@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@ static bool tls_desc_okay(const struct user_desc *info)
if (!info->seg_32bit)
return false;
+ /* Only allow data segments in the TLS array. */
+ if (info->contents > 1)
+ return false;
+
+ /*
+ * Non-present segments with DPL 3 present an interesting attack
+ * surface. The kernel should handle such segments correctly,
+ * but TLS is very difficult to protect in a sandbox, so prevent
+ * such segments from being created.
+ *
+ * If userspace needs to remove a TLS entry, it can still delete
+ * it outright.
+ */
+ if (info->seg_not_present)
+ return false;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ /* The L bit makes no sense for data. */
+ if (info->lm)
+ return false;
+#endif
+
return true;
}
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled x86/tls: Disallow unusual TLS segments to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.16.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt4. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From adc8761982ba5072b49a81bedc7595ccdbb84898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:48:17 -0800 Subject: x86/tls: Disallow unusual TLS segments commit 0e58af4e1d2166e9e33375a0f121e4867010d4f8 upstream. Users have no business installing custom code segments into the GDT, and segments that are not present but are otherwise valid are a historical source of interesting attacks. For completeness, block attempts to set the L bit. (Prior to this patch, the L bit would have been silently dropped.) This is an ABI break. I've checked glibc, musl, and Wine, and none of them look like they'll have any trouble. Note to stable maintainers: this is a hardening patch that fixes no known bugs. Given the possibility of ABI issues, this probably shouldn't be backported quickly. 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: security@kernel.org <security@kernel.org> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/tls.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) -- 2.1.4