Subject: [PATCH 3/5] powerpc: Fix TAR leak across exec() syscalls

From: Cyril Bur <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:47:03 +1100

Currently start_thread() doesn't sanitise TAR.

The TAR SPR register is a register that can be set and branched to, not
sanitising it presents an information leak to the new executable.

Other SPR registers such as the Performance registers used by perf (and are
managed entirely by perf) as well as the Event Based Branch (EBB) registers are
left alone by design as these fall into the same category as leaving file
descriptors open across exec(), it is up the parent thread to sanitise what it
deems necessary.

Signed-off-by: Cyril Bur <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index d7a9df5..56444a6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1577,6 +1577,8 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
 	current->thread.vr_state.vscr.u[3] = 0x00010000; /* Java mode disabled */
 	current->thread.vr_save_area = NULL;
 	current->thread.vrsave = 0;
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC))
+		mtspr(SPRN_VRSAVE, 0);
 	current->thread.used_vr = 0;
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
@@ -1592,6 +1594,18 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
 	current->thread.tm_texasr = 0;
 	current->thread.tm_tfiar = 0;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
+	/*
+	 * Zero out the SPRs.
+	 * Don't touch the ones use by perf, it controls them.
+	 * Don't touch the EBB regs. This falls into the same category of
+	 *   responsibly as open file descriptors across exec(), the parent should
+	 *   sanitise if it feels it would be a problem
+	 */
+	current->thread.tar = 0;
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206))
+		mtspr(SPRN_TAR, 0);
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(start_thread);
 
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