[PATCH] x86: Load __USER_DS into DS/ES after resume

[Ingo Molnar]

* Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> So if wakeup_pmode_return is really the first thing called then the whole 
> >> premise of shadow descriptor corruption goes out the window: we reload all 
> >> relevant segment registers.
> >
> > True, but it still leaves the fact that we're loading __KERNEL_DS instead of 
> > __USER_DS, right?  So we end up in the kernel in some context (I have no clue 
> > what context) with __KERNEL_DS loaded.  It's very easy for us to inadvertently 
> > fix it: we could return to userspace by any means whatsoever except SYSEXIT, 
> > or we could even return back to some preempted kernel context.
> >
> > I still think we should replace __KERNEL_DS with __USER_DS in 
> > wakeup_pmode_return and see if the problem goes away.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that's what the problem is.  If you look at the sysexit path, it 
> never reloads ds/es.  It assumes they are still __USER_DS set at sysenter.  The 
> iret path does restore all the user segments.

Ok, so something like the patch below, right?

Thanks,

	Ingo

=====================>
 arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S
index 665c6b7d2ea9..7302bbaea184 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_32.S
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ ENTRY(wakeup_pmode_return)
 wakeup_pmode_return:
 	movw	$__KERNEL_DS, %ax
 	movw	%ax, %ss
-	movw	%ax, %ds
-	movw	%ax, %es
 	movw	%ax, %fs
 	movw	%ax, %gs
 
+	movw	$__KERNEL_DS, %ax
+	movw	%ax, %ds
+	movw	%ax, %es
+
 	# reload the gdt, as we need the full 32 bit address
 	lidt	saved_idt
 	lldt	saved_ldt
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