This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/entry/64: Remove the SYSENTER stack canary
to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-entry-64-remove-the-sysenter-stack-canary.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 7fbbd5cbebf118a9e09f5453f686656a167c3d1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 15:07:27 +0100
Subject: x86/entry/64: Remove the SYSENTER stack canary
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 7fbbd5cbebf118a9e09f5453f686656a167c3d1c upstream.
Now that the SYSENTER stack has a guard page, there's no need for a canary
to detect overflow after the fact.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Cc: aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: daniel.gruss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: hughd@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: keescook@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171204150606.572577316@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 1 -
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c | 3 +--
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 1 -
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 7 -------
4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ struct tss_struct {
* Space for the temporary SYSENTER stack, used for SYSENTER
* and the entry trampoline as well.
*/
- unsigned long SYSENTER_stack_canary;
unsigned long SYSENTER_stack[64];
/*
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ bool in_sysenter_stack(unsigned long *st
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
struct tss_struct *tss = &get_cpu_entry_area(cpu)->tss;
- /* Treat the canary as part of the stack for unwinding purposes. */
- void *begin = &tss->SYSENTER_stack_canary;
+ void *begin = &tss->SYSENTER_stack;
void *end = (void *)&tss->SYSENTER_stack + sizeof(tss->SYSENTER_stack);
if ((void *)stack < begin || (void *)stack >= end)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ __visible DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(
*/
.io_bitmap = { [0 ... IO_BITMAP_LONGS] = ~0 },
#endif
- .SYSENTER_stack_canary = STACK_END_MAGIC,
};
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_tss);
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -814,13 +814,6 @@ dotraplinkage void do_debug(struct pt_re
debug_stack_usage_dec();
exit:
- /*
- * This is the most likely code path that involves non-trivial use
- * of the SYSENTER stack. Check that we haven't overrun it.
- */
- WARN(this_cpu_read(cpu_tss.SYSENTER_stack_canary) != STACK_END_MAGIC,
- "Overran or corrupted SYSENTER stack\n");
-
ist_exit(regs);
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_debug);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from luto@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-simplify-reg-restore-code-in-the-standard-iret-paths.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpufeatures-fix-various-details-in-the-feature-definitions.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-move-the-ist-stacks-into-struct-cpu_entry_area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-dumpstack-add-get_stack_info-support-for-the-sysenter-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-asm-don-t-use-the-confusing-.ifeq-directive.patch
queue-4.14/selftests-x86-ldt_gdt-add-infrastructure-to-test-set_thread_area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-remap-the-tss-into-the-cpu-entry-area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-paravirt-use-paravirt-safe-macro-to-access-eflags.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-fixmap-generalize-the-gdt-fixmap-mechanism-introduce-struct-cpu_entry_area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-paravirt-dont-patch-flush_tlb_single.patch
queue-4.14/x86-dumpstack-handle-stack-overflow-on-all-stacks.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-use-pop-instead-of-movq-in-syscall_return_via_sysret.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-return-to-userspace-from-the-trampoline-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-paravirt-provide-a-way-to-check-for-hypervisors.patch
queue-4.14/xen-x86-entry-64-add-xen-nmi-trap-entry.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-the-restore_c_regs_and_iret-label.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-create-a-per-cpu-syscall-entry-trampoline.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-the-restore_..._regs-infrastructure.patch
queue-4.14/x86-xen-64-x86-entry-64-clean-up-sp-code-in-cpu_initialize_context.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-add-task_top_of_stack-to-find-the-top-of-a-task-s-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-all-remaining-direct-thread_struct-sp0-reads.patch
queue-4.14/x86-boot-relocate-definition-of-the-initial-state-of-cr0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-stop-initializing-tss.sp0-at-boot.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-de-xen-ify-our-nmi-code.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-don-t-report-end-of-section-error-after-an-empty-unwind-hint.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-pass-sp0-directly-to-load_sp0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-use-a-per-cpu-trampoline-stack-for-idt-entries.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-move-swapgs-into-the-common-iret-to-usermode-path.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-shorten-test-instructions.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpufeature-add-user-mode-instruction-prevention-definitions.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpufeatures-make-cpu-bugs-sticky.patch
queue-4.14/x86-espfix-64-stop-assuming-that-pt_regs-is-on-the-entry-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-traps-use-a-new-on_thread_stack-helper-to-clean-up-an-assertion.patch
queue-4.14/x86-xen-fix-xen-head-elf-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-thread_struct-sp0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-move-sysenter_stack-to-the-beginning-of-struct-tss_struct.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-allocate-and-enable-the-sysenter-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-unwinder-orc-dont-bail-on-stack-overflow.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-fix-head-elf-function-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/selftests-x86-ldt_gdt-run-most-existing-ldt-test-cases-against-the-gdt-as-well.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-32-pull-the-msr_ia32_sysenter_cs-update-code-out-of-native_load_sp0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-split-the-iret-to-user-and-iret-to-kernel-paths.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-shrink-paranoid_exit_restore-and-make-labels-local.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-add-unwind-hint-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-remove-unused-bad_address-code.patch
queue-4.14/x86-xen-add-unwind-hint-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-kasan-64-teach-kasan-about-the-cpu_entry_area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-remove-confusing-comment.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-the-sysenter-stack-canary.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-kasan-don-t-use-vmemmap_populate-to-initialize-shadow.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-gdt-put-per-cpu-gdt-remaps-in-ascending-order.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-fix-assumptions-that-the-hw-tss-is-at-the-beginning-of-cpu_tss.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpufeatures-re-tabulate-the-x86_feature-definitions.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-32-fix-cpu_current_top_of_stack-initialization-at-boot.patch
queue-4.14/ptrace-x86-make-user_64bit_mode-available-to-32-bit-builds.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-make-cpu_entry_area.tss-read-only.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-relocate-page-fault-error-codes-to-traps.h.patch
queue-4.14/x86-unwinder-handle-stack-overflows-more-gracefully.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-use-pop-instead-of-mov-to-restore-regs-on-nmi-return.patch
queue-4.14/x86-irq-64-print-the-offending-ip-in-the-stack-overflow-warning.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-clean-up-the-sysenter_stack-code.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-merge-the-fast-and-slow-sysret-paths.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-separate-cpu_current_top_of_stack-from-tss.sp0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-boot-annotate-verify_cpu-as-a-callable-function.patch
queue-4.14/x86-irq-remove-an-old-outdated-comment-about-context-tracking-races.patch