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x86/debug: Prevent data breakpoints on cpu_dr7
authorLai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Thu, 4 Feb 2021 15:27:07 +0000 (23:27 +0800)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fri, 5 Feb 2021 19:13:12 +0000 (20:13 +0100)
commit3283afceb62d9f7d354982a234e388f91d86bf0e
tree36182b39ffc8b5ad40e4985c999665c8b5e26956
parent529542476b2875187ba9ee25edcc437f4ee8d3e5
x86/debug: Prevent data breakpoints on cpu_dr7

local_db_save() is called at the start of exc_debug_kernel(), reads DR7 and
disables breakpoints to prevent recursion.

When running in a guest (X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR), local_db_save() reads the
per-cpu variable cpu_dr7 to check whether a breakpoint is active or not
before it accesses DR7.

A data breakpoint on cpu_dr7 therefore results in infinite #DB recursion.

Disallow data breakpoints on cpu_dr7 to prevent that.

Fixes: 93a5cab9cc87b("x86/entry: Optimize local_db_save() for virt")
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210204152708.21308-2-jiangshanlai@gmail.com
arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c