Reject setting system segments from userspace

[PATCH 0/3] Reject setting system segments from userspace

Brian Gerst posted 3 patches 2 years ago

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arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c       | 12 ++--------
arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c    |  4 ++++
arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c    |  4 ++++
4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

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[PATCH 0/3] Reject setting system segments from userspace

Posted by Brian Gerst 2 years ago

Michal noted[1] that on systems that support UMIP, the instruction
decoder can be tricked into leaking the address of the TSS or LDT by
using ptrace to set the SS segment to a system segment index.  Prevent
this from happening by rejecting attempts to use a system segment in the
ptrace and sigreturn syscalls.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231206004654.2986026-1-mhal@rbox.co/

Brian Gerst (3):
  x86: Move TSS and LDT to end of the GDT
  x86/ptrace: Reject system segements
  x86/sigreturn: Reject system segements

 arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c       | 12 ++--------
 arch/x86/kernel/signal_32.c    |  4 ++++
 arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c    |  4 ++++
 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)


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