copy_msg_from_user() and copy_msg_to_user()

- copies a mesage from/to userspace without need of translating
  addresses

- the assumption is that the address space is installed, i.e. ldt and
  cr3 are loaded correctly

- if a pagefault or a general protection occurs while copying from
  userland to kernel (or vice versa) and error is returned which gives
  the caller a chance to respond in a proper way

- error happens _only_ because of a wrong user pointer if the function
  is used correctly

- if the prerequisites of the function do no hold, the function will
  most likely fail as the user address becomes random
This commit is contained in:
Tomas Hruby 2010-02-09 15:15:45 +00:00
parent ad9ba944d1
commit 5e57818431
4 changed files with 167 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -142,6 +142,33 @@ PUBLIC void exception_handler(int is_nested, struct exception_frame * frame)
return;
}
/*
* handle special cases for nested problems as they might be tricky or filter
* them out quickly if the traps are not nested
*/
if (is_nested) {
/*
* if a problem occured while copying a message from userspace because
* of a wrong pointer supplied by userland, handle it the only way we
* can handle it ...
*/
if (((void*)frame->eip >= copy_msg_to_user &&
(void*)frame->eip <= __copy_msg_to_user_end) ||
((void*)frame->eip >= copy_msg_from_user &&
(void*)frame->eip <= __copy_msg_from_user_end)) {
switch(frame->vector) {
/* these error are expected */
case PAGE_FAULT_VECTOR:
case PROTECTION_VECTOR:
frame->eip = (reg_t) __user_copy_msg_pointer_failure;
return;
default:
minix_panic("Copy involving a user pointer "
"failed unexpectedly!", NO_NUM);
}
}
}
if(frame->vector == PAGE_FAULT_VECTOR) {
pagefault(saved_proc, frame, is_nested);
return;

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@ -386,6 +386,137 @@ phys_copy_fault_in_kernel: /* kernel can send us here */
mov %cr2, %eax
ret
/*===========================================================================*/
/* copy_msg_from_user */
/*===========================================================================*/
/*
* int copy_msg_from_user(struct proc * p, message * user_mbuf, message * dst);
*
* Copies a message of 36 bytes from user process space to a kernel buffer. This
* function assumes that the process address space is installed (cr3 loaded) and
* the local descriptor table of this process is loaded too.
*
* The %gs segment register is used to access the userspace memory. We load the
* process' data segment in this register.
*
* This function from the callers point of view either succeeds or returns an
* error which gives the caller a chance to respond accordingly. In fact it
* either succeeds or if it generates a pagefault, general protection or other
* exception, the trap handler has to redirect the execution to
* __user_copy_msg_pointer_failure where the error is reported to the caller
* without resolving the pagefault. It is not kernel's problem to deal with
* wrong pointers from userspace and the caller should return an error to
* userspace as if wrong values or request were passed to the kernel
*/
.balign 16
.globl copy_msg_from_user
copy_msg_from_user:
push %gs
mov 8(%esp), %eax
movw DSREG(%eax), %gs
/* load the source pointer */
mov 12(%esp), %ecx
/* load the destination pointer */
mov 16(%esp), %edx
mov %gs:0*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, 0*4(%edx)
mov %gs:1*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, 1*4(%edx)
mov %gs:2*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, 2*4(%edx)
mov %gs:3*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, 3*4(%edx)
mov %gs:4*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, 4*4(%edx)
mov %gs:5*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, 5*4(%edx)
mov %gs:6*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, 6*4(%edx)
mov %gs:7*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, 7*4(%edx)
mov %gs:8*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, 8*4(%edx)
.globl __copy_msg_from_user_end
__copy_msg_from_user_end:
pop %gs
movl $0, %eax
ret
/*===========================================================================*/
/* copy_msg_to_user */
/*===========================================================================*/
/*
* void copy_msg_to_user(struct proc * p, message * src, message * user_mbuf);
*
* Copies a message of 36 bytes to user process space from a kernel buffer. This
* function assumes that the process address space is installed (cr3 loaded) and
* the local descriptor table of this process is loaded too.
*
* All the other copy_msg_from_user() comments apply here as well!
*/
.balign 16
.globl copy_msg_to_user
copy_msg_to_user:
push %gs
mov 8(%esp), %eax
movw DSREG(%eax), %gs
/* load the source pointer */
mov 12(%esp), %ecx
/* load the destination pointer */
mov 16(%esp), %edx
mov 0*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, %gs:0*4(%edx)
mov 1*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, %gs:1*4(%edx)
mov 2*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, %gs:2*4(%edx)
mov 3*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, %gs:3*4(%edx)
mov 4*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, %gs:4*4(%edx)
mov 5*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, %gs:5*4(%edx)
mov 6*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, %gs:6*4(%edx)
mov 7*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, %gs:7*4(%edx)
mov 8*4(%ecx), %eax
mov %eax, %gs:8*4(%edx)
.globl __copy_msg_to_user_end
__copy_msg_to_user_end:
pop %gs
movl $0, %eax
ret
/*
* if a function from a selected set of copies from or to userspace fails, it is
* because of a wrong pointer supplied by the userspace. We have to clean up and
* and return -1 to indicated that something wrong has happend. The place it was
* called from has to handle this situation. The exception handler redirect us
* here to continue, clean up and report the error
*/
.balign 16
.globl __user_copy_msg_pointer_failure
__user_copy_msg_pointer_failure:
pop %gs
movl $-1, %eax
ret
/*===========================================================================*/
/* phys_memset */
/*===========================================================================*/

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@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ void _PROTOTYPE( simd_exception, (void) );
/* Software interrupt handlers, in numerical order. */
_PROTOTYPE( void trp, (void) );
_PROTOTYPE( void ipc_entry, (void) );
_PROTOTYPE( void kernel_call_entry, (void) );
_PROTOTYPE( void level0_call, (void) );
/* memory.c */
@ -153,6 +154,10 @@ EXTERN void * k_boot_stktop;
_PROTOTYPE( void int_gate, (unsigned vec_nr, vir_bytes offset,
unsigned dpl_type) );
_PROTOTYPE(void __copy_msg_from_user_end, (void));
_PROTOTYPE(void __copy_msg_to_user_end, (void));
_PROTOTYPE(void __user_copy_msg_pointer_failure, (void));
/* functions defined in architecture-independent kernel source. */
#include "../../proto.h"

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@ -171,5 +171,9 @@ _PROTOTYPE( int arch_phys_map, (int index, phys_bytes *addr,
_PROTOTYPE( int arch_phys_map_reply, (int index, vir_bytes addr));
_PROTOTYPE( int arch_enable_paging, (void));
_PROTOTYPE( int copy_msg_from_user, (struct proc * p, message * user_mbuf,
message * dst));
_PROTOTYPE( int copy_msg_to_user, (struct proc * p, message * src,
message * user_mbuf));
_PROTOTYPE(void switch_address_space, (struct proc * p));
#endif /* PROTO_H */