[tip: x86/urgent] x86/entry_32: Do not clobber user EFLAGS.ZF

tip-bot2 for Pawan Gupta posted 1 patch 1 month, 2 weeks ago
arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
[tip: x86/urgent] x86/entry_32: Do not clobber user EFLAGS.ZF
Posted by tip-bot2 for Pawan Gupta 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     2e2e5143d4868163d6756c8c6a4d28cbfa5245e5
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2e2e5143d4868163d6756c8c6a4d28cbfa5245e5
Author:        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:25:38 -07:00
Committer:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
CommitterDate: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:16:28 -07:00

x86/entry_32: Do not clobber user EFLAGS.ZF

Opportunistic SYSEXIT executes VERW to clear CPU buffers after user EFLAGS
are restored. This can clobber user EFLAGS.ZF.

Move CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS before the user EFLAGS are restored. This ensures
that the user EFLAGS.ZF is not clobbered.

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/yVXwe8gvgmPADpRB6lXlicS2fcHoV5OHHxyuFbB_MEleRPD7-KhGe5VtORejtPe-KCkT8Uhcg5d7-IBw4Ojb4H7z5LQxoZylSmJ8KNL3A8o=@protonmail.com/
Fixes: a0e2dab44d22 ("x86/entry_32: Add VERW just before userspace transition")
Reported-by: Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240925-fix-dosemu-vm86-v7-1-1de0daca2d42%40linux.intel.com
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
index d3a814e..9ad6cd8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -871,6 +871,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(entry_SYSENTER_32)
 
 	/* Now ready to switch the cr3 */
 	SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%eax
+	/* Clobbers ZF */
+	CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS
 
 	/*
 	 * Restore all flags except IF. (We restore IF separately because
@@ -881,7 +883,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(entry_SYSENTER_32)
 	BUG_IF_WRONG_CR3 no_user_check=1
 	popfl
 	popl	%eax
-	CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS
 
 	/*
 	 * Return back to the vDSO, which will pop ecx and edx.