linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] arm64: fix possible spectre-v1 write in ptrace_hbp_set

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:01:22 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     catalin.marinas@....com, christoffer.dall@....com,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, marc.zyngier@....com,
        mark.rutland@....com, will.deacon@....com
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: fix possible spectre-v1 write in ptrace_hbp_set_event()

It's possible for userspace to control idx. Sanitize idx when using it
as an array index, to inhibit the potential spectre-v1 write gadget.

Found by smatch.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 5c338ce5a7fa..db5440339ab3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -277,19 +277,22 @@ static int ptrace_hbp_set_event(unsigned int note_type,
 
 	switch (note_type) {
 	case NT_ARM_HW_BREAK:
-		if (idx < ARM_MAX_BRP) {
-			tsk->thread.debug.hbp_break[idx] = bp;
-			err = 0;
-		}
+		if (idx >= ARM_MAX_BRP)
+			goto out;
+		idx = array_index_nospec(idx, ARM_MAX_BRP);
+		tsk->thread.debug.hbp_break[idx] = bp;
+		err = 0;
 		break;
 	case NT_ARM_HW_WATCH:
-		if (idx < ARM_MAX_WRP) {
-			tsk->thread.debug.hbp_watch[idx] = bp;
-			err = 0;
-		}
+		if (idx >= ARM_MAX_WRP)
+			goto out;
+		idx = array_index_nospec(idx, ARM_MAX_WRP);
+		tsk->thread.debug.hbp_watch[idx] = bp;
+		err = 0;
 		break;
 	}
 
+out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.11.0