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<title>Merge tag 'x86_core_for_v6.18_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-10-11T18:19:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-11T18:19:16+00:00</published>
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Pull more x86 updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Remove a bunch of asm implementing condition flags testing in KVM's
   emulator in favor of int3_emulate_jcc() which is written in C

 - Replace KVM fastops with C-based stubs which avoids problems with the
   fastop infra related to latter not adhering to the C ABI due to their
   special calling convention and, more importantly, bypassing compiler
   control-flow integrity checking because they're written in asm

 - Remove wrongly used static branches and other ugliness accumulated
   over time in hyperv's hypercall implementation with a proper static
   function call to the correct hypervisor call variant

 - Add some fixes and modifications to allow running FRED-enabled
   kernels in KVM even on non-FRED hardware

 - Add kCFI improvements like validating indirect calls and prepare for
   enabling kCFI with GCC. Add cmdline params documentation and other
   code cleanups

 - Use the single-byte 0xd6 insn as the official #UD single-byte
   undefined opcode instruction as agreed upon by both x86 vendors

 - Other smaller cleanups and touchups all over the place

* tag 'x86_core_for_v6.18_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (24 commits)
  x86,retpoline: Optimize patch_retpoline()
  x86,ibt: Use UDB instead of 0xEA
  x86/cfi: Remove __noinitretpoline and __noretpoline
  x86/cfi: Add "debug" option to "cfi=" bootparam
  x86/cfi: Standardize on common "CFI:" prefix for CFI reports
  x86/cfi: Document the "cfi=" bootparam options
  x86/traps: Clarify KCFI instruction layout
  compiler_types.h: Move __nocfi out of compiler-specific header
  objtool: Validate kCFI calls
  x86/fred: KVM: VMX: Always use FRED for IRQs when CONFIG_X86_FRED=y
  x86/fred: Play nice with invoking asm_fred_entry_from_kvm() on non-FRED hardware
  x86/fred: Install system vector handlers even if FRED isn't fully enabled
  x86/hyperv: Use direct call to hypercall-page
  x86/hyperv: Clean up hv_do_hypercall()
  KVM: x86: Remove fastops
  KVM: x86: Convert em_salc() to C
  KVM: x86: Introduce EM_ASM_3WCL
  KVM: x86: Introduce EM_ASM_1SRC2
  KVM: x86: Introduce EM_ASM_2CL
  KVM: x86: Introduce EM_ASM_2W
  ...
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Pull more x86 updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Remove a bunch of asm implementing condition flags testing in KVM's
   emulator in favor of int3_emulate_jcc() which is written in C

 - Replace KVM fastops with C-based stubs which avoids problems with the
   fastop infra related to latter not adhering to the C ABI due to their
   special calling convention and, more importantly, bypassing compiler
   control-flow integrity checking because they're written in asm

 - Remove wrongly used static branches and other ugliness accumulated
   over time in hyperv's hypercall implementation with a proper static
   function call to the correct hypervisor call variant

 - Add some fixes and modifications to allow running FRED-enabled
   kernels in KVM even on non-FRED hardware

 - Add kCFI improvements like validating indirect calls and prepare for
   enabling kCFI with GCC. Add cmdline params documentation and other
   code cleanups

 - Use the single-byte 0xd6 insn as the official #UD single-byte
   undefined opcode instruction as agreed upon by both x86 vendors

 - Other smaller cleanups and touchups all over the place

* tag 'x86_core_for_v6.18_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (24 commits)
  x86,retpoline: Optimize patch_retpoline()
  x86,ibt: Use UDB instead of 0xEA
  x86/cfi: Remove __noinitretpoline and __noretpoline
  x86/cfi: Add "debug" option to "cfi=" bootparam
  x86/cfi: Standardize on common "CFI:" prefix for CFI reports
  x86/cfi: Document the "cfi=" bootparam options
  x86/traps: Clarify KCFI instruction layout
  compiler_types.h: Move __nocfi out of compiler-specific header
  objtool: Validate kCFI calls
  x86/fred: KVM: VMX: Always use FRED for IRQs when CONFIG_X86_FRED=y
  x86/fred: Play nice with invoking asm_fred_entry_from_kvm() on non-FRED hardware
  x86/fred: Install system vector handlers even if FRED isn't fully enabled
  x86/hyperv: Use direct call to hypercall-page
  x86/hyperv: Clean up hv_do_hypercall()
  KVM: x86: Remove fastops
  KVM: x86: Convert em_salc() to C
  KVM: x86: Introduce EM_ASM_3WCL
  KVM: x86: Introduce EM_ASM_1SRC2
  KVM: x86: Introduce EM_ASM_2CL
  KVM: x86: Introduce EM_ASM_2W
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86_cleanups_for_v6.18_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-10-11T17:51:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-11T17:51:14+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 cleanups from Borislav Petkov:

 - Simplify inline asm flag output operands now that the minimum
   compiler version supports the =@ccCOND syntax

 - Remove a bunch of AS_* Kconfig symbols which detect assembler support
   for various instruction mnemonics now that the minimum assembler
   version supports them all

 - The usual cleanups all over the place

* tag 'x86_cleanups_for_v6.18_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/asm: Remove code depending on __GCC_ASM_FLAG_OUTPUTS__
  x86/sgx: Use ENCLS mnemonic in &lt;kernel/cpu/sgx/encls.h&gt;
  x86/mtrr: Remove license boilerplate text with bad FSF address
  x86/asm: Use RDPKRU and WRPKRU mnemonics in &lt;asm/special_insns.h&gt;
  x86/idle: Use MONITORX and MWAITX mnemonics in &lt;asm/mwait.h&gt;
  x86/entry/fred: Push __KERNEL_CS directly
  x86/kconfig: Remove CONFIG_AS_AVX512
  crypto: x86 - Remove CONFIG_AS_VPCLMULQDQ
  crypto: X86 - Remove CONFIG_AS_VAES
  crypto: x86 - Remove CONFIG_AS_GFNI
  x86/kconfig: Drop unused and needless config X86_64_SMP
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Pull x86 cleanups from Borislav Petkov:

 - Simplify inline asm flag output operands now that the minimum
   compiler version supports the =@ccCOND syntax

 - Remove a bunch of AS_* Kconfig symbols which detect assembler support
   for various instruction mnemonics now that the minimum assembler
   version supports them all

 - The usual cleanups all over the place

* tag 'x86_cleanups_for_v6.18_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/asm: Remove code depending on __GCC_ASM_FLAG_OUTPUTS__
  x86/sgx: Use ENCLS mnemonic in &lt;kernel/cpu/sgx/encls.h&gt;
  x86/mtrr: Remove license boilerplate text with bad FSF address
  x86/asm: Use RDPKRU and WRPKRU mnemonics in &lt;asm/special_insns.h&gt;
  x86/idle: Use MONITORX and MWAITX mnemonics in &lt;asm/mwait.h&gt;
  x86/entry/fred: Push __KERNEL_CS directly
  x86/kconfig: Remove CONFIG_AS_AVX512
  crypto: x86 - Remove CONFIG_AS_VPCLMULQDQ
  crypto: X86 - Remove CONFIG_AS_VAES
  crypto: x86 - Remove CONFIG_AS_GFNI
  x86/kconfig: Drop unused and needless config X86_64_SMP
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86_entry_for_6.18-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2025-10-04T17:25:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-04T17:25:22+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 entry updates from Dave Hansen:
 "A pair of x86/entry updates.

  The FRED one adjusts the kernel to the latest spec. The spec change
  prevents attackers from abusing kernel entry points.

  The second one came about because of the LASS work[1]. It moves the
  vsyscall emulation code away from depending on X86_PF_INSTR which is
  not available on some CPUs. Those CPUs are pretty obscure these days,
  but this still seems like the right thing to do. It also makes this
  code consistent with some things that the LASS code is going to do.

   - Use RIP instead of X86_PF_INSTR for vsyscall emulation

   - Remove ENDBR64 from FRED entry points"

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250620135325.3300848-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com/ [1]

* tag 'x86_entry_for_6.18-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/fred: Remove ENDBR64 from FRED entry points
  x86/vsyscall: Do not require X86_PF_INSTR to emulate vsyscall
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Pull x86 entry updates from Dave Hansen:
 "A pair of x86/entry updates.

  The FRED one adjusts the kernel to the latest spec. The spec change
  prevents attackers from abusing kernel entry points.

  The second one came about because of the LASS work[1]. It moves the
  vsyscall emulation code away from depending on X86_PF_INSTR which is
  not available on some CPUs. Those CPUs are pretty obscure these days,
  but this still seems like the right thing to do. It also makes this
  code consistent with some things that the LASS code is going to do.

   - Use RIP instead of X86_PF_INSTR for vsyscall emulation

   - Remove ENDBR64 from FRED entry points"

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250620135325.3300848-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com/ [1]

* tag 'x86_entry_for_6.18-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/fred: Remove ENDBR64 from FRED entry points
  x86/vsyscall: Do not require X86_PF_INSTR to emulate vsyscall
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<entry>
<title>x86/entry/fred: Push __KERNEL_CS directly</title>
<updated>2025-08-22T11:12:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xin Li (Intel)</name>
<email>xin@zytor.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-22T07:16:44+00:00</published>
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Push __KERNEL_CS directly, rather than moving it into RAX and then
pushing RAX.

No functional changes.

Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) &lt;xin@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250822071644.1405268-1-xin@zytor.com
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Push __KERNEL_CS directly, rather than moving it into RAX and then
pushing RAX.

No functional changes.

Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) &lt;xin@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250822071644.1405268-1-xin@zytor.com
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<entry>
<title>uprobes/x86: Add uprobe syscall to speed up uprobe</title>
<updated>2025-08-21T18:09:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiri Olsa</name>
<email>jolsa@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-20T11:21:19+00:00</published>
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Adding new uprobe syscall that calls uprobe handlers for given
'breakpoint' address.

The idea is that the 'breakpoint' address calls the user space
trampoline which executes the uprobe syscall.

The syscall handler reads the return address of the initial call
to retrieve the original 'breakpoint' address. With this address
we find the related uprobe object and call its consumers.

Adding the arch_uprobe_trampoline_mapping function that provides
uprobe trampoline mapping. This mapping is backed with one global
page initialized at __init time and shared by the all the mapping
instances.

We do not allow to execute uprobe syscall if the caller is not
from uprobe trampoline mapping.

The uprobe syscall ensures the consumer (bpf program) sees registers
values in the state before the trampoline was called.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250720112133.244369-10-jolsa@kernel.org
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Adding new uprobe syscall that calls uprobe handlers for given
'breakpoint' address.

The idea is that the 'breakpoint' address calls the user space
trampoline which executes the uprobe syscall.

The syscall handler reads the return address of the initial call
to retrieve the original 'breakpoint' address. With this address
we find the related uprobe object and call its consumers.

Adding the arch_uprobe_trampoline_mapping function that provides
uprobe trampoline mapping. This mapping is backed with one global
page initialized at __init time and shared by the all the mapping
instances.

We do not allow to execute uprobe syscall if the caller is not
from uprobe trampoline mapping.

The uprobe syscall ensures the consumer (bpf program) sees registers
values in the state before the trampoline was called.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250720112133.244369-10-jolsa@kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>x86/fred: Play nice with invoking asm_fred_entry_from_kvm() on non-FRED hardware</title>
<updated>2025-08-18T12:23:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-06T11:04:25+00:00</published>
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Modify asm_fred_entry_from_kvm() to allow it to be invoked by KVM even
when FRED isn't fully enabled, e.g. when running with
CONFIG_X86_FRED=y on non-FRED hardware.  This will allow forcing KVM
to always use the FRED entry points for 64-bit kernels, which in turn
will eliminate a rather gross non-CFI indirect call that KVM uses to
trampoline IRQs by doing IDT lookups.

The point of asm_fred_entry_from_kvm() is to bridge between C
(vmx:handle_external_interrupt_irqoff()) and more C
(__fred_entry_from_kvm()) while changing the calling context to appear
like an interrupt (pt_regs). Making the whole thing bound by C ABI.

All that remains for non-FRED hardware is to restore RSP (to undo the
redzone and alignment). However the trivial change would result in
code like:

  push %rbp
  mov %rsp, %rbp

  sub $REDZONE, %rsp
  and $MASK, %rsp

  PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS
   push %rbp

  POP_REGS
   pop %rbp &lt;-- *objtool fail*

  mov %rbp, %rsp
  pop %rbp
  ret

And this will confuse objtool something wicked -- it gets confused by
the extra pop %rbp, not realizing the push and pop preserve the value.

Rather than trying to each objtool about this, recognise that since
the code is bound by C ABI on both ends and interrupts are not allowed
to change pt_regs (only exceptions are) it is sufficient to PUSH_REGS
in order to create pt_regs, but there is no reason to POP_REGS --
provided the callee-saved registers are preserved.

So avoid clearing callee-saved regs and skip POP_REGS.

[Original patch by Sean; much of this version by Josh; Changelog,
comments and final form by Peterz]

Originally-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250714103441.245417052@infradead.org
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Modify asm_fred_entry_from_kvm() to allow it to be invoked by KVM even
when FRED isn't fully enabled, e.g. when running with
CONFIG_X86_FRED=y on non-FRED hardware.  This will allow forcing KVM
to always use the FRED entry points for 64-bit kernels, which in turn
will eliminate a rather gross non-CFI indirect call that KVM uses to
trampoline IRQs by doing IDT lookups.

The point of asm_fred_entry_from_kvm() is to bridge between C
(vmx:handle_external_interrupt_irqoff()) and more C
(__fred_entry_from_kvm()) while changing the calling context to appear
like an interrupt (pt_regs). Making the whole thing bound by C ABI.

All that remains for non-FRED hardware is to restore RSP (to undo the
redzone and alignment). However the trivial change would result in
code like:

  push %rbp
  mov %rsp, %rbp

  sub $REDZONE, %rsp
  and $MASK, %rsp

  PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS
   push %rbp

  POP_REGS
   pop %rbp &lt;-- *objtool fail*

  mov %rbp, %rsp
  pop %rbp
  ret

And this will confuse objtool something wicked -- it gets confused by
the extra pop %rbp, not realizing the push and pop preserve the value.

Rather than trying to each objtool about this, recognise that since
the code is bound by C ABI on both ends and interrupts are not allowed
to change pt_regs (only exceptions are) it is sufficient to PUSH_REGS
in order to create pt_regs, but there is no reason to POP_REGS --
provided the callee-saved registers are preserved.

So avoid clearing callee-saved regs and skip POP_REGS.

[Original patch by Sean; much of this version by Josh; Changelog,
comments and final form by Peterz]

Originally-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250714103441.245417052@infradead.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/fred: Remove ENDBR64 from FRED entry points</title>
<updated>2025-08-13T22:05:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Xin Li (Intel)</name>
<email>xin@zytor.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-16T06:33:20+00:00</published>
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The FRED specification has been changed in v9.0 to state that there
is no need for FRED event handlers to begin with ENDBR64, because
in the presence of supervisor indirect branch tracking, FRED event
delivery does not enter the WAIT_FOR_ENDBRANCH state.

As a result, remove ENDBR64 from FRED entry points.

Then add ANNOTATE_NOENDBR to indicate that FRED entry points will
never be used for indirect calls to suppress an objtool warning.

This change implies that any indirect CALL/JMP to FRED entry points
causes #CP in the presence of supervisor indirect branch tracking.

Credit goes to Jennifer Miller &lt;jmill@asu.edu&gt; and other contributors
from Arizona State University whose research shows that placing ENDBR
at entry points has negative value thus led to this change.

Note: This is obviously an incompatible change to the FRED
architecture.  But, it's OK because there no FRED systems out in the
wild today. All production hardware and late pre-production hardware
will follow the FRED v9 spec and be compatible with this approach.

[ dhansen: add note to changelog about incompatibility ]

Fixes: 14619d912b65 ("x86/fred: FRED entry/exit and dispatch code")
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) &lt;xin@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/Z60NwR4w%2F28Z7XUa@ubun/
Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250716063320.1337818-1-xin%40zytor.com
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The FRED specification has been changed in v9.0 to state that there
is no need for FRED event handlers to begin with ENDBR64, because
in the presence of supervisor indirect branch tracking, FRED event
delivery does not enter the WAIT_FOR_ENDBRANCH state.

As a result, remove ENDBR64 from FRED entry points.

Then add ANNOTATE_NOENDBR to indicate that FRED entry points will
never be used for indirect calls to suppress an objtool warning.

This change implies that any indirect CALL/JMP to FRED entry points
causes #CP in the presence of supervisor indirect branch tracking.

Credit goes to Jennifer Miller &lt;jmill@asu.edu&gt; and other contributors
from Arizona State University whose research shows that placing ENDBR
at entry points has negative value thus led to this change.

Note: This is obviously an incompatible change to the FRED
architecture.  But, it's OK because there no FRED systems out in the
wild today. All production hardware and late pre-production hardware
will follow the FRED v9 spec and be compatible with this approach.

[ dhansen: add note to changelog about incompatibility ]

Fixes: 14619d912b65 ("x86/fred: FRED entry/exit and dispatch code")
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) &lt;xin@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/Z60NwR4w%2F28Z7XUa@ubun/
Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250716063320.1337818-1-xin%40zytor.com
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/vsyscall: Do not require X86_PF_INSTR to emulate vsyscall</title>
<updated>2025-08-13T22:02:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kirill A. Shutemov</name>
<email>kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-24T14:59:18+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=8ba38a7a9a699905b84fa97578a8291010dec273'/>
<id>8ba38a7a9a699905b84fa97578a8291010dec273</id>
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emulate_vsyscall() expects to see X86_PF_INSTR in PFEC on a vsyscall
page fault, but the CPU does not report X86_PF_INSTR if neither
X86_FEATURE_NX nor X86_FEATURE_SMEP are enabled.

X86_FEATURE_NX should be enabled on nearly all 64-bit CPUs, except for
early P4 processors that did not support this feature.

Instead of explicitly checking for X86_PF_INSTR, compare the fault
address to RIP.

On machines with X86_FEATURE_NX enabled, issue a warning if RIP is equal
to fault address but X86_PF_INSTR is absent.

[ dhansen: flesh out code comments ]

Originally-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Reported-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/bd81a98b-f8d4-4304-ac55-d4151a1a77ab@intel.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250624145918.2720487-1-kirill.shutemov%40linux.intel.com
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emulate_vsyscall() expects to see X86_PF_INSTR in PFEC on a vsyscall
page fault, but the CPU does not report X86_PF_INSTR if neither
X86_FEATURE_NX nor X86_FEATURE_SMEP are enabled.

X86_FEATURE_NX should be enabled on nearly all 64-bit CPUs, except for
early P4 processors that did not support this feature.

Instead of explicitly checking for X86_PF_INSTR, compare the fault
address to RIP.

On machines with X86_FEATURE_NX enabled, issue a warning if RIP is equal
to fault address but X86_PF_INSTR is absent.

[ dhansen: flesh out code comments ]

Originally-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Reported-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/bd81a98b-f8d4-4304-ac55-d4151a1a77ab@intel.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250624145918.2720487-1-kirill.shutemov%40linux.intel.com
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux</title>
<updated>2025-07-29T00:16:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-29T00:16:12+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=8e736a2eeaf261213b4557778e015699da1e1c8c'/>
<id>8e736a2eeaf261213b4557778e015699da1e1c8c</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull hardening updates from Kees Cook:

 - Introduce and start using TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper for fixing
   embedded flex array instances (Gustavo A. R. Silva)

 - mux: Convert mux_control_ops to a flex array member in mux_chip
   (Thorsten Blum)

 - string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts() (Andy Shevchenko)

 - Remove KCOV instrumentation from __init and __head (Ritesh Harjani,
   Kees Cook)

 - Refactor and rename stackleak feature to support Clang

 - Add KUnit test for seq_buf API

 - Fix KUnit fortify test under LTO

* tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: (22 commits)
  sched/task_stack: Add missing const qualifier to end_of_stack()
  kstack_erase: Support Clang stack depth tracking
  kstack_erase: Add -mgeneral-regs-only to silence Clang warnings
  init.h: Disable sanitizer coverage for __init and __head
  kstack_erase: Disable kstack_erase for all of arm compressed boot code
  x86: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  arm64: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  s390: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  arm: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  mips: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatch
  powerpc/mm/book3s64: Move kfence and debug_pagealloc related calls to __init section
  configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON
  configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE
  stackleak: Split KSTACK_ERASE_CFLAGS from GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS
  stackleak: Rename stackleak_track_stack to __sanitizer_cov_stack_depth
  stackleak: Rename STACKLEAK to KSTACK_ERASE
  seq_buf: Introduce KUnit tests
  string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts()
  kunit/fortify: Add back "volatile" for sizeof() constants
  acpi: nfit: intel: avoid multiple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
  ...
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<pre>
Pull hardening updates from Kees Cook:

 - Introduce and start using TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper for fixing
   embedded flex array instances (Gustavo A. R. Silva)

 - mux: Convert mux_control_ops to a flex array member in mux_chip
   (Thorsten Blum)

 - string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts() (Andy Shevchenko)

 - Remove KCOV instrumentation from __init and __head (Ritesh Harjani,
   Kees Cook)

 - Refactor and rename stackleak feature to support Clang

 - Add KUnit test for seq_buf API

 - Fix KUnit fortify test under LTO

* tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: (22 commits)
  sched/task_stack: Add missing const qualifier to end_of_stack()
  kstack_erase: Support Clang stack depth tracking
  kstack_erase: Add -mgeneral-regs-only to silence Clang warnings
  init.h: Disable sanitizer coverage for __init and __head
  kstack_erase: Disable kstack_erase for all of arm compressed boot code
  x86: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  arm64: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  s390: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  arm: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
  mips: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatch
  powerpc/mm/book3s64: Move kfence and debug_pagealloc related calls to __init section
  configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON
  configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE
  stackleak: Split KSTACK_ERASE_CFLAGS from GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS
  stackleak: Rename stackleak_track_stack to __sanitizer_cov_stack_depth
  stackleak: Rename STACKLEAK to KSTACK_ERASE
  seq_buf: Introduce KUnit tests
  string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts()
  kunit/fortify: Add back "volatile" for sizeof() constants
  acpi: nfit: intel: avoid multiple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
  ...
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</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.fileattr' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs</title>
<updated>2025-07-28T22:24:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-28T22:24:14+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=57fcb7d930d8f00f383e995aeebdcd2b416a187a'/>
<id>57fcb7d930d8f00f383e995aeebdcd2b416a187a</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull fileattr updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This introduces the new file_getattr() and file_setattr() system calls
  after lengthy discussions.

  Both system calls serve as successors and extensible companions to
  the FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR and FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR system calls which have
  started to show their age in addition to being named in a way that
  makes it easy to conflate them with extended attribute related
  operations.

  These syscalls allow userspace to set filesystem inode attributes on
  special files. One of the usage examples is the XFS quota projects.

  XFS has project quotas which could be attached to a directory. All new
  inodes in these directories inherit project ID set on parent
  directory.

  The project is created from userspace by opening and calling
  FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR on each inode. This is not possible for special
  files such as FIFO, SOCK, BLK etc. Therefore, some inodes are left
  with empty project ID. Those inodes then are not shown in the quota
  accounting but still exist in the directory. This is not critical but
  in the case when special files are created in the directory with
  already existing project quota, these new inodes inherit extended
  attributes. This creates a mix of special files with and without
  attributes. Moreover, special files with attributes don't have a
  possibility to become clear or change the attributes. This, in turn,
  prevents userspace from re-creating quota project on these existing
  files.

  In addition, these new system calls allow the implementation of
  additional attributes that we couldn't or didn't want to fit into the
  legacy ioctls anymore"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.fileattr' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  fs: tighten a sanity check in file_attr_to_fileattr()
  tree-wide: s/struct fileattr/struct file_kattr/g
  fs: introduce file_getattr and file_setattr syscalls
  fs: prepare for extending file_get/setattr()
  fs: make vfs_fileattr_[get|set] return -EOPNOTSUPP
  selinux: implement inode_file_[g|s]etattr hooks
  lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr
  fs: split fileattr related helpers into separate file
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Pull fileattr updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This introduces the new file_getattr() and file_setattr() system calls
  after lengthy discussions.

  Both system calls serve as successors and extensible companions to
  the FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR and FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR system calls which have
  started to show their age in addition to being named in a way that
  makes it easy to conflate them with extended attribute related
  operations.

  These syscalls allow userspace to set filesystem inode attributes on
  special files. One of the usage examples is the XFS quota projects.

  XFS has project quotas which could be attached to a directory. All new
  inodes in these directories inherit project ID set on parent
  directory.

  The project is created from userspace by opening and calling
  FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR on each inode. This is not possible for special
  files such as FIFO, SOCK, BLK etc. Therefore, some inodes are left
  with empty project ID. Those inodes then are not shown in the quota
  accounting but still exist in the directory. This is not critical but
  in the case when special files are created in the directory with
  already existing project quota, these new inodes inherit extended
  attributes. This creates a mix of special files with and without
  attributes. Moreover, special files with attributes don't have a
  possibility to become clear or change the attributes. This, in turn,
  prevents userspace from re-creating quota project on these existing
  files.

  In addition, these new system calls allow the implementation of
  additional attributes that we couldn't or didn't want to fit into the
  legacy ioctls anymore"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.fileattr' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  fs: tighten a sanity check in file_attr_to_fileattr()
  tree-wide: s/struct fileattr/struct file_kattr/g
  fs: introduce file_getattr and file_setattr syscalls
  fs: prepare for extending file_get/setattr()
  fs: make vfs_fileattr_[get|set] return -EOPNOTSUPP
  selinux: implement inode_file_[g|s]etattr hooks
  lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr
  fs: split fileattr related helpers into separate file
</pre>
</div>
</content>
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