linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 10/14] arm64: preserve x18 when CPU is suspended

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Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:27:08 +0000
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 10/14] arm64: preserve x18 when CPU is suspended

On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 03:56:04PM -0800, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> Don't lose the current task's shadow stack when the CPU is suspended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h |  2 +-
>  arch/arm64/mm/proc.S             | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h
> index 8939c87c4dce..0cde2f473971 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
>  #ifndef __ASM_SUSPEND_H
>  #define __ASM_SUSPEND_H
>  
> -#define NR_CTX_REGS 12
> +#define NR_CTX_REGS 13

For a moment I thought this might impact the alignment of the array, but
I see cpu_suspend_ctx is force-aligned to 16 bytes anyway, and since
commit cabe1c81ea5be983 the only impact would be a performance thing.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

Mark.

>  #define NR_CALLEE_SAVED_REGS 12
>  
>  /*
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
> index fdabf40a83c8..5c8219c55948 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
> @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
>   * cpu_do_suspend - save CPU registers context
>   *
>   * x0: virtual address of context pointer
> + *
> + * This must be kept in sync with struct cpu_suspend_ctx in <asm/suspend.h>.
>   */
>  ENTRY(cpu_do_suspend)
>  	mrs	x2, tpidr_el0
> @@ -73,6 +75,11 @@ alternative_endif
>  	stp	x8, x9, [x0, #48]
>  	stp	x10, x11, [x0, #64]
>  	stp	x12, x13, [x0, #80]
> +	/*
> +	 * Save x18 as it may be used as a platform register, e.g. by shadow
> +	 * call stack.
> +	 */
> +	str	x18, [x0, #96]
>  	ret
>  ENDPROC(cpu_do_suspend)
>  
> @@ -89,6 +96,13 @@ ENTRY(cpu_do_resume)
>  	ldp	x9, x10, [x0, #48]
>  	ldp	x11, x12, [x0, #64]
>  	ldp	x13, x14, [x0, #80]
> +	/*
> +	 * Restore x18, as it may be used as a platform register, and clear
> +	 * the buffer to minimize the risk of exposure when used for shadow
> +	 * call stack.
> +	 */
> +	ldr	x18, [x0, #96]
> +	str	xzr, [x0, #96]
>  	msr	tpidr_el0, x2
>  	msr	tpidrro_el0, x3
>  	msr	contextidr_el1, x4
> -- 
> 2.24.0.rc1.363.gb1bccd3e3d-goog
>