Opportunistic SYSEXIT executes VERW to clear CPU buffers after user EFLAGS
are restored. This can clobber user EFLAGS.ZF.
Move CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS before the user EFLAGS are restored. This ensures
that the user EFLAGS.ZF is not clobbered.
Fixes: a0e2dab44d22 ("x86/entry_32: Add VERW just before userspace transition")
Reported-by: Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/yVXwe8gvgmPADpRB6lXlicS2fcHoV5OHHxyuFbB_MEleRPD7-KhGe5VtORejtPe-KCkT8Uhcg5d7-IBw4Ojb4H7z5LQxoZylSmJ8KNL3A8o=@protonmail.com/
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.10+
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
index d3a814efbff6..9ad6cd89b7ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -871,6 +871,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(entry_SYSENTER_32)
/* Now ready to switch the cr3 */
SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%eax
+ /* Clobbers ZF */
+ CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS
/*
* Restore all flags except IF. (We restore IF separately because
@@ -881,7 +883,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(entry_SYSENTER_32)
BUG_IF_WRONG_CR3 no_user_check=1
popfl
popl %eax
- CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS
/*
* Return back to the vDSO, which will pop ecx and edx.
--
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