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The majority of setup_sigcontext() can be refactored to execute in an "unsafe" context assuming an open uaccess window except for some non-inline function calls. Move these out into a separate prepare_setup_sigcontext() function which must be called first and before opening up a uaccess window. Non-inline function calls should be avoided during a uaccess window for a few reasons: - KUAP should be enabled for as much kernel code as possible. Opening a uaccess window disables KUAP which means any code executed during this time contributes to a potential attack surface. - Non-inline functions default to traceable which means they are instrumented for ftrace. This adds more code which could run with KUAP disabled. - Powerpc does not currently support the objtool UACCESS checks. All code running with uaccess must be audited manually which means: less code -> less work -> fewer problems (in theory). A follow-up commit converts setup_sigcontext() to be "unsafe". Signed-off-by: Christopher M. Riedl <cmr@codefail.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210227011259.11992-4-cmr@codefail.de |
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Linux kernel
============
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.