b062b794c7
When we switched from doing rdmsr() to reading FS/GS base values from
current->thread we completely forgot about legacy 32-bit userspaces which
we still support in KVM (why?). task->thread.{fsbase,gsbase} are only
synced for 64-bit processes, calling save_fsgs_for_kvm() and using
its result from current is illegal for legacy processes.
There's no ARCH_SET_FS/GS prctls for legacy applications. Base MSRs are,
however, not always equal to zero. Intel's manual says (3.4.4 Segment
Loading Instructions in IA-32e Mode):
"In order to set up compatibility mode for an application, segment-load
instructions (MOV to Sreg, POP Sreg) work normally in 64-bit mode. An
entry is read from the system descriptor table (GDT or LDT) and is loaded
in the hidden portion of the segment register.
...
The hidden descriptor register fields for FS.base and GS.base are
physically mapped to MSRs in order to load all address bits supported by
a 64-bit implementation.
"
The issue was found by strace test suite where 32-bit ioctl_kvm_run test
started segfaulting.
Reported-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
Bisected-by: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@redhat.com>
Fixes:
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| firmware | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.