struct ldt_struct {/* * Xen requires page-aligned LDTs with special permissions. This is * needed to prevent us from installing evil descriptors such as * call gates. On native, we could merge the ldt_struct and LDT * allocations, but it's not worth trying to optimize.*/struct desc_struct *entries;unsignedint nr_entries;/* * If PTI is in use, then the entries array is not mapped while we're * in user mode. The whole array will be aliased at the addressed * given by ldt_slot_va(slot). We use two slots so that we can allocate * and map, and enable a new LDT without invalidating the mapping * of an older, still-in-use LDT. * * slot will be -1 if this LDT doesn't have an alias mapping.*/int slot;};
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(modify_ldt, int , func , void __user * , ptr ,
unsigned long , bytecount)
{
int ret = -ENOSYS;
switch (func) {
case 0:
ret = read_ldt(ptr, bytecount);
break;
case 1:
ret = write_ldt(ptr, bytecount, 1);
break;
case 2:
ret = read_default_ldt(ptr, bytecount);
break;
case 0x11:
ret = write_ldt(ptr, bytecount, 0);
break;
}
/*
* The SYSCALL_DEFINE() macros give us an 'unsigned long'
* return type, but tht ABI for sys_modify_ldt() expects
* 'int'. This cast gives us an int-sized value in %rax
* for the return code. The 'unsigned' is necessary so
* the compiler does not try to sign-extend the negative
* return codes into the high half of the register when
* taking the value from int->long.
*/
return (unsigned int)ret;
}
/* The caller must call finalize_ldt_struct on the result. LDT starts zeroed. */
static struct ldt_struct *alloc_ldt_struct(unsigned int num_entries)
{
struct ldt_struct *new_ldt;
unsigned int alloc_size;
if (num_entries > LDT_ENTRIES)
return NULL;
new_ldt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ldt_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
//...
static int read_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount)
{
//...
if (copy_to_user(ptr, mm->context.ldt->entries, entries_size)) {
retval = -EFAULT;
goto out_unlock;
}
//...
out_unlock:
up_read(&mm->context.ldt_usr_sem);
return retval;
}
/*
* Called on fork from arch_dup_mmap(). Just copy the current LDT state,
* the new task is not running, so nothing can be installed.
*/
int ldt_dup_context(struct mm_struct *old_mm, struct mm_struct *mm)
{
//...
memcpy(new_ldt->entries, old_mm->context.ldt->entries,
new_ldt->nr_entries * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE);
//...
}