diff options
| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-05-26 00:37:33 (GMT) |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-05-26 00:37:33 (GMT) |
| commit | 2f7c3a18a2dc79ddf7b83ae199b099a675e1adb2 (patch) | |
| tree | c43795eb48dc102b25ef2bfd78dfc075ff93feaa /arch/x86/mm | |
| parent | f89eae4ee7e075e576bd4b4d2db901023421a3be (diff) | |
| parent | dc4fac84f8e66b147921ebdc385e767d5def7422 (diff) | |
| download | linux-2f7c3a18a2dc79ddf7b83ae199b099a675e1adb2.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar:
"Misc fixes: EFI, entry code, pkeys and MPX fixes, TASK_SIZE cleanups
and a tsc frequency table fix"
* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/mm: Switch from TASK_SIZE to TASK_SIZE_MAX in the page fault code
x86/fsgsbase/64: Use TASK_SIZE_MAX for FSBASE/GSBASE upper limits
x86/mm/mpx: Work around MPX erratum SKD046
x86/entry/64: Fix stack return address retrieval in thunk
x86/efi: Fix 7-parameter efi_call()s
x86/cpufeature, x86/mm/pkeys: Fix broken compile-time disabling of pkeys
x86/tsc: Add missing Cherrytrail frequency to the table
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c index 5ce1ed0..7d1fa7c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void vmalloc_sync_all(void) return; for (address = VMALLOC_START & PMD_MASK; - address >= TASK_SIZE && address < FIXADDR_TOP; + address >= TASK_SIZE_MAX && address < FIXADDR_TOP; address += PMD_SIZE) { struct page *page; @@ -854,8 +854,13 @@ __bad_area_nosemaphore(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, return; } #endif - /* Kernel addresses are always protection faults: */ - if (address >= TASK_SIZE) + + /* + * To avoid leaking information about the kernel page table + * layout, pretend that user-mode accesses to kernel addresses + * are always protection faults. + */ + if (address >= TASK_SIZE_MAX) error_code |= PF_PROT; if (likely(show_unhandled_signals)) |