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<title>x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation</title>
<updated>2023-08-08T18:03:50+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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Upstream commit: fb3bd914b3ec28f5fb697ac55c4846ac2d542855

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;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Upstream commit: fb3bd914b3ec28f5fb697ac55c4846ac2d542855

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;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>objtool,x86: Teach decode about LOOP* instructions</title>
<updated>2022-09-15T14:13:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-09-07T09:01:20+00:00</published>
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When 'discussing' control flow Masami mentioned the LOOP* instructions
and I realized objtool doesn't decode them properly.

As it turns out, these instructions are somewhat inefficient and as
such unlikely to be emitted by the compiler (a few vmlinux.o checks
can't find a single one) so this isn't critical, but still, best to
decode them properly.

Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/Yxhd4EMKyoFoH9y4@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
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When 'discussing' control flow Masami mentioned the LOOP* instructions
and I realized objtool doesn't decode them properly.

As it turns out, these instructions are somewhat inefficient and as
such unlikely to be emitted by the compiler (a few vmlinux.o checks
can't find a single one) so this isn't critical, but still, best to
decode them properly.

Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/Yxhd4EMKyoFoH9y4@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
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<entry>
<title>x86,objtool: Create .return_sites</title>
<updated>2022-06-27T08:33:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-14T21:15:38+00:00</published>
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Find all the return-thunk sites and record them in a .return_sites
section such that the kernel can undo this.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
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Find all the return-thunk sites and record them in a .return_sites
section such that the kernel can undo this.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>objtool: Reorganize cmdline options</title>
<updated>2022-04-22T10:32:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-18T16:50:26+00:00</published>
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Split the existing options into two groups: actions, which actually do
something; and options, which modify the actions in some way.

Also there's no need to have short flags for all the non-action options.
Reserve short flags for the more important actions.

While at it:

- change a few of the short flags to be more intuitive

- make option descriptions more consistently descriptive

- sort options in the source like they are when printed

- move options to a global struct

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/9dcaa752f83aca24b1b21f0b0eeb28a0c181c0b0.1650300597.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
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Split the existing options into two groups: actions, which actually do
something; and options, which modify the actions in some way.

Also there's no need to have short flags for all the non-action options.
Reserve short flags for the more important actions.

While at it:

- change a few of the short flags to be more intuitive

- make option descriptions more consistently descriptive

- sort options in the source like they are when printed

- move options to a global struct

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/9dcaa752f83aca24b1b21f0b0eeb28a0c181c0b0.1650300597.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
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<entry>
<title>objtool: Add IBT/ENDBR decoding</title>
<updated>2022-03-15T09:32:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-03-08T15:30:53+00:00</published>
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Intel IBT requires the target of any indirect CALL or JMP instruction
to be the ENDBR instruction; optionally it allows those two
instructions to have a NOTRACK prefix in order to avoid this
requirement.

The kernel will not enable the use of NOTRACK, as such any occurence
of it in compiler generated code should be flagged.

Teach objtool to Decode ENDBR instructions and WARN about NOTRACK
prefixes.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154319.645963517@infradead.org
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Intel IBT requires the target of any indirect CALL or JMP instruction
to be the ENDBR instruction; optionally it allows those two
instructions to have a NOTRACK prefix in order to avoid this
requirement.

The kernel will not enable the use of NOTRACK, as such any occurence
of it in compiler generated code should be flagged.

Teach objtool to Decode ENDBR instructions and WARN about NOTRACK
prefixes.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154319.645963517@infradead.org
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<entry>
<title>tools/objtool: Check for use of the ENQCMD instruction in the kernel</title>
<updated>2022-03-15T09:32:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fenghua Yu</name>
<email>fenghua.yu@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-07T23:02:53+00:00</published>
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The ENQCMD instruction implicitly accesses the PASID_MSR to fill in the
pasid field of the descriptor being submitted to an accelerator. But
there is no precise (and stable across kernel changes) point at which
the PASID_MSR is updated from the value for one task to the next.

Kernel code that uses accelerators must always use the ENQCMDS instruction
which does not access the PASID_MSR.

Check for use of the ENQCMD instruction in the kernel and warn on its
usage.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220207230254.3342514-11-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
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The ENQCMD instruction implicitly accesses the PASID_MSR to fill in the
pasid field of the descriptor being submitted to an accelerator. But
there is no precise (and stable across kernel changes) point at which
the PASID_MSR is updated from the value for one task to the next.

Kernel code that uses accelerators must always use the ENQCMDS instruction
which does not access the PASID_MSR.

Check for use of the ENQCMD instruction in the kernel and warn on its
usage.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck &lt;tony.luck@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220207230254.3342514-11-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>objtool: Add straight-line-speculation validation</title>
<updated>2021-12-08T18:26:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-12-04T13:43:42+00:00</published>
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Teach objtool to validate the straight-line-speculation constraints:

 - speculation trap after indirect calls
 - speculation trap after RET

Notable: when an instruction is annotated RETPOLINE_SAFE, indicating
  speculation isn't a problem, also don't care about sls for that
  instruction.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211204134908.023037659@infradead.org
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Teach objtool to validate the straight-line-speculation constraints:

 - speculation trap after indirect calls
 - speculation trap after RET

Notable: when an instruction is annotated RETPOLINE_SAFE, indicating
  speculation isn't a problem, also don't care about sls for that
  instruction.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211204134908.023037659@infradead.org
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<entry>
<title>objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites</title>
<updated>2021-10-28T21:25:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-26T12:01:36+00:00</published>
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Instead of writing complete alternatives, simply provide a list of all
the retpoline thunk calls. Then the kernel is free to do with them as
it pleases. Simpler code all-round.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.850007165@infradead.org
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Instead of writing complete alternatives, simply provide a list of all
the retpoline thunk calls. Then the kernel is free to do with them as
it pleases. Simpler code all-round.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.850007165@infradead.org
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'objtool/urgent'</title>
<updated>2021-10-06T22:40:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-06T22:40:17+00:00</published>
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Fixup conflicts.

# Conflicts:
#	tools/objtool/check.c
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Fixup conflicts.

# Conflicts:
#	tools/objtool/check.c
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<entry>
<title>objtool: Make .altinstructions section entry size consistent</title>
<updated>2021-10-05T19:03:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joe Lawrence</name>
<email>joe.lawrence@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-08-22T22:50:36+00:00</published>
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Commit e31694e0a7a7 ("objtool: Don't make .altinstructions writable")
aligned objtool-created and kernel-created .altinstructions section
flags, but there remains a minor discrepency in their use of a section
entry size: objtool sets one while the kernel build does not.

While sh_entsize of sizeof(struct alt_instr) seems intuitive, this small
deviation can cause failures with external tooling (kpatch-build).

Fix this by creating new .altinstructions sections with sh_entsize of 0
and then later updating sec-&gt;sh_size as alternatives are added to the
section.  An added benefit is avoiding the data descriptor and buffer
created by elf_create_section(), but previously unused by
elf_add_alternative().

Fixes: 9bc0bb50727c ("objtool/x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls")
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence &lt;joe.lawrence@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210822225037.54620-2-joe.lawrence@redhat.com
Cc: Andy Lavr &lt;andy.lavr@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Commit e31694e0a7a7 ("objtool: Don't make .altinstructions writable")
aligned objtool-created and kernel-created .altinstructions section
flags, but there remains a minor discrepency in their use of a section
entry size: objtool sets one while the kernel build does not.

While sh_entsize of sizeof(struct alt_instr) seems intuitive, this small
deviation can cause failures with external tooling (kpatch-build).

Fix this by creating new .altinstructions sections with sh_entsize of 0
and then later updating sec-&gt;sh_size as alternatives are added to the
section.  An added benefit is avoiding the data descriptor and buffer
created by elf_create_section(), but previously unused by
elf_add_alternative().

Fixes: 9bc0bb50727c ("objtool/x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls")
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence &lt;joe.lawrence@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210822225037.54620-2-joe.lawrence@redhat.com
Cc: Andy Lavr &lt;andy.lavr@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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