[patch 03/18] Dont leak NT bit into next task

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

SYSENTER can cause a NT to be set which might cause crashes on the IRET
in the next task.

Following similar i386 patch from Linus.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
[backport from Chuck Ebbert]
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
 arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S   |    4 ++++
 arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c |    4 ++++
 include/asm-x86_64/system.h  |    5 +++--
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.18.7.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
+++ linux-2.6.18.7/arch/x86_64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@
 /* rdi:	prev */	
 ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
 	CFI_DEFAULT_STACK
+	push kernel_eflags(%rip)
+	CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
+	popf				# reset kernel eflags
+	CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET -4
 	call schedule_tail
 	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
 	testl $(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE|_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT),threadinfo_flags(%rcx)
--- linux-2.6.18.7.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
+++ linux-2.6.18.7/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ void __cpuinit check_efer(void)
         }       
 }
 
+unsigned long kernel_eflags;
+
 /*
  * cpu_init() initializes state that is per-CPU. Some data is already
  * initialized (naturally) in the bootstrap process, such as the GDT
@@ -290,4 +292,6 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init (void)
 	set_debugreg(0UL, 7);
 
 	fpu_init(); 
+
+	raw_local_save_flags(kernel_eflags);
 }
--- linux-2.6.18.7.orig/include/asm-x86_64/system.h
+++ linux-2.6.18.7/include/asm-x86_64/system.h
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@
 #define __RESTORE(reg,offset) "movq (14-" #offset ")*8(%%rsp),%%" #reg "\n\t"
 
 /* frame pointer must be last for get_wchan */
-#define SAVE_CONTEXT    "pushq %%rbp ; movq %%rsi,%%rbp\n\t"
-#define RESTORE_CONTEXT "movq %%rbp,%%rsi ; popq %%rbp\n\t"
+#define SAVE_CONTEXT    "pushf ; pushq %%rbp ; movq %%rsi,%%rbp\n\t"
+#define RESTORE_CONTEXT "movq %%rbp,%%rsi ; popq %%rbp ; popf\t"
 
 #define __EXTRA_CLOBBER  \
 	,"rcx","rbx","rdx","r8","r9","r10","r11","r12","r13","r14","r15"
 
+/* Save restore flags to clear handle leaking NT */
 #define switch_to(prev,next,last) \
 	asm volatile(SAVE_CONTEXT						    \
 		     "movq %%rsp,%P[threadrsp](%[prev])\n\t" /* save RSP */	  \

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