From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@novell.com>
To: "Andreas Kleen" <ak@suse.de>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <discuss@x86-64.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86-64: fix bound check IDT gate
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:21:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4370C26B.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4370AFF0.76F0.0078.0@novell.com
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Other than apparently commonly assumed, the bound instruction does not
require the corresponding IDT entry to have DPL 3.
From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
(actual patch attached)
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Other than apparently commonly assumed, the bound instruction does not
require the corresponding IDT entry to have DPL 3.
From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
--- 2.6.14/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c 2005-10-28 02:02:08.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.14-x86_64-bound/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c 2005-11-07 09:33:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -917,8 +917,8 @@ void __init trap_init(void)
set_intr_gate_ist(1,&debug,DEBUG_STACK);
set_intr_gate_ist(2,&nmi,NMI_STACK);
set_system_gate(3,&int3);
- set_system_gate(4,&overflow); /* int4-5 can be called from all */
- set_system_gate(5,&bounds);
+ set_system_gate(4,&overflow); /* int4 can be called from all */
+ set_intr_gate(5,&bounds);
set_intr_gate(6,&invalid_op);
set_intr_gate(7,&device_not_available);
set_intr_gate_ist(8,&double_fault, DOUBLEFAULT_STACK);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-08 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-08 13:02 [PATCH] x86-64: separate unwind info generation from CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO Jan Beulich
2005-11-08 14:21 ` Jan Beulich [this message]
2005-11-08 14:22 ` [PATCH] x86-64: remove dead die_if_kernel() Jan Beulich
2005-11-08 14:23 ` [PATCH] x86-64: make trap information available to die notification handlers Jan Beulich
2005-11-08 14:23 ` [PATCH] x86-64: adjust double fault handling Jan Beulich
2005-11-08 14:24 ` [PATCH] x86-64: remove unprotected iret Jan Beulich
2005-11-10 3:38 ` [discuss] " Andi Kleen
2005-11-08 14:25 ` [PATCH] x86-64: adjust page fault handling Jan Beulich
2005-11-09 16:10 ` [PATCH] x86-64: adjust ia32entry.S Jan Beulich
2005-11-11 15:34 ` Andi Kleen
2005-11-11 15:50 ` Jan Beulich
2005-11-11 15:53 ` [discuss] " Andi Kleen
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