x86/tls: Validate TLS entries to protect espfix
authorAndy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Fri, 5 Dec 2014 00:48:16 +0000 (16:48 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 8 Jan 2015 18:27:44 +0000 (10:27 -0800)
commit3da4340b7c3367b082cfa2971d2557561484ef1c
tree24fd0dcf135305e7d399bd5bdcc4711f7b922aa6
parent486aa789eadcf44ed87f972b209299c516454693
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