tree 75aa2401b329c6a6326273a034d531caae98732f
parent c9e31d5a4747e9967ace6d05896c78516c4c0850
author Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> 1417740496 -0800
committer Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@google.com> 1455063968 -0800

x86/tls: Validate TLS entries to protect espfix

commit 41bdc78544b8a93a9c6814b8bbbfef966272abbe upstream.

Installing a 16-bit RW data segment into the GDT defeats espfix.
AFAICT this will not affect glibc, Wine, or dosemu at all.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>