On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 07:03:24AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> The comment in the signal code says that apps can save/restore other
> segments on their own. It's true that apps can *save* SS on their
> own, but there's no way for apps to restore it: SYSCALL effectively
> resets SS to __USER_DS, so any value that user code tries to load
> into SS gets lost on entry to sigreturn.
>
> This recycles two padding bytes in the segment selector area for SS.
>
> While we're at it, we need a second change to make this useful. If
> the signal we're delivering is caused by a bad SS value, saving that
> value isn't enough. We need to remove that bad value from the regs
> before we try to deliver the signal. Oddly, x32 already got this
> right.
Are we at least reporting the bad SS value when delivering the signal so
that userpsace knows why it got the signal?
> I suspect that 64-bit programs that try to run 16-bit code and uses
> signals will have a lot of trouble without this.
Do we even have software doing that? Maybe we should search for similar
bug reports...
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <l...@amacapital.net>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h | 2 +-
> arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h
> b/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h
> index 9dfce4e0417d..f910cdcb71fd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h
> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct sigcontext {
> unsigned short cs;
> unsigned short gs;
> unsigned short fs;
> - unsigned short __pad0;
This __pad0 thing has been there since the beginning, according to my
git history dive.
> + unsigned short ss;
> unsigned long err;
> unsigned long trapno;
> unsigned long oldmask;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
> b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
> index d8b9f9081e86..076b11fd6fa1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
> @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ struct sigcontext {
> __u16 cs;
> __u16 gs;
> __u16 fs;
> - __u16 __pad0;
> + __u16 ss;
> __u64 err;
> __u64 trapno;
> __u64 oldmask;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
> index ed37a768d0fc..40f34574fb36 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -94,15 +94,8 @@ int restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs, struct
> sigcontext __user *sc,
> COPY(r15);
> #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> COPY_SEG_CPL3(cs);
> COPY_SEG_CPL3(ss);
> -#else /* !CONFIG_X86_32 */
> - /* Kernel saves and restores only the CS segment register on
> signals,
> - * which is the bare minimum needed to allow mixed 32/64-bit
> code.
> - * App's signal handler can save/restore other segments if
> needed. */
> - COPY_SEG_CPL3(cs);
> -#endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
>
> get_user_ex(tmpflags, &sc->flags);
> regs->flags = (regs->flags & ~FIX_EFLAGS) | (tmpflags &
> FIX_EFLAGS);
> @@ -164,6 +157,7 @@ int setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc, void
> __user *fpstate,
> put_user_ex(regs->cs, &sc->cs);
> put_user_ex(0, &sc->gs);
> put_user_ex(0, &sc->fs);
> + put_user_ex(regs->ss, &sc->ss);
> #endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
>
> put_user_ex(fpstate, &sc->fpstate);
> @@ -457,9 +451,17 @@ static int __setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct ksignal
> *ksig,
>
> regs->sp = (unsigned long)frame;
>
> - /* Set up the CS register to run signal handlers in 64-bit mode,
> - even if the handler happens to be interrupting 32-bit code. */
> + /* Set up the CS and SS registers to run signal handlers in
> + 64-bit mode, even if the handler happens to be interrupting
> + 32-bit or 16-bit code.
> +
> + SS is subtle. In 64-bit mode, we don't need any particular
> + SS descriptor, but we do need SS to be valid. It's possible
> + that the old SS is entirely bogus -- this can happen if the
> + signal we're trying to deliver is #GP or #SS caused by a bad
> + SS value. */
Kernel comment style please:
/*
* Andy likes to go and play 16-bit games on 64-bit linux. We all are
* having lotsa fun.
*/
:-D
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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