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x86, tls, ldt: Stop checking lm in LDT_empty
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32-bit programs don't have an lm bit in their ABI, so they can't
reliably cause LDT_empty to return true without resorting to memset.
They shouldn't need to do this.

This should fix a longstanding, if minor, issue in all 64-bit kernels
as well as a potential regression in the TLS hardening code.

Fixes: 41bdc78 x86/tls: Validate TLS entries to protect espfix
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/72a059de55e86ad5e2935c80aa91880ddf19d07c.1421954363.git.luto@amacapital.net
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Andy Lutomirski authored and Thomas Gleixner committed Jan 22, 2015
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9 changes: 2 additions & 7 deletions arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
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Expand Up @@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ static inline void native_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu)
gdt[GDT_ENTRY_TLS_MIN + i] = t->tls_array[i];
}

#define _LDT_empty(info) \
/* This intentionally ignores lm, since 32-bit apps don't have that field. */
#define LDT_empty(info) \
((info)->base_addr == 0 && \
(info)->limit == 0 && \
(info)->contents == 0 && \
Expand All @@ -261,12 +262,6 @@ static inline void native_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu)
(info)->seg_not_present == 1 && \
(info)->useable == 0)

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
#define LDT_empty(info) (_LDT_empty(info) && ((info)->lm == 0))
#else
#define LDT_empty(info) (_LDT_empty(info))
#endif

static inline void clear_LDT(void)
{
set_ldt(NULL, 0);
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