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x86/speculation/mds: Revert CPU buffer clear on double fault exit

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The double fault ESPFIX path doesn't return to user mode at all --
it returns back to the kernel by simulating a #GP fault.
prepare_exit_to_usermode() will run on the way out of
general_protection before running user code.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Cc: Jon Masters <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Fixes: 04dcbdb805 ("x86/speculation/mds: Clear CPU buffers on exit to user")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ac97612445c0a44ee10374f6ea79c222fe22a5c4.1557865329.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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Andy Lutomirski 2019-05-14 13:24:39 -07:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar
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@ -158,13 +158,6 @@ Mitigation points
mitigated on the return from do_nmi() to provide almost complete
coverage.
- Double fault (#DF):
A double fault is usually fatal, but the ESPFIX workaround, which can
be triggered from user space through modify_ldt(2) is a recoverable
double fault. #DF uses the paranoid exit path, so explicit mitigation
in the double fault handler is required.
- Machine Check Exception (#MC):
Another corner case is a #MC which hits between the CPU buffer clear