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Kernel: Enable x86 UMIP (User Mode Instruction Prevention) if supported

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This prevents code running outside of kernel mode from using the
following instructions:

* SGDT - Store Global Descriptor Table
* SIDT - Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
* SLDT - Store Local Descriptor Table
* SMSW - Store Machine Status Word
* STR - Store Task Register

There's no need for userspace to be able to use these instructions so
let's just disable them to prevent information leakage.
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Andreas Kling 2020-01-01 13:02:32 +01:00
parent 5aeaab601e
commit 9c0836ce97
5 changed files with 23 additions and 1 deletions
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Kernel/init.cpp
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@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ extern "C" [[noreturn]] void init(u32 physical_address_for_kernel_page_tables)
kprintf("x86: SSE support enabled\n");
}
if (g_cpu_supports_umip) {
asm volatile(
"mov %cr4, %eax\n"
"orl $0x800, %eax\n"
"mov %eax, %cr4\n");
kprintf("x86: UMIP support enabled\n");
}
RTC::initialize();
PIC::initialize();
gdt_init();