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Date:      Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:11:15 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 279501] linuxulator: amd64 Global Descriptor Table ABI incompatibility
Message-ID:  <bug-279501-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D279501

            Bug ID: 279501
           Summary: linuxulator: amd64 Global Descriptor Table ABI
                    incompatibility
           Product: Base System
           Version: Unspecified
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: kern
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: theron.tarigo@gmail.com

Created attachment 251198
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D251198&action=
=3Dedit
Minimal test of executing 32bit code from 64bit process

On amd64, a program may jump between 32bit and 64bit code using far returns=
 to
set the code segment register.  The mechanism is OS-dependent since it depe=
nds
on the layout of the Global Descriptor Table initialized by the kernel.  It=
 is
used for example for a 64bit program to utilize 32bit assembly libraries or=
 for
a 32bit compatibility layer implemented using 64bit libraries as with WINE's
WOW64.

Currently this mechanism is broken in the linux compatibility layer: whereas
the program expects a Linux GDT, it is the FreeBSD GDT in effect.  Also, Li=
nux
program code reading the cs register gets different results than expected: =
0x23
vs 0x33 for 32bit, 0x33 vs 0x43 for 64bit.

$ yasm -fbin -o test testgdt.asm
produces a FreeBSD executable which writes "A", then writes "B", then exits.

$ yasm -fbin -o test testgdt.asm -DLINUX -DLINUX_GDT
produces a Linux executable with the expected result only when run on Linux
x86_64.
On FreeBSD it writes "A" before dying with a bus error.

$ yasm -fbin -o test testgdt.asm -DLINUX
produces an executable which writes the "expected result" only when run on
FreeBSD amd64 with linux compatibility.
On Linux it writes "A" before dying with a segfault.

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