Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] x86: Remap GDT tables in the Fixmap section

2017-01-26 Thread Thomas Garnier
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Thomas Garnier wrote: >> Each processor holds a GDT in its per-cpu structure. The sgdt >> instruction gives the base address of the current GDT. This address can >> be used to bypass KASLR memory randomiza

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] x86: Remap GDT tables in the Fixmap section

2017-01-26 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Thomas Garnier wrote: > Each processor holds a GDT in its per-cpu structure. The sgdt > instruction gives the base address of the current GDT. This address can > be used to bypass KASLR memory randomization. With another bug, an > attacker could target other per-cp