From: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok....@intel.com>
The test validates that the selector is not changed when a ptracer writes
the ptracee's GS base.
Originally-by: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok....@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sas...@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.l...@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <h...@zytor.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.han...@intel.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.l...@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <a...@linux.intel.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
index 15a329da59fa3..950a48b2e3662 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void)
wait(&status);
if (WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGTRAP) {
- unsigned long gs, base;
+ unsigned long gs;
unsigned long gs_offset = USER_REGS_OFFSET(gs);
unsigned long base_offset = USER_REGS_OFFSET(gs_base);
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void)
err(1, "PTRACE_POKEUSER");
gs = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKUSER, child, gs_offset, NULL);
- base = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKUSER, child, base_offset, NULL);
/*
* In a non-FSGSBASE system, the nonzero selector will load
@@ -489,11 +488,21 @@ static void test_ptrace_write_gsbase(void)
* selector value is changed or not by the GSBASE write in
* a ptracer.
*/
- if (gs == 0 && base == 0xFF) {
- printf("[OK]\tGS was reset as expected\n");
- } else {
+ if (gs != *shared_scratch) {
nerrs++;
- printf("[FAIL]\tGS=0x%lx, GSBASE=0x%lx (should be 0,
0xFF)\n", gs, base);
+ printf("[FAIL]\tGS changed to %lx\n", gs);
+
+ /*
+ * On older kernels, poking a nonzero value into the
+ * base would zero the selector. On newer kernels,
+ * this behavior has changed -- poking the base
+ * changes only the base and, if FSGSBASE is not
+ * available, this may not effect.
+ */
+ if (gs == 0)
+ printf("\tNote: this is expected behavior on
older kernels.\n");
+ } else {
+ printf("[OK]\tGS remained 0x%hx\n", *shared_scratch);
}
}
--
2.20.1
