeat_nmi, so we'll need this ordering of the checks. Note: this is more subtle than it appears. The check for repeat_nmi .. end_repeat_nmi jumps straight out of the NMI code instead of adjusting the "iret" frame to force a repeat. This is necessary, because the code between repeat_nmi and end_repeat_nmi sets "NMI executing" and then writes to the "iret" frame itself. If a nested NMI comes in and modifies the "iret" frame while repeat_nmi is also modifying it, we'll end up with garbage. The old code got this right, as does the new code, but the new code is a bit more explicit. If we were to move the check right after the "NMI executing" check, then we'd get it wrong and have random crashes. ( Because the "NMI executing" check would jump to the code that would modify the "iret" frame without checking if the interrupted NMI was currently modifying it. ) Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 33 +++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S index 795245d48eb3..b58cfdd0bc50 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -1821,7 +1821,23 @@ ENTRY(nmi) /* * Determine whether we're a nested NMI. * - * First check "NMI executing". If it's set, then we're nested. + * If we interrupted kernel code between repeat_nmi and + * end_repeat_nmi, then we are a nested NMI. We must not + * modify the "iret" frame because it's being written by + * the outer NMI. That's okay; the outer NMI handler is + * about to about to call do_nmi anyway, so we can just + * resume the outer NMI. + */ + movq $repeat_nmi, %rdx + cmpq 8(%rsp), %rdx + ja 1f + movq $end_repeat_nmi, %rdx + cmpq 8(%rsp), %rdx + ja nested_nmi_out +1: + + /* + * Now check "NMI executing". If it's set, then we're nested. * This will not detect if we interrupted an outer NMI just * before IRET. */ @@ -1839,21 +1855,6 @@ ENTRY(nmi) nested_nmi: /* - * If we interrupted an NMI that is between repeat_nmi and - * end_repeat_nmi, then we must not modify the "iret" frame - * because it's being written by the outer NMI. That's okay; - * the outer NMI handler is about to call do_nmi anyway, - * so we can just resume the outer NMI. - */ - movq $repeat_nmi, %rdx - cmpq 8(%rsp), %rdx - ja 1f - movq $end_repeat_nmi, %rdx - cmpq 8(%rsp), %rdx - ja nested_nmi_out - -1: - /* * Modify the "iret" frame to point to repeat_nmi, forcing another * iteration of NMI handling. */ -- 2.6.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html