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authorMario Preksavec <mario@slackware.hr>2017-01-08 17:51:53 +0100
committerDavid Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>2017-01-09 20:17:34 +0000
commitfc59ea21bafe53eb7e633d6468bfa2a75bd54976 (patch)
treee1ce20c267d0afc939ace862d4996190b9e1fab1 /system/xen/xsa/xsa204-4.8.patch
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system/xen: Updated for version 4.8.0.
Signed-off-by: Mario Preksavec <mario@slackware.hr>
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diff --git a/system/xen/xsa/xsa204-4.8.patch b/system/xen/xsa/xsa204-4.8.patch
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+From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
+Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 15:42:59 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] x86/emul: Correct the handling of eflags with SYSCALL
+
+A singlestep #DB is determined by the resulting eflags value from the
+execution of SYSCALL, not the original eflags value.
+
+By using the original eflags value, we negate the guest kernels attempt to
+protect itself from a privilege escalation by masking TF.
+
+Have the SYSCALL emulation recalculate tf after the instruction is complete.
+
+This is XSA-204
+
+Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
+Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
+---
+ xen/arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c b/xen/arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c
+index d82e85d..ff952a9 100644
+--- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c
++++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c
+@@ -4561,6 +4561,23 @@ x86_emulate(
+ (rc = ops->write_segment(x86_seg_ss, &sreg, ctxt)) )
+ goto done;
+
++ /*
++ * SYSCALL (unlike most instructions) evaluates its singlestep action
++ * based on the resulting EFLG_TF, not the starting EFLG_TF.
++ *
++ * As the #DB is raised after the CPL change and before the OS can
++ * switch stack, it is a large risk for privilege escalation.
++ *
++ * 64bit kernels should mask EFLG_TF in MSR_FMASK to avoid any
++ * vulnerability. Running the #DB handler on an IST stack is also a
++ * mitigation.
++ *
++ * 32bit kernels have no ability to mask EFLG_TF at all. Their only
++ * mitigation is to use a task gate for handling #DB (or to not use
++ * enable EFER.SCE to start with).
++ */
++ tf = _regs.eflags & EFLG_TF;
++
+ break;
+ }
+
+@@ -5412,7 +5429,7 @@ x86_emulate(
+
+ *ctxt->regs = _regs;
+
+- /* Inject #DB if single-step tracing was enabled at instruction start. */
++ /* Should a singlestep #DB be raised? */
+ if ( tf && (rc == X86EMUL_OKAY) && ops->inject_hw_exception )
+ rc = ops->inject_hw_exception(EXC_DB, -1, ctxt) ? : X86EMUL_EXCEPTION;
+