x86/tls: Validate TLS entries to protect espfix
authorAndy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Fri, 5 Dec 2014 00:48:16 +0000 (16:48 -0800)
committerDanny Wood <danwood76@gmail.com>
Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:05:26 +0000 (13:05 +0000)
commitcc543bd58ba40f2bd2f732f8d6d798ee9ac64597
tree3df4722c3ed445d667442669973da2f5f7ec5a3a
parentce85c6cf1b68885ec1272c408da05e022f990bc8
x86/tls: Validate TLS entries to protect espfix

commit 41bdc78544b8a93a9c6814b8bbbfef966272abbe upstream.

Installing a 16-bit RW data segment into the GDT defeats espfix.
AFAICT this will not affect glibc, Wine, or dosemu at all.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/kernel/tls.c