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    [S390] vdso: clock_gettime of CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID with noexec=on · 1277580f
    Martin Schwidefsky authored
    The combination of noexec=on and a clock_gettime call with clock id
    CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID is broken. The vdso code switches to the
    access register mode to get access to the per-cpu data structure to
    execute the magic ectg instruction. After the ectg instruction the
    code always switches back to the primary mode but for noexec=on the
    correct mode is the secondary mode. The effect of the bug is that the
    user space program looses the access to all mappings without PROT_EXEC,
    e.g. the stack. The problem is fixed by restoring the mode that has
    been active before the switch to the access register mode.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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