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commit 1fbd60df8a852d9c55de8cd3621899cf4c72a5b7 upstream. Update save_v86_state to always complete all of it's work except possibly some of the copies to userspace even if save_v86_state takes a fault. This ensures that the kernel is always in a sane state, even if userspace has done something silly. When save_v86_state takes a fault update it to force userspace to take a SIGSEGV and terminate the userspace application. As Andy pointed out in review of the first version of this change there are races between sigaction and the application terinating. Now that the code has been modified to always perform all save_v86_state's work (except possibly copying to userspace) those races do not matter from a kernel perspective. Forcing the userspace application to terminate (by resetting it's handler to SIGDFL) is there to keep everything as close to the current behavior as possible while removing the unique (and difficult to maintain) use of do_exit. If this new SIGSEGV happens during handle_signal the next time around the exit_to_user_mode_loop, SIGSEGV will be delivered to userspace. All of the callers of handle_vm86_trap and handle_vm86_fault run the exit_to_user_mode_loop before they return to userspace any signal sent to the current task during their execution will be delivered to the current task before that tasks exits to usermode. Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: H Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211020174406.17889-10-ebiederm@xmission.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/877de1xcr6.fsf_-_@disp2133 Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Thomas Backlund <tmb@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.