[PATCH] x86_64: Fix signal FPU leak on i386 and x86-64
Found by Bodo Stroesser. Description from Bodo: >> On i386, if a signal handler is started, the kernel saves the fpu-state of the interrupted routine in the sigcontext on the stack. Calling unlazy_fpu() and setting current->used_math=0, the kernel supplies the signal-handler with a cleared virtual fpu. On sigreturn(), the old fpu-state of the interrupted routine is restored. If a process never used the fpu, it virtually has a cleared fpu. If such a process is interrupted by a signal handler, no fpu-context is saved and sigcontext->fpstate is set to NULL. Assume, that the signal handler uses the fpu. Then, AFAICS, on sigreturn current->used_math will be 1. Since sigcontext->fpstate still is NULL, restore_sigcontext() doesn't call restore_i387(). Thus, no clear_fpu() is done, current->used_math is not reset. Now, the interrupted processes fpu no longer is cleared! << Fix by AK. Just clear the FPU again when this happens. patch for i386 and x86-64. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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