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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c28
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/fault.c33
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 59 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
index a3c0df11d0e6..2fb7d53cf333 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ static int addr_to_vsyscall_nr(unsigned long addr)
static bool write_ok_or_segv(unsigned long ptr, size_t size)
{
- /*
- * XXX: if access_ok, get_user, and put_user handled
- * sig_on_uaccess_err, this could go away.
- */
-
if (!access_ok((void __user *)ptr, size)) {
struct thread_struct *thread = &current->thread;
@@ -120,10 +115,8 @@ static bool write_ok_or_segv(unsigned long ptr, size_t size)
bool emulate_vsyscall(unsigned long error_code,
struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address)
{
- struct task_struct *tsk;
unsigned long caller;
int vsyscall_nr, syscall_nr, tmp;
- int prev_sig_on_uaccess_err;
long ret;
unsigned long orig_dx;
@@ -172,8 +165,6 @@ bool emulate_vsyscall(unsigned long error_code,
goto sigsegv;
}
- tsk = current;
-
/*
* Check for access_ok violations and find the syscall nr.
*
@@ -234,12 +225,8 @@ bool emulate_vsyscall(unsigned long error_code,
goto do_ret; /* skip requested */
/*
- * With a real vsyscall, page faults cause SIGSEGV. We want to
- * preserve that behavior to make writing exploits harder.
+ * With a real vsyscall, page faults cause SIGSEGV.
*/
- prev_sig_on_uaccess_err = current->thread.sig_on_uaccess_err;
- current->thread.sig_on_uaccess_err = 1;
-
ret = -EFAULT;
switch (vsyscall_nr) {
case 0:
@@ -262,23 +249,12 @@ bool emulate_vsyscall(unsigned long error_code,
break;
}
- current->thread.sig_on_uaccess_err = prev_sig_on_uaccess_err;
-
check_fault:
if (ret == -EFAULT) {
/* Bad news -- userspace fed a bad pointer to a vsyscall. */
warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_INFO, regs,
"vsyscall fault (exploit attempt?)");
-
- /*
- * If we failed to generate a signal for any reason,
- * generate one here. (This should be impossible.)
- */
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sigismember(&tsk->pending.signal, SIGBUS) &&
- !sigismember(&tsk->pending.signal, SIGSEGV)))
- goto sigsegv;
-
- return true; /* Don't emulate the ret. */
+ goto sigsegv;
}
regs->ax = ret;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 811548f131f4..78e51b0d6433 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ struct thread_struct {
unsigned long iopl_emul;
unsigned int iopl_warn:1;
- unsigned int sig_on_uaccess_err:1;
/*
* Protection Keys Register for Userspace. Loaded immediately on
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 622d12ec7f08..bba4e020dd64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -723,39 +723,8 @@ kernelmode_fixup_or_oops(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
WARN_ON_ONCE(user_mode(regs));
/* Are we prepared to handle this kernel fault? */
- if (fixup_exception(regs, X86_TRAP_PF, error_code, address)) {
- /*
- * Any interrupt that takes a fault gets the fixup. This makes
- * the below recursive fault logic only apply to a faults from
- * task context.
- */
- if (in_interrupt())
- return;
-
- /*
- * Per the above we're !in_interrupt(), aka. task context.
- *
- * In this case we need to make sure we're not recursively
- * faulting through the emulate_vsyscall() logic.
- */
- if (current->thread.sig_on_uaccess_err && signal) {
- sanitize_error_code(address, &error_code);
-
- set_signal_archinfo(address, error_code);
-
- if (si_code == SEGV_PKUERR) {
- force_sig_pkuerr((void __user *)address, pkey);
- } else {
- /* XXX: hwpoison faults will set the wrong code. */
- force_sig_fault(signal, si_code, (void __user *)address);
- }
- }
-
- /*
- * Barring that, we can do the fixup and be happy.
- */
+ if (fixup_exception(regs, X86_TRAP_PF, error_code, address))
return;
- }
/*
* AMD erratum #91 manifests as a spurious page fault on a PREFETCH