On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:43:44PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So how about this patch as a starting point? This is the RightThing(tm) to
> do regardless, and if it then makes it easier to do some other cleanups,
> we should do it first. What do you think?

restore_fpu_checking() calls init_fpu() in error conditions.

While this is wrong(as our main intention is to clear the fpu state of
the thread), this was benign before commit 92d140e2 ("x86: fix taking
DNA during 64bit sigreturn").

Post commit 92d140e2, live FPU registers may not belong to this
process at this error scenario.

In the error condition for restore_fpu_checking() (especially during the
64bit signal return), we are doing init_fpu(), which saves the live FPU
register state (possibly belonging to some other process context) into
the thread struct (through unlazy_fpu() in init_fpu()). This is wrong
and can leak the FPU data.

For the signal handler restore error condition in restore_i387(), clear
the fpu state present in the thread struct(before ultimately sending a
SIGSEGV for badframe).

For the paranoid error condition check in math_state_restore(), send a
SIGSEGV, if we fail to restore the state.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>