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| Started by | Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> |
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| First post | 2015-09-21 01:40 +0200 |
| Last post | 2015-09-21 01:40 +0200 |
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[PATCH 2/2] x86/nmi/64: Fix a paravirt stack-clobbering bug in the NMI code Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2015-09-21 01:40 +0200
| From | Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2015-09-21 01:40 +0200 |
| Subject | [PATCH 2/2] x86/nmi/64: Fix a paravirt stack-clobbering bug in the NMI code |
| Message-ID | <qaWn7-6bs-15@gated-at.bofh.it> |
The NMI entry code that switches to the normal kernel stack needs to
be very careful not to clobber any extra stack slots on the NMI
stack. The code is fine under the assumption that SWAPGS is just a
normal instruction, but that assumption isn't really true. Use
SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK instead.
This is part of a fix for some random crashes that Sasha saw.
Fixes: 9b6e6a8334d5 ("x86/nmi/64: Switch stacks on userspace NMI entry")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-and-tested-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index f7492133a7bb..2c61e8070ba4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -1205,9 +1205,12 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
* we don't want to enable interrupts, because then we'll end
* up in an awkward situation in which IRQs are on but NMIs
* are off.
+ *
+ * We also must not push anything to the stack before switching
+ * stacks lest we corrupt the "NMI executing" variable.
*/
- SWAPGS
+ SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK
cld
movq %rsp, %rdx
movq PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_current_top_of_stack), %rsp
--
2.4.3
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