From 9f5cb6b32d9e0a3a7453222baaf15664d92adbf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 20:35:11 +0100 Subject: x86/ldt: Make the LDT mapping RO Now that the LDT mapping is in a known area when PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION is enabled its a primary target for attacks, if a user space interface fails to validate a write address correctly. That can never happen, right? The SDM states: If the segment descriptors in the GDT or an LDT are placed in ROM, the processor can enter an indefinite loop if software or the processor attempts to update (write to) the ROM-based segment descriptors. To prevent this problem, set the accessed bits for all segment descriptors placed in a ROM. Also, remove operating-system or executive code that attempts to modify segment descriptors located in ROM. So its a valid approach to set the ACCESS bit when setting up the LDT entry and to map the table RO. Fixup the selftest so it can handle that new mode. Remove the manual ACCESS bit setter in set_tls_desc() as this is now pointless. Folded the patch from Peter Ziljstra. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Josh Poimboeuf Cc: Juergen Gross Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'tools') diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c index 0304ffb..1aef72d 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/ldt_gdt.c @@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ static void check_valid_segment(uint16_t index, int ldt, * NB: Different Linux versions do different things with the * accessed bit in set_thread_area(). */ - if (ar != expected_ar && - (ldt || ar != (expected_ar | AR_ACCESSED))) { + if (ar != expected_ar && ar != (expected_ar | AR_ACCESSED)) { printf("[FAIL]\t%s entry %hu has AR 0x%08X but expected 0x%08X\n", (ldt ? "LDT" : "GDT"), index, ar, expected_ar); nerrs++; -- cgit v1.1