linux/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
Sohil Mehta b36d1f53d9 x86/vsyscall: Disable LASS if vsyscall mode is set to EMULATE
The EMULATE mode of vsyscall maps the vsyscall page with a high kernel
address directly into user address space. Reading the vsyscall page in
EMULATE mode would cause LASS to trigger a #GP.

Fixing the LASS violation in EMULATE mode would require complex
instruction decoding because the resulting #GP does include the
necessary error information, and the vsyscall address is not
readily available in the RIP.

The EMULATE mode has been deprecated since 2022 and can only be enabled
using the command line parameter vsyscall=emulate. See commit
bf00745e77 ("x86/vsyscall: Remove CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE") for
details. At this point, no one is expected to be using this insecure
mode. The rare usages that need it obviously do not care about security.

Disable LASS when EMULATE mode is requested to avoid breaking legacy
user software. Also, update the vsyscall documentation to reflect this.
LASS will only be supported if vsyscall mode is set to XONLY (default)
or NONE.

Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
Tested-by: Maciej Wieczor-Retman <maciej.wieczor-retman@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260309181029.398498-5-sohil.mehta@intel.com
2026-03-19 15:11:13 -07:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
*
* Based on the original implementation which is:
* Copyright (C) 2001 Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de> SuSE
* Copyright 2003 Andi Kleen, SuSE Labs.
*
* Parts of the original code have been moved to arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
*
* This file implements vsyscall emulation. vsyscalls are a legacy ABI:
* Userspace can request certain kernel services by calling fixed
* addresses. This concept is problematic:
*
* - It interferes with ASLR.
* - It's awkward to write code that lives in kernel addresses but is
* callable by userspace at fixed addresses.
* - The whole concept is impossible for 32-bit compat userspace.
* - UML cannot easily virtualize a vsyscall.
*
* As of mid-2014, I believe that there is no new userspace code that
* will use a vsyscall if the vDSO is present. I hope that there will
* soon be no new userspace code that will ever use a vsyscall.
*
* The code in this file emulates vsyscalls when notified of a page
* fault or a general protection fault to a vsyscall address.
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/timer.h>
#include <linux/sched/signal.h>
#include <linux/mm_types.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
#include <asm/vsyscall.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
#include <asm/fixmap.h>
#include <asm/traps.h>
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include "vsyscall_trace.h"
static enum { EMULATE, XONLY, NONE } vsyscall_mode __ro_after_init =
#ifdef CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE
NONE;
#elif defined(CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY)
XONLY;
#else
#error VSYSCALL config is broken
#endif
static int __init vsyscall_setup(char *str)
{
if (str) {
if (!strcmp("emulate", str))
vsyscall_mode = EMULATE;
else if (!strcmp("xonly", str))
vsyscall_mode = XONLY;
else if (!strcmp("none", str))
vsyscall_mode = NONE;
else
return -EINVAL;
if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LASS) && vsyscall_mode == EMULATE) {
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_LASS);
pr_warn_once("x86/cpu: Disabling LASS due to vsyscall=emulate\n");
}
return 0;
}
return -EINVAL;
}
early_param("vsyscall", vsyscall_setup);
static void warn_bad_vsyscall(const char *level, struct pt_regs *regs,
const char *message)
{
if (!show_unhandled_signals)
return;
printk_ratelimited("%s%s[%d] %s ip:%lx cs:%x sp:%lx ax:%lx si:%lx di:%lx\n",
level, current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
message, regs->ip, regs->cs,
regs->sp, regs->ax, regs->si, regs->di);
}
static int addr_to_vsyscall_nr(unsigned long addr)
{
int nr;
if ((addr & ~0xC00UL) != VSYSCALL_ADDR)
return -EINVAL;
nr = (addr & 0xC00UL) >> 10;
if (nr >= 3)
return -EINVAL;
return nr;
}
static bool write_ok_or_segv(unsigned long ptr, size_t size)
{
if (!access_ok((void __user *)ptr, size)) {
struct thread_struct *thread = &current->thread;
thread->error_code = X86_PF_USER | X86_PF_WRITE;
thread->cr2 = ptr;
thread->trap_nr = X86_TRAP_PF;
force_sig_fault(SIGSEGV, SEGV_MAPERR, (void __user *)ptr);
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
static bool __emulate_vsyscall(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address)
{
unsigned long caller;
int vsyscall_nr, syscall_nr, tmp;
long ret;
unsigned long orig_dx;
/* Confirm that the fault happened in 64-bit user mode */
if (!user_64bit_mode(regs))
return false;
if (vsyscall_mode == NONE) {
warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_INFO, regs,
"vsyscall attempted with vsyscall=none");
return false;
}
vsyscall_nr = addr_to_vsyscall_nr(address);
trace_emulate_vsyscall(vsyscall_nr);
if (vsyscall_nr < 0) {
warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_WARNING, regs,
"misaligned vsyscall (exploit attempt or buggy program) -- look up the vsyscall kernel parameter if you need a workaround");
goto sigsegv;
}
if (get_user(caller, (unsigned long __user *)regs->sp) != 0) {
warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_WARNING, regs,
"vsyscall with bad stack (exploit attempt?)");
goto sigsegv;
}
/*
* Check for access_ok violations and find the syscall nr.
*
* NULL is a valid user pointer (in the access_ok sense) on 32-bit and
* 64-bit, so we don't need to special-case it here. For all the
* vsyscalls, NULL means "don't write anything" not "write it at
* address 0".
*/
switch (vsyscall_nr) {
case 0:
if (!write_ok_or_segv(regs->di, sizeof(struct __kernel_old_timeval)) ||
!write_ok_or_segv(regs->si, sizeof(struct timezone))) {
ret = -EFAULT;
goto check_fault;
}
syscall_nr = __NR_gettimeofday;
break;
case 1:
if (!write_ok_or_segv(regs->di, sizeof(__kernel_old_time_t))) {
ret = -EFAULT;
goto check_fault;
}
syscall_nr = __NR_time;
break;
case 2:
if (!write_ok_or_segv(regs->di, sizeof(unsigned)) ||
!write_ok_or_segv(regs->si, sizeof(unsigned))) {
ret = -EFAULT;
goto check_fault;
}
syscall_nr = __NR_getcpu;
break;
}
/*
* Handle seccomp. regs->ip must be the original value.
* See seccomp_send_sigsys and Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst.
*
* We could optimize the seccomp disabled case, but performance
* here doesn't matter.
*/
regs->orig_ax = syscall_nr;
regs->ax = -ENOSYS;
tmp = secure_computing();
if ((!tmp && regs->orig_ax != syscall_nr) || regs->ip != address) {
warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_DEBUG, regs,
"seccomp tried to change syscall nr or ip");
force_exit_sig(SIGSYS);
return true;
}
regs->orig_ax = -1;
if (tmp)
goto do_ret; /* skip requested */
/*
* With a real vsyscall, page faults cause SIGSEGV.
*/
ret = -EFAULT;
switch (vsyscall_nr) {
case 0:
/* this decodes regs->di and regs->si on its own */
ret = __x64_sys_gettimeofday(regs);
break;
case 1:
/* this decodes regs->di on its own */
ret = __x64_sys_time(regs);
break;
case 2:
/* while we could clobber regs->dx, we didn't in the past... */
orig_dx = regs->dx;
regs->dx = 0;
/* this decodes regs->di, regs->si and regs->dx on its own */
ret = __x64_sys_getcpu(regs);
regs->dx = orig_dx;
break;
}
check_fault:
if (ret == -EFAULT) {
/* Bad news -- userspace fed a bad pointer to a vsyscall. */
warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_INFO, regs,
"vsyscall fault (exploit attempt?)");
goto sigsegv;
}
regs->ax = ret;
do_ret:
/* Emulate a ret instruction. */
regs->ip = caller;
regs->sp += 8;
return true;
sigsegv:
force_sig(SIGSEGV);
return true;
}
bool emulate_vsyscall_pf(unsigned long error_code, struct pt_regs *regs,
unsigned long address)
{
/* Write faults or kernel-privilege faults never get fixed up. */
if ((error_code & (X86_PF_WRITE | X86_PF_USER)) != X86_PF_USER)
return false;
/*
* Assume that faults at regs->ip are because of an instruction
* fetch. Return early and avoid emulation for faults during
* data accesses:
*/
if (address != regs->ip) {
/* Failed vsyscall read */
if (vsyscall_mode == EMULATE)
return false;
/* User code tried and failed to read the vsyscall page. */
warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_INFO, regs,
"vsyscall read attempt denied -- look up the vsyscall kernel parameter if you need a workaround");
return false;
}
/*
* X86_PF_INSTR is only set when NX is supported. When
* available, use it to double-check that the emulation code
* is only being used for instruction fetches:
*/
if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_NX))
WARN_ON_ONCE(!(error_code & X86_PF_INSTR));
return __emulate_vsyscall(regs, address);
}
bool emulate_vsyscall_gp(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
/* Without LASS, vsyscall accesses are expected to generate a #PF */
if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LASS))
return false;
/* Emulate only if the RIP points to the vsyscall address */
if (!is_vsyscall_vaddr(regs->ip))
return false;
return __emulate_vsyscall(regs, regs->ip);
}
/*
* A pseudo VMA to allow ptrace access for the vsyscall page. This only
* covers the 64bit vsyscall page now. 32bit has a real VMA now and does
* not need special handling anymore:
*/
static const char *gate_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
return "[vsyscall]";
}
static const struct vm_operations_struct gate_vma_ops = {
.name = gate_vma_name,
};
static struct vm_area_struct gate_vma __ro_after_init = {
.vm_start = VSYSCALL_ADDR,
.vm_end = VSYSCALL_ADDR + PAGE_SIZE,
.vm_page_prot = PAGE_READONLY_EXEC,
.vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_EXEC,
.vm_ops = &gate_vma_ops,
};
struct vm_area_struct *get_gate_vma(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
if (!mm || !test_bit(MM_CONTEXT_HAS_VSYSCALL, &mm->context.flags))
return NULL;
#endif
if (vsyscall_mode == NONE)
return NULL;
return &gate_vma;
}
int in_gate_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = get_gate_vma(mm);
if (!vma)
return 0;
return (addr >= vma->vm_start) && (addr < vma->vm_end);
}
/*
* Use this when you have no reliable mm, typically from interrupt
* context. It is less reliable than using a task's mm and may give
* false positives.
*/
int in_gate_area_no_mm(unsigned long addr)
{
return vsyscall_mode != NONE && (addr & PAGE_MASK) == VSYSCALL_ADDR;
}
/*
* The VSYSCALL page is the only user-accessible page in the kernel address
* range. Normally, the kernel page tables can have _PAGE_USER clear, but
* the tables covering VSYSCALL_ADDR need _PAGE_USER set if vsyscalls
* are enabled.
*
* Some day we may create a "minimal" vsyscall mode in which we emulate
* vsyscalls but leave the page not present. If so, we skip calling
* this.
*/
void __init set_vsyscall_pgtable_user_bits(pgd_t *root)
{
pgd_t *pgd;
p4d_t *p4d;
pud_t *pud;
pmd_t *pmd;
pgd = pgd_offset_pgd(root, VSYSCALL_ADDR);
set_pgd(pgd, __pgd(pgd_val(*pgd) | _PAGE_USER));
p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, VSYSCALL_ADDR);
set_p4d(p4d, __p4d(p4d_val(*p4d) | _PAGE_USER));
pud = pud_offset(p4d, VSYSCALL_ADDR);
set_pud(pud, __pud(pud_val(*pud) | _PAGE_USER));
pmd = pmd_offset(pud, VSYSCALL_ADDR);
set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(pmd_val(*pmd) | _PAGE_USER));
}
void __init map_vsyscall(void)
{
extern char __vsyscall_page;
unsigned long physaddr_vsyscall = __pa_symbol(&__vsyscall_page);
/*
* For full emulation, the page needs to exist for real. In
* execute-only mode, there is no PTE at all backing the vsyscall
* page.
*/
if (vsyscall_mode == EMULATE) {
__set_fixmap(VSYSCALL_PAGE, physaddr_vsyscall,
PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR);
set_vsyscall_pgtable_user_bits(swapper_pg_dir);
}
if (vsyscall_mode == XONLY)
vm_flags_init(&gate_vma, VM_EXEC);
BUILD_BUG_ON((unsigned long)__fix_to_virt(VSYSCALL_PAGE) !=
(unsigned long)VSYSCALL_ADDR);
}