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Without FSGSBASE, user space cannot change GSBASE other than through a PRCTL. The kernel enforces that the user space GSBASE value is postive as negative values are used for detecting the kernel space GSBASE value in the paranoid entry code. If FSGSBASE is enabled, user space can set arbitrary GSBASE values without kernel intervention, including negative ones, which breaks the paranoid entry assumptions. To avoid this, paranoid entry needs to unconditionally save the current GSBASE value independent of the interrupted context, retrieve and write the kernel GSBASE and unconditionally restore the saved value on exit. The restore happens either in paranoid_exit or in the special exit path of the NMI low level code. All other entry code pathes which use unconditional SWAPGS are not affected as they do not depend on the actual content. [ tglx: Massaged changelogs and comments ] Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1557309753-24073-13-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com
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.