[v6 PATCH 09/21] x86/insn-eval: Add functions to get default operand and address sizes

[Ricardo Neri]

On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 15:06 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 04:32:42PM -0800, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > These functions read the default values of the address and operand sizes
> > as specified in the segment descriptor. This information is determined
> > from the D and L bits. Hence, it can be used for both IA-32e 64-bit and
> > 32-bit legacy modes. For virtual-8086 mode, the default address and
> > operand sizes are always 2 bytes.
> 
> Yeah, we tend to call that customarily 16-bit :)

I will call it like this.
> 
> > The D bit is only meaningful for code segments. Thus, these functions
> > always use the code segment selector contained in regs.
> > 
> > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen at linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder at gmail.com>
> > Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
> > Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes at gmail.com>
> > Cc: Qiaowei Ren <qiaowei.ren at intel.com>
> > Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at redhat.com>
> > Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel.org>
> > Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter at intel.com>
> > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> > Cc: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie at google.com>
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de>
> > Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov at google.com>
> > Cc: Ravi V. Shankar <ravi.v.shankar at intel.com>
> > Cc: x86 at kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon at linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/insn-eval.h |  2 +
> >  arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c         | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 82 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/insn-eval.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/insn-eval.h
> > index b201742..a0d81fc 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/insn-eval.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/insn-eval.h
> > @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ void __user *insn_get_addr_ref(struct insn *insn, struct pt_regs *regs);
> >  int insn_get_reg_offset_modrm_rm(struct insn *insn, struct pt_regs *regs);
> >  int insn_get_reg_offset_sib_base(struct insn *insn, struct pt_regs *regs);
> >  int insn_get_reg_offset_sib_base(struct insn *insn, struct pt_regs *regs);
> > +unsigned char insn_get_seg_default_address_bytes(struct pt_regs *regs);
> > +unsigned char insn_get_seg_default_operand_bytes(struct pt_regs *regs);
> >  unsigned long insn_get_seg_base(struct pt_regs *regs, struct insn *insn,
> >  				int regoff, bool use_default_seg);
> >  
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c b/arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c
> > index 383ca83..cda6c71 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c
> > @@ -421,6 +421,86 @@ unsigned long insn_get_seg_base(struct pt_regs *regs, struct insn *insn,
> >  }
> >  
> >  /**
> > + * insn_get_seg_default_address_bytes - Obtain default address size of segment
> > + * @regs:	Set of registers containing the segment selector
> > + *
> > + * Obtain the default address size as indicated in the segment descriptor
> > + * selected in regs' code segment selector. In protected mode, the default
> > + * address is determined by inspecting the L and D bits of the segment
> > + * descriptor. In virtual-8086 mode, the default is always two bytes.
> > + *
> > + * Return: Default address size of segment
> 
> 		0 on error.
> 
> > + */
> > +unsigned char insn_get_seg_default_address_bytes(struct pt_regs *regs)
> > +{
> > +	struct desc_struct *desc;
> > +	unsigned short seg;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	if (v8086_mode(regs))
> > +		return 2;
> > +
> > +	seg = (unsigned short)regs->cs;
> > +
> > +	ret = get_desc(seg, &desc);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return 0;
> > +
> > +	switch ((desc->l << 1) | desc->d) {
> > +	case 0: /* Legacy mode. 16-bit addresses. CS.L=0, CS.D=0 */
> > +		return 2;
> > +	case 1: /* Legacy mode. 32-bit addresses. CS.L=0, CS.D=1 */
> > +		return 4;
> > +	case 2: /* IA-32e 64-bit mode. 64-bit addresses. CS.L=1, CS.D=0 */
> > +		return 8;
> > +	case 3: /* Invalid setting. CS.L=1, CS.D=1 */
> > +		/* fall through */
> > +	default:
> > +		return 0;
> > +	}
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * insn_get_seg_default_operand_bytes - Obtain default operand size of segment
> > + * @regs:	Set of registers containing the segment selector
> > + *
> > + * Obtain the default operand size as indicated in the segment descriptor
> > + * selected in regs' code segment selector. In protected mode, the default
> > + * operand size is determined by inspecting the L and D bits of the segment
> > + * descriptor. In virtual-8086 mode, the default is always two bytes.
> > + *
> > + * Return: Default operand size of segment
> > + */
> > +unsigned char insn_get_seg_default_operand_bytes(struct pt_regs *regs)
> 
> Right, so default address and operand size always go together so I don't
> think you need two separate functions.
> 
> So what I'd suggest - provided this pans out (I still haven't reviewed
> the whole thing) - is to determine the operating mode of the segment:
> long, legacy, etc and then return both address and operand sizes. Patch
> 17/21 needs them both at the same time AFAICT.

It makes sense to me. So far these two functions are used in the same
place.

Thanks and BR,
Ricardo