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<title>linux-stable.git/tools/objtool/arch/x86, branch linux-6.9.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>Merge tag 'loongarch-6.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chenhuacai/linux-loongson</title>
<updated>2024-03-22T17:22:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-22T17:22:45+00:00</published>
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Pull LoongArch updates from Huacai Chen:

 - Add objtool support for LoongArch

 - Add ORC stack unwinder support for LoongArch

 - Add kernel livepatching support for LoongArch

 - Select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER in Kconfig

 - Select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR in Kconfig

 - Some bug fixes and other small changes

* tag 'loongarch-6.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chenhuacai/linux-loongson:
  LoongArch/crypto: Clean up useless assignment operations
  LoongArch: Define the __io_aw() hook as mmiowb()
  LoongArch: Remove superfluous flush_dcache_page() definition
  LoongArch: Move {dmw,tlb}_virt_to_page() definition to page.h
  LoongArch: Change __my_cpu_offset definition to avoid mis-optimization
  LoongArch: Select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR in Kconfig
  LoongArch: Select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER in Kconfig
  LoongArch: Add kernel livepatching support
  LoongArch: Add ORC stack unwinder support
  objtool: Check local label in read_unwind_hints()
  objtool: Check local label in add_dead_ends()
  objtool/LoongArch: Enable orc to be built
  objtool/x86: Separate arch-specific and generic parts
  objtool/LoongArch: Implement instruction decoder
  objtool/LoongArch: Enable objtool to be built
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Pull LoongArch updates from Huacai Chen:

 - Add objtool support for LoongArch

 - Add ORC stack unwinder support for LoongArch

 - Add kernel livepatching support for LoongArch

 - Select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER in Kconfig

 - Select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR in Kconfig

 - Some bug fixes and other small changes

* tag 'loongarch-6.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chenhuacai/linux-loongson:
  LoongArch/crypto: Clean up useless assignment operations
  LoongArch: Define the __io_aw() hook as mmiowb()
  LoongArch: Remove superfluous flush_dcache_page() definition
  LoongArch: Move {dmw,tlb}_virt_to_page() definition to page.h
  LoongArch: Change __my_cpu_offset definition to avoid mis-optimization
  LoongArch: Select HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR in Kconfig
  LoongArch: Select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER in Kconfig
  LoongArch: Add kernel livepatching support
  LoongArch: Add ORC stack unwinder support
  objtool: Check local label in read_unwind_hints()
  objtool: Check local label in add_dead_ends()
  objtool/LoongArch: Enable orc to be built
  objtool/x86: Separate arch-specific and generic parts
  objtool/LoongArch: Implement instruction decoder
  objtool/LoongArch: Enable objtool to be built
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-03-12T02:53:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-12T02:53:15+00:00</published>
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Pull core x86 updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - The biggest change is the rework of the percpu code, to support the
   'Named Address Spaces' GCC feature, by Uros Bizjak:

      - This allows C code to access GS and FS segment relative memory
        via variables declared with such attributes, which allows the
        compiler to better optimize those accesses than the previous
        inline assembly code.

      - The series also includes a number of micro-optimizations for
        various percpu access methods, plus a number of cleanups of %gs
        accesses in assembly code.

      - These changes have been exposed to linux-next testing for the
        last ~5 months, with no known regressions in this area.

 - Fix/clean up __switch_to()'s broken but accidentally working handling
   of FPU switching - which also generates better code

 - Propagate more RIP-relative addressing in assembly code, to generate
   slightly better code

 - Rework the CPU mitigations Kconfig space to be less idiosyncratic, to
   make it easier for distros to follow &amp; maintain these options

 - Rework the x86 idle code to cure RCU violations and to clean up the
   logic

 - Clean up the vDSO Makefile logic

 - Misc cleanups and fixes

* tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (52 commits)
  x86/idle: Select idle routine only once
  x86/idle: Let prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt() return bool
  x86/idle: Cleanup idle_setup()
  x86/idle: Clean up idle selection
  x86/idle: Sanitize X86_BUG_AMD_E400 handling
  sched/idle: Conditionally handle tick broadcast in default_idle_call()
  x86: Increase brk randomness entropy for 64-bit systems
  x86/vdso: Move vDSO to mmap region
  x86/vdso/kbuild: Group non-standard build attributes and primary object file rules together
  x86/vdso: Fix rethunk patching for vdso-image-{32,64}.o
  x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime
  x86/vdso: Use CONFIG_COMPAT_32 to specify vdso32
  x86/vdso: Use $(addprefix ) instead of $(foreach )
  x86/vdso: Simplify obj-y addition
  x86/vdso: Consolidate targets and clean-files
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_RETHUNK              =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_SRSO             =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_IBRS_ENTRY       =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBRS_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_UNRET_ENTRY      =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_SLS                  =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS
  ...
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Pull core x86 updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - The biggest change is the rework of the percpu code, to support the
   'Named Address Spaces' GCC feature, by Uros Bizjak:

      - This allows C code to access GS and FS segment relative memory
        via variables declared with such attributes, which allows the
        compiler to better optimize those accesses than the previous
        inline assembly code.

      - The series also includes a number of micro-optimizations for
        various percpu access methods, plus a number of cleanups of %gs
        accesses in assembly code.

      - These changes have been exposed to linux-next testing for the
        last ~5 months, with no known regressions in this area.

 - Fix/clean up __switch_to()'s broken but accidentally working handling
   of FPU switching - which also generates better code

 - Propagate more RIP-relative addressing in assembly code, to generate
   slightly better code

 - Rework the CPU mitigations Kconfig space to be less idiosyncratic, to
   make it easier for distros to follow &amp; maintain these options

 - Rework the x86 idle code to cure RCU violations and to clean up the
   logic

 - Clean up the vDSO Makefile logic

 - Misc cleanups and fixes

* tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (52 commits)
  x86/idle: Select idle routine only once
  x86/idle: Let prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt() return bool
  x86/idle: Cleanup idle_setup()
  x86/idle: Clean up idle selection
  x86/idle: Sanitize X86_BUG_AMD_E400 handling
  sched/idle: Conditionally handle tick broadcast in default_idle_call()
  x86: Increase brk randomness entropy for 64-bit systems
  x86/vdso: Move vDSO to mmap region
  x86/vdso/kbuild: Group non-standard build attributes and primary object file rules together
  x86/vdso: Fix rethunk patching for vdso-image-{32,64}.o
  x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime
  x86/vdso: Use CONFIG_COMPAT_32 to specify vdso32
  x86/vdso: Use $(addprefix ) instead of $(foreach )
  x86/vdso: Simplify obj-y addition
  x86/vdso: Consolidate targets and clean-files
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_RETHUNK              =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_SRSO             =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_IBRS_ENTRY       =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBRS_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_UNRET_ENTRY      =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_SLS                  =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS
  ...
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<entry>
<title>objtool/x86: Separate arch-specific and generic parts</title>
<updated>2024-03-11T14:23:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tiezhu Yang</name>
<email>yangtiezhu@loongson.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-11T14:23:47+00:00</published>
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Move init_orc_entry(), write_orc_entry(), reg_name(), orc_type_name()
and print_reg() from generic orc_gen.c and orc_dump.c to arch-specific
orc.c, then introduce a new function orc_print_dump() to print info.

This is preparation for later patch, no functionality change.

Co-developed-by: Jinyang He &lt;hejinyang@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jinyang He &lt;hejinyang@loongson.cn&gt;
Co-developed-by: Youling Tang &lt;tangyouling@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Youling Tang &lt;tangyouling@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang &lt;yangtiezhu@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen &lt;chenhuacai@loongson.cn&gt;
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Move init_orc_entry(), write_orc_entry(), reg_name(), orc_type_name()
and print_reg() from generic orc_gen.c and orc_dump.c to arch-specific
orc.c, then introduce a new function orc_print_dump() to print info.

This is preparation for later patch, no functionality change.

Co-developed-by: Jinyang He &lt;hejinyang@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jinyang He &lt;hejinyang@loongson.cn&gt;
Co-developed-by: Youling Tang &lt;tangyouling@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Youling Tang &lt;tangyouling@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang &lt;yangtiezhu@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen &lt;chenhuacai@loongson.cn&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/objtool: Teach objtool about ERET[US]</title>
<updated>2024-01-31T21:00:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>H. Peter Anvin (Intel)</name>
<email>hpa@zytor.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-05T10:49:59+00:00</published>
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Update the objtool decoder to know about the ERET[US] instructions
(type INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH).

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xin Li &lt;xin3.li@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Shan Kang &lt;shan.kang@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231205105030.8698-11-xin3.li@intel.com
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Update the objtool decoder to know about the ERET[US] instructions
(type INSN_CONTEXT_SWITCH).

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xin Li &lt;xin3.li@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Shan Kang &lt;shan.kang@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231205105030.8698-11-xin3.li@intel.com
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_RETPOLINE            =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE</title>
<updated>2024-01-10T09:52:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-21T16:07:32+00:00</published>
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Step 5/10 of the namespace unification of CPU mitigations related Kconfig options.

[ mingo: Converted a few more uses in comments/messages as well. ]

Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ariel Miculas &lt;amiculas@cisco.com&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121160740.1249350-6-leitao@debian.org
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Step 5/10 of the namespace unification of CPU mitigations related Kconfig options.

[ mingo: Converted a few more uses in comments/messages as well. ]

Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ariel Miculas &lt;amiculas@cisco.com&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121160740.1249350-6-leitao@debian.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>objtool: Use 'the fallthrough' pseudo-keyword</title>
<updated>2023-10-03T19:37:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ruan Jinjie</name>
<email>ruanjinjie@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-01T03:52:30+00:00</published>
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Replace the existing /* fallthrough */ comments with the
new 'fallthrough' pseudo-keyword macro:

  https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.7/process/deprecated.html?highlight=fallthrough#implicit-switch-case-fall-through

Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie &lt;ruanjinjie@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Replace the existing /* fallthrough */ comments with the
new 'fallthrough' pseudo-keyword macro:

  https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.7/process/deprecated.html?highlight=fallthrough#implicit-switch-case-fall-through

Signed-off-by: Ruan Jinjie &lt;ruanjinjie@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/cpu: Rename original retbleed methods</title>
<updated>2023-08-16T19:47:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-14T11:44:32+00:00</published>
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Rename the original retbleed return thunk and untrain_ret to
retbleed_return_thunk() and retbleed_untrain_ret().

No functional changes.

Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814121148.909378169@infradead.org
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Rename the original retbleed return thunk and untrain_ret to
retbleed_return_thunk() and retbleed_untrain_ret().

No functional changes.

Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814121148.909378169@infradead.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/cpu: Clean up SRSO return thunk mess</title>
<updated>2023-08-16T19:47:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-14T11:44:31+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=d43490d0ab824023e11d0b57d0aeec17a6e0ca13'/>
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Use the existing configurable return thunk. There is absolute no
justification for having created this __x86_return_thunk alternative.

To clarify, the whole thing looks like:

Zen3/4 does:

  srso_alias_untrain_ret:
	  nop2
	  lfence
	  jmp srso_alias_return_thunk
	  int3

  srso_alias_safe_ret: // aliasses srso_alias_untrain_ret just so
	  add $8, %rsp
	  ret
	  int3

  srso_alias_return_thunk:
	  call srso_alias_safe_ret
	  ud2

While Zen1/2 does:

  srso_untrain_ret:
	  movabs $foo, %rax
	  lfence
	  call srso_safe_ret           (jmp srso_return_thunk ?)
	  int3

  srso_safe_ret: // embedded in movabs instruction
	  add $8,%rsp
          ret
          int3

  srso_return_thunk:
	  call srso_safe_ret
	  ud2

While retbleed does:

  zen_untrain_ret:
	  test $0xcc, %bl
	  lfence
	  jmp zen_return_thunk
          int3

  zen_return_thunk: // embedded in the test instruction
	  ret
          int3

Where Zen1/2 flush the BTB entry using the instruction decoder trick
(test,movabs) Zen3/4 use BTB aliasing. SRSO adds a return sequence
(srso_safe_ret()) which forces the function return instruction to
speculate into a trap (UD2).  This RET will then mispredict and
execution will continue at the return site read from the top of the
stack.

Pick one of three options at boot (evey function can only ever return
once).

  [ bp: Fixup commit message uarch details and add them in a comment in
    the code too. Add a comment about the srso_select_mitigation()
    dependency on retbleed_select_mitigation(). Add moar ifdeffery for
    32-bit builds. Add a dummy srso_untrain_ret_alias() definition for
    32-bit alternatives needing the symbol. ]

Fixes: fb3bd914b3ec ("x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814121148.842775684@infradead.org
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Use the existing configurable return thunk. There is absolute no
justification for having created this __x86_return_thunk alternative.

To clarify, the whole thing looks like:

Zen3/4 does:

  srso_alias_untrain_ret:
	  nop2
	  lfence
	  jmp srso_alias_return_thunk
	  int3

  srso_alias_safe_ret: // aliasses srso_alias_untrain_ret just so
	  add $8, %rsp
	  ret
	  int3

  srso_alias_return_thunk:
	  call srso_alias_safe_ret
	  ud2

While Zen1/2 does:

  srso_untrain_ret:
	  movabs $foo, %rax
	  lfence
	  call srso_safe_ret           (jmp srso_return_thunk ?)
	  int3

  srso_safe_ret: // embedded in movabs instruction
	  add $8,%rsp
          ret
          int3

  srso_return_thunk:
	  call srso_safe_ret
	  ud2

While retbleed does:

  zen_untrain_ret:
	  test $0xcc, %bl
	  lfence
	  jmp zen_return_thunk
          int3

  zen_return_thunk: // embedded in the test instruction
	  ret
          int3

Where Zen1/2 flush the BTB entry using the instruction decoder trick
(test,movabs) Zen3/4 use BTB aliasing. SRSO adds a return sequence
(srso_safe_ret()) which forces the function return instruction to
speculate into a trap (UD2).  This RET will then mispredict and
execution will continue at the return site read from the top of the
stack.

Pick one of three options at boot (evey function can only ever return
once).

  [ bp: Fixup commit message uarch details and add them in a comment in
    the code too. Add a comment about the srso_select_mitigation()
    dependency on retbleed_select_mitigation(). Add moar ifdeffery for
    32-bit builds. Add a dummy srso_untrain_ret_alias() definition for
    32-bit alternatives needing the symbol. ]

Fixes: fb3bd914b3ec ("x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814121148.842775684@infradead.org
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<title>objtool/x86: Fix SRSO mess</title>
<updated>2023-08-16T07:39:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-14T11:44:29+00:00</published>
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Objtool --rethunk does two things:

 - it collects all (tail) call's of __x86_return_thunk and places them
   into .return_sites. These are typically compiler generated, but
   RET also emits this same.

 - it fudges the validation of the __x86_return_thunk symbol; because
   this symbol is inside another instruction, it can't actually find
   the instruction pointed to by the symbol offset and gets upset.

Because these two things pertained to the same symbol, there was no
pressing need to separate these two separate things.

However, alas, along comes SRSO and more crazy things to deal with
appeared.

The SRSO patch itself added the following symbol names to identify as
rethunk:

  'srso_untrain_ret', 'srso_safe_ret' and '__ret'

Where '__ret' is the old retbleed return thunk, 'srso_safe_ret' is a
new similarly embedded return thunk, and 'srso_untrain_ret' is
completely unrelated to anything the above does (and was only included
because of that INT3 vs UD2 issue fixed previous).

Clear things up by adding a second category for the embedded instruction
thing.

Fixes: fb3bd914b3ec ("x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814121148.704502245@infradead.org
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Objtool --rethunk does two things:

 - it collects all (tail) call's of __x86_return_thunk and places them
   into .return_sites. These are typically compiler generated, but
   RET also emits this same.

 - it fudges the validation of the __x86_return_thunk symbol; because
   this symbol is inside another instruction, it can't actually find
   the instruction pointed to by the symbol offset and gets upset.

Because these two things pertained to the same symbol, there was no
pressing need to separate these two separate things.

However, alas, along comes SRSO and more crazy things to deal with
appeared.

The SRSO patch itself added the following symbol names to identify as
rethunk:

  'srso_untrain_ret', 'srso_safe_ret' and '__ret'

Where '__ret' is the old retbleed return thunk, 'srso_safe_ret' is a
new similarly embedded return thunk, and 'srso_untrain_ret' is
completely unrelated to anything the above does (and was only included
because of that INT3 vs UD2 issue fixed previous).

Clear things up by adding a second category for the embedded instruction
thing.

Fixes: fb3bd914b3ec ("x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814121148.704502245@infradead.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation</title>
<updated>2023-07-27T09:07:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-28T09:02:39+00:00</published>
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Add a mitigation for the speculative return address stack overflow
vulnerability found on AMD processors.

The mitigation works by ensuring all RET instructions speculate to
a controlled location, similar to how speculation is controlled in the
retpoline sequence.  To accomplish this, the __x86_return_thunk forces
the CPU to mispredict every function return using a 'safe return'
sequence.

To ensure the safety of this mitigation, the kernel must ensure that the
safe return sequence is itself free from attacker interference.  In Zen3
and Zen4, this is accomplished by creating a BTB alias between the
untraining function srso_untrain_ret_alias() and the safe return
function srso_safe_ret_alias() which results in evicting a potentially
poisoned BTB entry and using that safe one for all function returns.

In older Zen1 and Zen2, this is accomplished using a reinterpretation
technique similar to Retbleed one: srso_untrain_ret() and
srso_safe_ret().

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
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Add a mitigation for the speculative return address stack overflow
vulnerability found on AMD processors.

The mitigation works by ensuring all RET instructions speculate to
a controlled location, similar to how speculation is controlled in the
retpoline sequence.  To accomplish this, the __x86_return_thunk forces
the CPU to mispredict every function return using a 'safe return'
sequence.

To ensure the safety of this mitigation, the kernel must ensure that the
safe return sequence is itself free from attacker interference.  In Zen3
and Zen4, this is accomplished by creating a BTB alias between the
untraining function srso_untrain_ret_alias() and the safe return
function srso_safe_ret_alias() which results in evicting a potentially
poisoned BTB entry and using that safe one for all function returns.

In older Zen1 and Zen2, this is accomplished using a reinterpretation
technique similar to Retbleed one: srso_untrain_ret() and
srso_safe_ret().

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
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