3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> commit 7ed6fb9b5a5510e4ef78ab27419184741169978a upstream. This reverts commit fa81511bb0bbb2b1aace3695ce869da9762624ff in preparation of merging in the proper fix (espfix64). Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 4 +--- arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c | 8 -------- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c @@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ #include <asm/mmu_context.h> #include <asm/syscalls.h> -int sysctl_ldt16 = 0; - #ifdef CONFIG_SMP static void flush_ldt(void *current_mm) { @@ -236,7 +234,7 @@ static int write_ldt(void __user *ptr, u * IRET leaking the high bits of the kernel stack address. */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 - if (!ldt_info.seg_32bit && !sysctl_ldt16) { + if (!ldt_info.seg_32bit) { error = -EINVAL; goto out_unlock; } --- a/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c +++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ enum { #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 #define vdso_enabled sysctl_vsyscall32 #define arch_setup_additional_pages syscall32_setup_pages -extern int sysctl_ldt16; #endif /* @@ -380,13 +379,6 @@ static ctl_table abi_table2[] = { .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = proc_dointvec - }, - { - .procname = "ldt16", - .data = &sysctl_ldt16, - .maxlen = sizeof(int), - .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec }, {} }; -- 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