Re: [RFC PATCH for 4.18 2/2] rseq: compat: clear high bits of rseq_cs fields

On Jun 26, 2018, at 2:16 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers [off-list ref] wrote:

Make the behavior rseq on compat tasks more robust by ensuring that
kernel/rseq.c:rseq_get_rseq_cs() clears the high bits of
rseq_cs->abort_ip, rseq_cs->start_ip and rseq_cs->post_commit_offset
when a 32-bit binary is run on a 64-bit kernel.

The intent here is that if user-space has garbage rather than zeroes
in its struct rseq_cs fields padding, the behavior will be the same
whether the binary is run on 32-bit or 64-bit kernels.

Use in_compat_syscall() when rseq_get_rseq_cs() is invoked from
system call context, and use is_compat_frame() when invoked from
signal delivery.

And when it’s invoked due to preemption unrelated to a syscall or signal, you malfunction?

I think the only sane solution is to make these fields be u64, delete the LINUX_FIELD_ macros, and possibly teach the x86 slowpath return to inject a signal if it’s trying to return to a 32-bit context with garbage in the high bits of regs->ip so that we determistically fail if the user screws up.

Rseq is brand new. It should not need compat code at all.