Commit b31bac0
x86/iopl: Fake iopl(3) CLI/STI usage
commit b968e84 upstream.
Since commit c8137ac ("x86/iopl: Restrict iopl() permission
scope") it's possible to emulate iopl(3) using ioperm(), except for
the CLI/STI usage.
Userspace CLI/STI usage is very dubious (read broken), since any
exception taken during that window can lead to rescheduling anyway (or
worse). The IOPL(2) manpage even states that usage of CLI/STI is highly
discouraged and might even crash the system.
Of course, that won't stop people and HP has the dubious honour of
being the first vendor to be found using this in their hp-health
package.
In order to enable this 'software' to still 'work', have the #GP treat
the CLI/STI instructions as NOPs when iopl(3). Warn the user that
their program is doing dubious things.
Fixes: a24ca99 ("x86/iopl: Remove legacy IOPL option")
Reported-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@zary.sk>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@kernel.org # v5.5+
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210918090641.GD5106@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@zary.sk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>1 parent a0958a5 commit b31bac0
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