[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen master] x86/pv: Don't deliver #GP for a SYSENTER with NT set
commit 61d4a04349895edc5a5868274b906ba61ef24f47 Author: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri Jun 26 14:56:23 2020 +0100 Commit: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Thu Sep 24 21:02:35 2020 +0100 x86/pv: Don't deliver #GP for a SYSENTER with NT set It is a matter of guest kernel policy what to do with offending userspace, and terminating said userspace may not be the action chosen. Linux explicitly tolerates this case. Reported-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: fdac951560 ("x86: clear EFLAGS.NT in SYSENTER entry path") Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> --- xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S index 71a00e846b..44a110b9c8 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S +++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S @@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ UNLIKELY_START(nz, sysenter_nt_set) pushfq andl $~X86_EFLAGS_NT,(%rsp) popfq - xorl %eax,%eax UNLIKELY_END(sysenter_nt_set) testq %rax,%rax leal (,%rcx,TBF_INTERRUPT),%ecx -- generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#master
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