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<title>x86/fpu: Ensure shadow stack is active before "getting" registers</title>
<updated>2025-01-07T23:55:51+00:00</updated>
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<name>Rick Edgecombe</name>
<email>rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com</email>
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<published>2025-01-07T23:30:56+00:00</published>
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The x86 shadow stack support has its own set of registers. Those registers
are XSAVE-managed, but they are "supervisor state components" which means
that userspace can not touch them with XSAVE/XRSTOR.  It also means that
they are not accessible from the existing ptrace ABI for XSAVE state.
Thus, there is a new ptrace get/set interface for it.

The regset code that ptrace uses provides an -&gt;active() handler in
addition to the get/set ones. For shadow stack this -&gt;active() handler
verifies that shadow stack is enabled via the ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK bit in the
thread struct. The -&gt;active() handler is checked from some call sites of
the regset get/set handlers, but not the ptrace ones. This was not
understood when shadow stack support was put in place.

As a result, both the set/get handlers can be called with
XFEATURE_CET_USER in its init state, which would cause get_xsave_addr() to
return NULL and trigger a WARN_ON(). The ssp_set() handler luckily has an
ssp_active() check to avoid surprising the kernel with shadow stack
behavior when the kernel is not ready for it (ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK==0). That
check just happened to avoid the warning.

But the -&gt;get() side wasn't so lucky. It can be called with shadow stacks
disabled, triggering the warning in practice, as reported by Christina
Schimpe:

WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1773 at arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c:198 ssp_get+0x89/0xa0
[...]
Call Trace:
&lt;TASK&gt;
? show_regs+0x6e/0x80
? ssp_get+0x89/0xa0
? __warn+0x91/0x150
? ssp_get+0x89/0xa0
? report_bug+0x19d/0x1b0
? handle_bug+0x46/0x80
? exc_invalid_op+0x1d/0x80
? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1f/0x30
? __pfx_ssp_get+0x10/0x10
? ssp_get+0x89/0xa0
? ssp_get+0x52/0xa0
__regset_get+0xad/0xf0
copy_regset_to_user+0x52/0xc0
ptrace_regset+0x119/0x140
ptrace_request+0x13c/0x850
? wait_task_inactive+0x142/0x1d0
? do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x90
arch_ptrace+0x102/0x300
[...]

Ensure that shadow stacks are active in a thread before looking them up
in the XSAVE buffer. Since ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK and user_ssp[SHSTK_EN] are
set at the same time, the active check ensures that there will be
something to find in the XSAVE buffer.

[ dhansen: changelog/subject tweaks ]

Fixes: 2fab02b25ae7 ("x86: Add PTRACE interface for shadow stack")
Reported-by: Christina Schimpe &lt;christina.schimpe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Christina Schimpe &lt;christina.schimpe@intel.com&gt;
Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250107233056.235536-1-rick.p.edgecombe%40intel.com
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The x86 shadow stack support has its own set of registers. Those registers
are XSAVE-managed, but they are "supervisor state components" which means
that userspace can not touch them with XSAVE/XRSTOR.  It also means that
they are not accessible from the existing ptrace ABI for XSAVE state.
Thus, there is a new ptrace get/set interface for it.

The regset code that ptrace uses provides an -&gt;active() handler in
addition to the get/set ones. For shadow stack this -&gt;active() handler
verifies that shadow stack is enabled via the ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK bit in the
thread struct. The -&gt;active() handler is checked from some call sites of
the regset get/set handlers, but not the ptrace ones. This was not
understood when shadow stack support was put in place.

As a result, both the set/get handlers can be called with
XFEATURE_CET_USER in its init state, which would cause get_xsave_addr() to
return NULL and trigger a WARN_ON(). The ssp_set() handler luckily has an
ssp_active() check to avoid surprising the kernel with shadow stack
behavior when the kernel is not ready for it (ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK==0). That
check just happened to avoid the warning.

But the -&gt;get() side wasn't so lucky. It can be called with shadow stacks
disabled, triggering the warning in practice, as reported by Christina
Schimpe:

WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1773 at arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c:198 ssp_get+0x89/0xa0
[...]
Call Trace:
&lt;TASK&gt;
? show_regs+0x6e/0x80
? ssp_get+0x89/0xa0
? __warn+0x91/0x150
? ssp_get+0x89/0xa0
? report_bug+0x19d/0x1b0
? handle_bug+0x46/0x80
? exc_invalid_op+0x1d/0x80
? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1f/0x30
? __pfx_ssp_get+0x10/0x10
? ssp_get+0x89/0xa0
? ssp_get+0x52/0xa0
__regset_get+0xad/0xf0
copy_regset_to_user+0x52/0xc0
ptrace_regset+0x119/0x140
ptrace_request+0x13c/0x850
? wait_task_inactive+0x142/0x1d0
? do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x90
arch_ptrace+0x102/0x300
[...]

Ensure that shadow stacks are active in a thread before looking them up
in the XSAVE buffer. Since ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK and user_ssp[SHSTK_EN] are
set at the same time, the active check ensures that there will be
something to find in the XSAVE buffer.

[ dhansen: changelog/subject tweaks ]

Fixes: 2fab02b25ae7 ("x86: Add PTRACE interface for shadow stack")
Reported-by: Christina Schimpe &lt;christina.schimpe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Christina Schimpe &lt;christina.schimpe@intel.com&gt;
Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250107233056.235536-1-rick.p.edgecombe%40intel.com
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<title>x86/pkeys: Ensure updated PKRU value is XRSTOR'd</title>
<updated>2024-12-02T23:25:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Aruna Ramakrishna</name>
<email>aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-19T17:45:20+00:00</published>
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When XSTATE_BV[i] is 0, and XRSTOR attempts to restore state component
'i' it ignores any value in the XSAVE buffer and instead restores the
state component's init value.

This means that if XSAVE writes XSTATE_BV[PKRU]=0 then XRSTOR will
ignore the value that update_pkru_in_sigframe() writes to the XSAVE buffer.

XSTATE_BV[PKRU] only gets written as 0 if PKRU is in its init state. On
Intel CPUs, basically never happens because the kernel usually
overwrites the init value (aside: this is why we didn't notice this bug
until now). But on AMD, the init tracker is more aggressive and will
track PKRU as being in its init state upon any wrpkru(0x0).
Unfortunately, sig_prepare_pkru() does just that: wrpkru(0x0).

This writes XSTATE_BV[PKRU]=0 which makes XRSTOR ignore the PKRU value
in the sigframe.

To fix this, always overwrite the sigframe XSTATE_BV with a value that
has XSTATE_BV[PKRU]==1.  This ensures that XRSTOR will not ignore what
update_pkru_in_sigframe() wrote.

The problematic sequence of events is something like this:

Userspace does:
	* wrpkru(0xffff0000) (or whatever)
	* Hardware sets: XINUSE[PKRU]=1
Signal happens, kernel is entered:
	* sig_prepare_pkru() =&gt; wrpkru(0x00000000)
	* Hardware sets: XINUSE[PKRU]=0 (aggressive AMD init tracker)
	* XSAVE writes most of XSAVE buffer, including
	  XSTATE_BV[PKRU]=XINUSE[PKRU]=0
	* update_pkru_in_sigframe() overwrites PKRU in XSAVE buffer
... signal handling
	* XRSTOR sees XSTATE_BV[PKRU]==0, ignores just-written value
	  from update_pkru_in_sigframe()

Fixes: 70044df250d0 ("x86/pkeys: Update PKRU to enable all pkeys before XSAVE")
Suggested-by: Rudi Horn &lt;rudi.horn@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241119174520.3987538-3-aruna.ramakrishna%40oracle.com
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When XSTATE_BV[i] is 0, and XRSTOR attempts to restore state component
'i' it ignores any value in the XSAVE buffer and instead restores the
state component's init value.

This means that if XSAVE writes XSTATE_BV[PKRU]=0 then XRSTOR will
ignore the value that update_pkru_in_sigframe() writes to the XSAVE buffer.

XSTATE_BV[PKRU] only gets written as 0 if PKRU is in its init state. On
Intel CPUs, basically never happens because the kernel usually
overwrites the init value (aside: this is why we didn't notice this bug
until now). But on AMD, the init tracker is more aggressive and will
track PKRU as being in its init state upon any wrpkru(0x0).
Unfortunately, sig_prepare_pkru() does just that: wrpkru(0x0).

This writes XSTATE_BV[PKRU]=0 which makes XRSTOR ignore the PKRU value
in the sigframe.

To fix this, always overwrite the sigframe XSTATE_BV with a value that
has XSTATE_BV[PKRU]==1.  This ensures that XRSTOR will not ignore what
update_pkru_in_sigframe() wrote.

The problematic sequence of events is something like this:

Userspace does:
	* wrpkru(0xffff0000) (or whatever)
	* Hardware sets: XINUSE[PKRU]=1
Signal happens, kernel is entered:
	* sig_prepare_pkru() =&gt; wrpkru(0x00000000)
	* Hardware sets: XINUSE[PKRU]=0 (aggressive AMD init tracker)
	* XSAVE writes most of XSAVE buffer, including
	  XSTATE_BV[PKRU]=XINUSE[PKRU]=0
	* update_pkru_in_sigframe() overwrites PKRU in XSAVE buffer
... signal handling
	* XRSTOR sees XSTATE_BV[PKRU]==0, ignores just-written value
	  from update_pkru_in_sigframe()

Fixes: 70044df250d0 ("x86/pkeys: Update PKRU to enable all pkeys before XSAVE")
Suggested-by: Rudi Horn &lt;rudi.horn@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241119174520.3987538-3-aruna.ramakrishna%40oracle.com
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<title>x86/pkeys: Change caller of update_pkru_in_sigframe()</title>
<updated>2024-12-02T23:25:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Aruna Ramakrishna</name>
<email>aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-19T17:45:19+00:00</published>
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update_pkru_in_sigframe() will shortly need some information which
is only available inside xsave_to_user_sigframe(). Move
update_pkru_in_sigframe() inside the other function to make it
easier to provide it that information.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241119174520.3987538-2-aruna.ramakrishna%40oracle.com
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update_pkru_in_sigframe() will shortly need some information which
is only available inside xsave_to_user_sigframe(). Move
update_pkru_in_sigframe() inside the other function to make it
easier to provide it that information.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241119174520.3987538-2-aruna.ramakrishna%40oracle.com
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86-mm-2024-09-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-09-17T13:03:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-17T13:03:01+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 memory management updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Make LAM enablement safe vs. kernel threads using a process mm
   temporarily as switching back to the process would not update CR3 and
   therefore not enable LAM causing faults in user space when using
   tagged pointers. Cure it by synchronizing LAM enablement via IPIs to
   all CPUs which use the related mm.

 - Cure a LAM harmless inconsistency between CR3 and the state during
   context switch. It's both confusing and prone to lead to real bugs

 - Handle alt stack handling for threads which run with a non-zero
   protection key. The non-zero key prevents the kernel to access the
   alternate stack. Cure it by temporarily enabling all protection keys
   for the alternate stack setup/restore operations.

 - Provide a EFI config table identity mapping for kexec kernel to
   prevent kexec fails because the new kernel cannot access the config
   table array

 - Use GB pages only when a full GB is mapped in the identity map as
   otherwise the CPU can speculate into reserved areas after the end of
   memory which causes malfunction on UV systems.

 - Remove the noisy and pointless SRAT table dump during boot

 - Use is_ioremap_addr() for iounmap() address range checks instead of
   high_memory. is_ioremap_addr() is more precise.

* tag 'x86-mm-2024-09-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/ioremap: Improve iounmap() address range checks
  x86/mm: Remove duplicate check from build_cr3()
  x86/mm: Remove unused NX related declarations
  x86/mm: Remove unused CR3_HW_ASID_BITS
  x86/mm: Don't print out SRAT table information
  x86/mm/ident_map: Use gbpages only where full GB page should be mapped.
  x86/kexec: Add EFI config table identity mapping for kexec kernel
  selftests/mm: Add new testcases for pkeys
  x86/pkeys: Restore altstack access in sigreturn()
  x86/pkeys: Update PKRU to enable all pkeys before XSAVE
  x86/pkeys: Add helper functions to update PKRU on the sigframe
  x86/pkeys: Add PKRU as a parameter in signal handling functions
  x86/mm: Cleanup prctl_enable_tagged_addr() nr_bits error checking
  x86/mm: Fix LAM inconsistency during context switch
  x86/mm: Use IPIs to synchronize LAM enablement
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Pull x86 memory management updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Make LAM enablement safe vs. kernel threads using a process mm
   temporarily as switching back to the process would not update CR3 and
   therefore not enable LAM causing faults in user space when using
   tagged pointers. Cure it by synchronizing LAM enablement via IPIs to
   all CPUs which use the related mm.

 - Cure a LAM harmless inconsistency between CR3 and the state during
   context switch. It's both confusing and prone to lead to real bugs

 - Handle alt stack handling for threads which run with a non-zero
   protection key. The non-zero key prevents the kernel to access the
   alternate stack. Cure it by temporarily enabling all protection keys
   for the alternate stack setup/restore operations.

 - Provide a EFI config table identity mapping for kexec kernel to
   prevent kexec fails because the new kernel cannot access the config
   table array

 - Use GB pages only when a full GB is mapped in the identity map as
   otherwise the CPU can speculate into reserved areas after the end of
   memory which causes malfunction on UV systems.

 - Remove the noisy and pointless SRAT table dump during boot

 - Use is_ioremap_addr() for iounmap() address range checks instead of
   high_memory. is_ioremap_addr() is more precise.

* tag 'x86-mm-2024-09-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/ioremap: Improve iounmap() address range checks
  x86/mm: Remove duplicate check from build_cr3()
  x86/mm: Remove unused NX related declarations
  x86/mm: Remove unused CR3_HW_ASID_BITS
  x86/mm: Don't print out SRAT table information
  x86/mm/ident_map: Use gbpages only where full GB page should be mapped.
  x86/kexec: Add EFI config table identity mapping for kexec kernel
  selftests/mm: Add new testcases for pkeys
  x86/pkeys: Restore altstack access in sigreturn()
  x86/pkeys: Update PKRU to enable all pkeys before XSAVE
  x86/pkeys: Add helper functions to update PKRU on the sigframe
  x86/pkeys: Add PKRU as a parameter in signal handling functions
  x86/mm: Cleanup prctl_enable_tagged_addr() nr_bits error checking
  x86/mm: Fix LAM inconsistency during context switch
  x86/mm: Use IPIs to synchronize LAM enablement
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86-fpu-2024-09-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-09-17T12:46:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-17T12:46:17+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 fpu updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Provide FPU buffer layout in core dumps:

  Debuggers have guess the FPU buffer layout in core dumps, which is
  error prone. This is because AMD and Intel layouts differ.

  To avoid buggy heuristics add a ELF section which describes the buffer
  layout which can be retrieved by tools"

* tag 'x86-fpu-2024-09-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/elf: Add a new FPU buffer layout info to x86 core files
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Pull x86 fpu updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Provide FPU buffer layout in core dumps:

  Debuggers have guess the FPU buffer layout in core dumps, which is
  error prone. This is because AMD and Intel layouts differ.

  To avoid buggy heuristics add a ELF section which describes the buffer
  layout which can be retrieved by tools"

* tag 'x86-fpu-2024-09-17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/elf: Add a new FPU buffer layout info to x86 core files
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<title>x86/fpu: Avoid writing LBR bit to IA32_XSS unless supported</title>
<updated>2024-08-14T17:40:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mitchell Levy</name>
<email>levymitchell0@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-12T20:44:12+00:00</published>
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There are two distinct CPU features related to the use of XSAVES and LBR:
whether LBR is itself supported and whether XSAVES supports LBR. The LBR
subsystem correctly checks both in intel_pmu_arch_lbr_init(), but the
XSTATE subsystem does not.

The LBR bit is only removed from xfeatures_mask_independent when LBR is not
supported by the CPU, but there is no validation of XSTATE support.

If XSAVES does not support LBR the write to IA32_XSS causes a #GP fault,
leaving the state of IA32_XSS unchanged, i.e. zero. The fault is handled
with a warning and the boot continues.

Consequently the next XRSTORS which tries to restore supervisor state fails
with #GP because the RFBM has zero for all supervisor features, which does
not match the XCOMP_BV field.

As XFEATURE_MASK_FPSTATE includes supervisor features setting up the FPU
causes a #GP, which ends up in fpu_reset_from_exception_fixup(). That fails
due to the same problem resulting in recursive #GPs until the kernel runs
out of stack space and double faults.

Prevent this by storing the supported independent features in
fpu_kernel_cfg during XSTATE initialization and use that cached value for
retrieving the independent feature bits to be written into IA32_XSS.

[ tglx: Massaged change log ]

Fixes: f0dccc9da4c0 ("x86/fpu/xstate: Support dynamic supervisor feature for LBR")
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mitchell Levy &lt;levymitchell0@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240812-xsave-lbr-fix-v3-1-95bac1bf62f4@gmail.com
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There are two distinct CPU features related to the use of XSAVES and LBR:
whether LBR is itself supported and whether XSAVES supports LBR. The LBR
subsystem correctly checks both in intel_pmu_arch_lbr_init(), but the
XSTATE subsystem does not.

The LBR bit is only removed from xfeatures_mask_independent when LBR is not
supported by the CPU, but there is no validation of XSTATE support.

If XSAVES does not support LBR the write to IA32_XSS causes a #GP fault,
leaving the state of IA32_XSS unchanged, i.e. zero. The fault is handled
with a warning and the boot continues.

Consequently the next XRSTORS which tries to restore supervisor state fails
with #GP because the RFBM has zero for all supervisor features, which does
not match the XCOMP_BV field.

As XFEATURE_MASK_FPSTATE includes supervisor features setting up the FPU
causes a #GP, which ends up in fpu_reset_from_exception_fixup(). That fails
due to the same problem resulting in recursive #GPs until the kernel runs
out of stack space and double faults.

Prevent this by storing the supported independent features in
fpu_kernel_cfg during XSTATE initialization and use that cached value for
retrieving the independent feature bits to be written into IA32_XSS.

[ tglx: Massaged change log ]

Fixes: f0dccc9da4c0 ("x86/fpu/xstate: Support dynamic supervisor feature for LBR")
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mitchell Levy &lt;levymitchell0@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240812-xsave-lbr-fix-v3-1-95bac1bf62f4@gmail.com
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<title>x86/pkeys: Update PKRU to enable all pkeys before XSAVE</title>
<updated>2024-08-02T12:12:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Aruna Ramakrishna</name>
<email>aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-02T06:13:16+00:00</published>
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If the alternate signal stack is protected by a different PKEY than the
current execution stack, copying XSAVE data to the sigaltstack will fail
if its PKEY is not enabled in the PKRU register.

It's unknown which pkey was used by the application for the altstack, so
enable all PKEYS before XSAVE.

But this updated PKRU value is also pushed onto the sigframe, which
means the register value restored from sigcontext will be different from
the user-defined one, which is incorrect.

Fix that by overwriting the PKRU value on the sigframe with the original,
user-defined PKRU.

Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240802061318.2140081-4-aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com

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If the alternate signal stack is protected by a different PKEY than the
current execution stack, copying XSAVE data to the sigaltstack will fail
if its PKEY is not enabled in the PKRU register.

It's unknown which pkey was used by the application for the altstack, so
enable all PKEYS before XSAVE.

But this updated PKRU value is also pushed onto the sigframe, which
means the register value restored from sigcontext will be different from
the user-defined one, which is incorrect.

Fix that by overwriting the PKRU value on the sigframe with the original,
user-defined PKRU.

Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240802061318.2140081-4-aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com

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<title>x86/pkeys: Add helper functions to update PKRU on the sigframe</title>
<updated>2024-08-02T12:12:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Aruna Ramakrishna</name>
<email>aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-02T06:13:15+00:00</published>
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In the case where a user thread sets up an alternate signal stack protected
by the default PKEY (i.e. PKEY 0), while the thread's stack is protected by
a non-zero PKEY, both these PKEYS have to be enabled in the PKRU register
for the signal to be delivered to the application correctly. However, the
PKRU value restored after handling the signal must not enable this extra
PKEY (i.e. PKEY 0) - i.e., the PKRU value in the sigframe has to be
overwritten with the user-defined value.

Add helper functions that will update PKRU value in the sigframe after
XSAVE.

Note that sig_prepare_pkru() makes no assumption about which PKEY could
be used to protect the altstack (i.e. it may not be part of init_pkru),
and so enables all PKEYS.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240802061318.2140081-3-aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com

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In the case where a user thread sets up an alternate signal stack protected
by the default PKEY (i.e. PKEY 0), while the thread's stack is protected by
a non-zero PKEY, both these PKEYS have to be enabled in the PKRU register
for the signal to be delivered to the application correctly. However, the
PKRU value restored after handling the signal must not enable this extra
PKEY (i.e. PKEY 0) - i.e., the PKRU value in the sigframe has to be
overwritten with the user-defined value.

Add helper functions that will update PKRU value in the sigframe after
XSAVE.

Note that sig_prepare_pkru() makes no assumption about which PKEY could
be used to protect the altstack (i.e. it may not be part of init_pkru),
and so enables all PKEYS.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240802061318.2140081-3-aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com

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<entry>
<title>x86/pkeys: Add PKRU as a parameter in signal handling functions</title>
<updated>2024-08-02T12:12:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Aruna Ramakrishna</name>
<email>aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-08-02T06:13:14+00:00</published>
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Assume there's a multithreaded application that runs untrusted user
code. Each thread has its stack/code protected by a non-zero PKEY, and the
PKRU register is set up such that only that particular non-zero PKEY is
enabled. Each thread also sets up an alternate signal stack to handle
signals, which is protected by PKEY zero. The PKEYs man page documents that
the PKRU will be reset to init_pkru when the signal handler is invoked,
which means that PKEY zero access will be enabled.  But this reset happens
after the kernel attempts to push fpu state to the alternate stack, which
is not (yet) accessible by the kernel, which leads to a new SIGSEGV being
sent to the application, terminating it.

Enabling both the non-zero PKEY (for the thread) and PKEY zero in
userspace will not work for this use case. It cannot have the alt stack
writeable by all - the rationale here is that the code running in that
thread (using a non-zero PKEY) is untrusted and should not have access
to the alternate signal stack (that uses PKEY zero), to prevent the
return address of a function from being changed. The expectation is that
kernel should be able to set up the alternate signal stack and deliver
the signal to the application even if PKEY zero is explicitly disabled
by the application. The signal handler accessibility should not be
dictated by whatever PKRU value the thread sets up.

The PKRU register is managed by XSAVE, which means the sigframe contents
must match the register contents - which is not the case here. It's
required that the signal frame contains the user-defined PKRU value (so
that it is restored correctly from sigcontext) but the actual register must
be reset to init_pkru so that the alt stack is accessible and the signal
can be delivered to the application. It seems that the proper fix here
would be to remove PKRU from the XSAVE framework and manage it separately,
which is quite complicated. As a workaround, do this:

        orig_pkru = rdpkru();
        wrpkru(orig_pkru &amp; init_pkru_value);
        xsave_to_user_sigframe();
        put_user(pkru_sigframe_addr, orig_pkru)

In preparation for writing PKRU to sigframe, pass PKRU as an additional
parameter down the call chain from get_sigframe().

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240802061318.2140081-2-aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com

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Assume there's a multithreaded application that runs untrusted user
code. Each thread has its stack/code protected by a non-zero PKEY, and the
PKRU register is set up such that only that particular non-zero PKEY is
enabled. Each thread also sets up an alternate signal stack to handle
signals, which is protected by PKEY zero. The PKEYs man page documents that
the PKRU will be reset to init_pkru when the signal handler is invoked,
which means that PKEY zero access will be enabled.  But this reset happens
after the kernel attempts to push fpu state to the alternate stack, which
is not (yet) accessible by the kernel, which leads to a new SIGSEGV being
sent to the application, terminating it.

Enabling both the non-zero PKEY (for the thread) and PKEY zero in
userspace will not work for this use case. It cannot have the alt stack
writeable by all - the rationale here is that the code running in that
thread (using a non-zero PKEY) is untrusted and should not have access
to the alternate signal stack (that uses PKEY zero), to prevent the
return address of a function from being changed. The expectation is that
kernel should be able to set up the alternate signal stack and deliver
the signal to the application even if PKEY zero is explicitly disabled
by the application. The signal handler accessibility should not be
dictated by whatever PKRU value the thread sets up.

The PKRU register is managed by XSAVE, which means the sigframe contents
must match the register contents - which is not the case here. It's
required that the signal frame contains the user-defined PKRU value (so
that it is restored correctly from sigcontext) but the actual register must
be reset to init_pkru so that the alt stack is accessible and the signal
can be delivered to the application. It seems that the proper fix here
would be to remove PKRU from the XSAVE framework and manage it separately,
which is quite complicated. As a workaround, do this:

        orig_pkru = rdpkru();
        wrpkru(orig_pkru &amp; init_pkru_value);
        xsave_to_user_sigframe();
        put_user(pkru_sigframe_addr, orig_pkru)

In preparation for writing PKRU to sigframe, pass PKRU as an additional
parameter down the call chain from get_sigframe().

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Aruna Ramakrishna &lt;aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240802061318.2140081-2-aruna.ramakrishna@oracle.com

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/elf: Add a new FPU buffer layout info to x86 core files</title>
<updated>2024-07-29T08:45:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vignesh Balasubramanian</name>
<email>vigbalas@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-07-25T16:10:18+00:00</published>
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Add a new .note section containing type, size, offset and flags of every
xfeature that is present.

This information will be used by debuggers to understand the XSAVE layout of
the machine where the core file has been dumped, and to read XSAVE registers,
especially during cross-platform debugging.

The XSAVE layouts of modern AMD and Intel CPUs differ, especially since
Memory Protection Keys and the AVX-512 features have been inculcated into
the AMD CPUs.

Since AMD never adopted (and hence never left room in the XSAVE layout for)
the Intel MPX feature, tools like GDB had assumed a fixed XSAVE layout
matching that of Intel (based on the XCR0 mask).

Hence, core dumps from AMD CPUs didn't match the known size for the XCR0 mask.
This resulted in GDB and other tools not being able to access the values of
the AVX-512 and PKRU registers on AMD CPUs.

To solve this, an interim solution has been accepted into GDB, and is already
a part of GDB 14, see

  https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-March/198081.html.

But it depends on heuristics based on the total XSAVE register set size
and the XCR0 mask to infer the layouts of the various register blocks
for core dumps, and hence, is not a foolproof mechanism to determine the
layout of the XSAVE area.

Therefore, add a new core dump note in order to allow GDB/LLDB and other
relevant tools to determine the layout of the XSAVE area of the machine where
the corefile was dumped.

The new core dump note (which is being proposed as a per-process .note
section), NT_X86_XSAVE_LAYOUT (0x205) contains an array of structures.

Each structure describes an individual extended feature containing
offset, size and flags in this format:

  struct x86_xfeat_component {
         u32 type;
         u32 size;
         u32 offset;
         u32 flags;
  };

and in an independent manner, allowing for future extensions without depending
on hw arch specifics like CPUID etc.

  [ bp: Massage commit message, zap trailing whitespace. ]

Co-developed-by: Jini Susan George &lt;jinisusan.george@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jini Susan George &lt;jinisusan.george@amd.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Vignesh Balasubramanian &lt;vigbalas@amd.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240725161017.112111-2-vigbalas@amd.com
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Add a new .note section containing type, size, offset and flags of every
xfeature that is present.

This information will be used by debuggers to understand the XSAVE layout of
the machine where the core file has been dumped, and to read XSAVE registers,
especially during cross-platform debugging.

The XSAVE layouts of modern AMD and Intel CPUs differ, especially since
Memory Protection Keys and the AVX-512 features have been inculcated into
the AMD CPUs.

Since AMD never adopted (and hence never left room in the XSAVE layout for)
the Intel MPX feature, tools like GDB had assumed a fixed XSAVE layout
matching that of Intel (based on the XCR0 mask).

Hence, core dumps from AMD CPUs didn't match the known size for the XCR0 mask.
This resulted in GDB and other tools not being able to access the values of
the AVX-512 and PKRU registers on AMD CPUs.

To solve this, an interim solution has been accepted into GDB, and is already
a part of GDB 14, see

  https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2023-March/198081.html.

But it depends on heuristics based on the total XSAVE register set size
and the XCR0 mask to infer the layouts of the various register blocks
for core dumps, and hence, is not a foolproof mechanism to determine the
layout of the XSAVE area.

Therefore, add a new core dump note in order to allow GDB/LLDB and other
relevant tools to determine the layout of the XSAVE area of the machine where
the corefile was dumped.

The new core dump note (which is being proposed as a per-process .note
section), NT_X86_XSAVE_LAYOUT (0x205) contains an array of structures.

Each structure describes an individual extended feature containing
offset, size and flags in this format:

  struct x86_xfeat_component {
         u32 type;
         u32 size;
         u32 offset;
         u32 flags;
  };

and in an independent manner, allowing for future extensions without depending
on hw arch specifics like CPUID etc.

  [ bp: Massage commit message, zap trailing whitespace. ]

Co-developed-by: Jini Susan George &lt;jinisusan.george@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jini Susan George &lt;jinisusan.george@amd.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Vignesh Balasubramanian &lt;vigbalas@amd.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240725161017.112111-2-vigbalas@amd.com
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