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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/entry')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 29 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S index 5c4ab384b84f..d8ab2b201fa1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S @@ -1388,7 +1388,14 @@ ENTRY(nmi) /* * Now test if the previous stack was an NMI stack. This covers * the case where we interrupt an outer NMI after it clears - * "NMI executing" but before IRET. + * "NMI executing" but before IRET. We need to be careful, though: + * there is one case in which RSP could point to the NMI stack + * despite there being no NMI active: naughty userspace controls + * RSP at the very beginning of the SYSCALL targets. We can + * pull a fast one on naughty userspace, though: we program + * SYSCALL to mask DF, so userspace cannot cause DF to be set + * if it controls the kernel's RSP. We set DF before we clear + * "NMI executing". */ lea 6*8(%rsp), %rdx /* Compare the NMI stack (rdx) with the stack we came from (4*8(%rsp)) */ @@ -1400,7 +1407,13 @@ ENTRY(nmi) cmpq %rdx, 4*8(%rsp) /* If it is below the NMI stack, it is a normal NMI */ jb first_nmi - /* Ah, it is within the NMI stack, treat it as nested */ + + /* Ah, it is within the NMI stack. */ + + testb $(X86_EFLAGS_DF >> 8), (3*8 + 1)(%rsp) + jz first_nmi /* RSP was user controlled. */ + + /* This is a nested NMI. */ nested_nmi: /* @@ -1506,8 +1519,16 @@ nmi_restore: /* Point RSP at the "iret" frame. */ REMOVE_PT_GPREGS_FROM_STACK 6*8 - /* Clear "NMI executing". */ - movq $0, 5*8(%rsp) + /* + * Clear "NMI executing". Set DF first so that we can easily + * distinguish the remaining code between here and IRET from + * the SYSCALL entry and exit paths. On a native kernel, we + * could just inspect RIP, but, on paravirt kernels, + * INTERRUPT_RETURN can translate into a jump into a + * hypercall page. + */ + std + movq $0, 5*8(%rsp) /* clear "NMI executing" */ /* * INTERRUPT_RETURN reads the "iret" frame and exits the NMI |