linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 16/17] arm64: disable SCS for hypervisor code

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Message-ID: <201910312101.2A014A8F@keescook>
Date:   Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:02:14 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     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>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        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 v3 16/17] arm64: disable SCS for hypervisor code

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 09:46:36AM -0700, samitolvanen@...gle.com wrote:
> Filter out CC_FLAGS_SCS for code that runs at a different exception
> level.
> 
> Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>

(Does it make any sense to merge all of these "disable under SCS"
patches? I guess not, since they're each different areas...)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/Makefile | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/Makefile
> index ea710f674cb6..17ea3da325e9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/Makefile
> @@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ GCOV_PROFILE	:= n
>  KASAN_SANITIZE	:= n
>  UBSAN_SANITIZE	:= n
>  KCOV_INSTRUMENT	:= n
> +
> +# remove the SCS flags from all objects in this directory
> +KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(filter-out $(CC_FLAGS_SCS), $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
> -- 
> 2.24.0.rc0.303.g954a862665-goog
> 

-- 
Kees Cook