linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/bugs: protect against userspace-userspace spectreRSB

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:13:46 -0400
From:   Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:     Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/bugs: protect against userspace-userspace
 spectreRSB

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 10:56:55AM -0700, Tim Chen wrote:
> On 07/26/2018 04:14 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> > From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> > 
> > The article "Spectre Returns! Speculation Attacks using the Return Stack 
> > Buffer" [1] describes two new (sub-)variants of spectrev2-like attack, 
> > making use solely of the RSB contents even on CPUs that don't fallback to 
> > BTB on RSB underflow (Skylake+).
> > 
> > Mitigate userspace-userspace attacks by always unconditionally filling RSB on
> > context switch when generic spectrev2 mitigation has been enabled.
> > 
> > [1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1807.07940.pdf
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>

May I suggest:

CC: stable@...r.kernel.org ?

> > ---
> > 
> > v1 -> v2: 
> > 
> > 	- Fixed typos/capatalization in SpectreRSB name
> > 	- Josh's Reviewed-by
> > 
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 38 +++++++-------------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> > index 5c0ea39311fe..bc8c43b22460 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> > @@ -313,23 +313,6 @@ static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __init spectre_v2_parse_cmdline(void)
> >  	return cmd;
> >  }
> >  
> > -/* Check for Skylake-like CPUs (for RSB handling) */
> > -static bool __init is_skylake_era(void)
> > -{
> > -	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL &&
> > -	    boot_cpu_data.x86 == 6) {
> > -		switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_model) {
> > -		case INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_MOBILE:
> > -		case INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP:
> > -		case INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X:
> > -		case INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE:
> > -		case INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP:
> > -			return true;
> > -		}
> > -	}
> > -	return false;
> > -}
> > -
> >  static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
> >  {
> >  	enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd cmd = spectre_v2_parse_cmdline();
> > @@ -390,22 +373,15 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
> >  	pr_info("%s\n", spectre_v2_strings[mode]);
> >  
> >  	/*
> > -	 * If neither SMEP nor PTI are available, there is a risk of
> > -	 * hitting userspace addresses in the RSB after a context switch
> > -	 * from a shallow call stack to a deeper one. To prevent this fill
> > -	 * the entire RSB, even when using IBRS.
> > +	 * If spectre v2 protection has been enabled, unconditionally fill
> > +	 * RSB during a context switch; this protects against two independent
> > +	 * issues:
> >  	 *
> > -	 * Skylake era CPUs have a separate issue with *underflow* of the
> > -	 * RSB, when they will predict 'ret' targets from the generic BTB.
> > -	 * The proper mitigation for this is IBRS. If IBRS is not supported
> > -	 * or deactivated in favour of retpolines the RSB fill on context
> > -	 * switch is required.
> > +	 *	- RSB underflow (and switch to BTB) on Skylake+
> > +	 *	- SpectreRSB variant of spectre v2 on X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2 CPUs
> >  	 */
> > -	if ((!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PTI) &&
> > -	     !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SMEP)) || is_skylake_era()) {
> > -		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RSB_CTXSW);
> > -		pr_info("Spectre v2 mitigation: Filling RSB on context switch\n");
> > -	}
> > +	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RSB_CTXSW);
> > +	pr_info("Spectre v2 / SpectreRSB mitigation: Filling RSB on context switch\n");
> >  
> >  	/* Initialize Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier if supported */
> >  	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB)) {
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the patch.  Looks good.  
> 
> Acked-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Tim