From: "Marek Marczykowski-Górecki" <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: jgross@suse.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/xen: allow userspace access during hypercalls" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 02:33:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170725003309.GA13907@mail-itl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1500941635254168@kroah.com>
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On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 05:13:55PM -0700, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
> The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
Backport for both 4.9 and 4.4 here:
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:49:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] x86/xen: allow userspace access during hypercalls
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commit c54590cac51db8ab5fd30156bdaba34af915e629 upstream.
Userspace application can do a hypercall through /dev/xen/privcmd, and
some for some hypercalls argument is a pointers to user-provided
structure. When SMAP is supported and enabled, hypervisor can't access.
So, lets allow it.
The same applies to HYPERVISOR_dm_op, where additionally privcmd driver
carefully verify buffer addresses.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
[HYPERVISOR_dm_op dropped - not present until 4.11]
---
arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
index a12a047..8b678af 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
+#include <asm/smap.h>
#include <xen/interface/xen.h>
#include <xen/interface/sched.h>
@@ -214,10 +215,12 @@ privcmd_call(unsigned call,
__HYPERCALL_DECLS;
__HYPERCALL_5ARG(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5);
+ stac();
asm volatile("call *%[call]"
: __HYPERCALL_5PARAM
: [call] "a" (&hypercall_page[call])
: __HYPERCALL_CLOBBER5);
+ clac();
return (long)__res;
}
--
2.7.5
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Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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2017-07-25 0:13 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/xen: allow userspace access during hypercalls" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree gregkh
2017-07-25 0:33 ` Marek Marczykowski-Górecki [this message]
2017-07-25 1:02 ` Greg KH
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