[Xen-changelog] [xen staging-4.8] x86/traps: Fix %dr6 handing in #DB handler

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commit 90676b7df3454fc785605edec924ecaddc2a3e5f
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue May 8 18:21:27 2018 +0100
Commit:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue May 8 18:21:27 2018 +0100

    x86/traps: Fix %dr6 handing in #DB handler
    
    Most bits in %dr6 accumulate, rather than being set directly based on the
    current source of #DB.  Have the handler follow the manuals guidance, which
    avoids leaking hypervisor debugging activities into guest context.
    
    This is part of XSA-260 / CVE-2018-8897.
    
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/traps.c           | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 xen/include/asm-x86/debugreg.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/traps.c b/xen/arch/x86/traps.c
index 5259e19697..42eaaeb32b 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/traps.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/traps.c
@@ -4042,11 +4042,36 @@ static void ler_enable(void)
 
 void do_debug(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
 {
+    unsigned long dr6;
     struct vcpu *v = current;
 
+    /* Stash dr6 as early as possible. */
+    dr6 = read_debugreg(6);
+
     if ( debugger_trap_entry(TRAP_debug, regs) )
         return;
 
+    /*
+     * At the time of writing (March 2018), on the subject of %dr6:
+     *
+     * The Intel manual says:
+     *   Certain debug exceptions may clear bits 0-3. The remaining contents
+     *   of the DR6 register are never cleared by the processor. To avoid
+     *   confusion in identifying debug exceptions, debug handlers should
+     *   clear the register (except bit 16, which they should set) before
+     *   returning to the interrupted task.
+     *
+     * The AMD manual says:
+     *   Bits 15:13 of the DR6 register are not cleared by the processor and
+     *   must be cleared by software after the contents have been read.
+     *
+     * Some bits are reserved set, some are reserved clear, and some bits
+     * which were previously reserved set are reused and cleared by hardware.
+     * For future compatibility, reset to the default value, which will allow
+     * us to spot any bit being changed by hardware to its non-default value.
+     */
+    write_debugreg(6, X86_DR6_DEFAULT);
+
     if ( !guest_mode(regs) )
     {
         if ( regs->eflags & X86_EFLAGS_TF )
@@ -4079,7 +4104,8 @@ void do_debug(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
     }
 
     /* Save debug status register where guest OS can peek at it */
-    v->arch.debugreg[6] = read_debugreg(6);
+    v->arch.debugreg[6] |= (dr6 & ~X86_DR6_DEFAULT);
+    v->arch.debugreg[6] &= (dr6 | ~X86_DR6_DEFAULT);
 
     ler_enable();
     do_guest_trap(TRAP_debug, regs);
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/debugreg.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/debugreg.h
index c57914efc6..b3b10eaf40 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/debugreg.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/debugreg.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #define DR_STATUS_RESERVED_ZERO (~0xffffeffful) /* Reserved, read as zero */
 #define DR_STATUS_RESERVED_ONE  0xffff0ff0ul /* Reserved, read as one */
 
+#define X86_DR6_DEFAULT 0xffff0ff0ul    /* Default %dr6 value. */
+
 /* Now define a bunch of things for manipulating the control register.
    The top two bytes of the control register consist of 4 fields of 4
    bits - each field corresponds to one of the four debug registers,
--
generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#staging-4.8

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