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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen staging-4.12] x86/pv: Don't deliver #GP for a SYSENTER with NT set
commit 68ff540de173b3747cdb115dbf5030e645ceabcc
Author: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Oct 20 15:04:32 2020 +0200
Commit: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue Oct 20 15:04:32 2020 +0200
x86/pv: Don't deliver #GP for a SYSENTER with NT set
It is a matter of guest kernel policy what to do with offending userspace,
and
terminating said userspace may not be the action chosen.
Linux explicitly tolerates this case.
Reported-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: fdac951560 ("x86: clear EFLAGS.NT in SYSENTER entry path")
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
master commit: 61d4a04349895edc5a5868274b906ba61ef24f47
master date: 2020-09-24 21:02:35 +0100
---
xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S
index bb6577513a..4f8b58af56 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ UNLIKELY_START(nz, sysenter_nt_set)
pushfq
andl $~X86_EFLAGS_NT,(%rsp)
popfq
- xorl %eax,%eax
UNLIKELY_END(sysenter_nt_set)
testq %rax,%rax
leal (,%rcx,TBF_INTERRUPT),%ecx
--
generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#staging-4.12
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