[PATCH] x86: privilege cleanup
Privilege checking cleanup. Originally, these diffs were much greater, but recent cleanups in Linux have already done much of the cleanup. I added some explanatory comments in places where the reasoning behind certain tests is rather subtle. Also, in traps.c, we can skip the user_mode check in handle_BUG(). The reason is, there are only two call chains - one via die_if_kernel() and one via do_page_fault(), both entering from die(). Both of these paths already ensure that a kernel mode failure has happened. Also, the original check here, if (user_mode(regs)) was insufficient anyways, since it would not rule out BUG faults from V8086 mode execution. Saving the %ss segment in show_regs() rather than assuming a fixed value also gives better information about the current kernel state in the register dump. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@ -604,7 +604,9 @@ int fastcall do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *oldset)
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* We want the common case to go fast, which
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* is why we may in certain cases get here from
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* kernel mode. Just return without doing anything
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* if so.
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* if so. vm86 regs switched out by assembly code
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* before reaching here, so testing against kernel
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* CS suffices.
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*/
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if (!user_mode(regs))
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return 1;
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@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void show_registers(struct pt_regs *regs)
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unsigned short ss;
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esp = (unsigned long) (®s->esp);
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ss = __KERNEL_DS;
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savesegment(ss, ss);
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if (user_mode(regs)) {
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in_kernel = 0;
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esp = regs->esp;
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@ -267,9 +267,6 @@ static void handle_BUG(struct pt_regs *regs)
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char c;
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unsigned long eip;
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if (user_mode(regs))
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goto no_bug; /* Not in kernel */
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eip = regs->eip;
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if (eip < PAGE_OFFSET)
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@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ struct pt_regs {
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struct task_struct;
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extern void send_sigtrap(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs, int error_code);
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/*
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* user_mode_vm(regs) determines whether a register set came from user mode.
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* This is true if V8086 mode was enabled OR if the register set was from
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* protected mode with RPL-3 CS value. This tricky test checks that with
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* one comparison. Many places in the kernel can bypass this full check
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* if they have already ruled out V8086 mode, so user_mode(regs) can be used.
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*/
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static inline int user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
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{
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return (regs->xcs & 3) != 0;
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