x86: Make x32 syscall support conditional on a kernel parameter
authorBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:59:26 +0000 (23:59 +0000)
committerSalvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Sat, 22 Apr 2023 12:24:15 +0000 (13:24 +0100)
commitee10e2d0154fe700b7af7264bd33cf3d84aa371e
treece9d737f1d28a4e039b19b98ec1b67e9d7611fc1
parentf2e6972ee52a0b2eebecd99fd91e85acca1007c1
x86: Make x32 syscall support conditional on a kernel parameter

Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/708070
Forwarded: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1415245982.3398.53.camel@decadent.org.uk/T/#u

Enabling x32 in the standard amd64 kernel would increase its attack
surface while provide no benefit to the vast majority of its users.
No-one seems interested in regularly checking for vulnerabilities
specific to x32 (at least no-one with a white hat).

Still, adding another flavour just to turn on x32 seems wasteful.  And
the only differences on syscall entry are a few instructions that mask
out the x32 flag and compare the syscall number.

Use a static key to control whether x32 syscalls are really enabled, a
Kconfig parameter to set its default value and a kernel parameter
"syscall.x32" to change it at boot time.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Gbp-Pq: Topic features/x86
Gbp-Pq: Name x86-make-x32-syscall-support-conditional.patch
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
arch/x86/Kconfig
arch/x86/entry/common.c
arch/x86/entry/syscall_x32.c
arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h