linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] Introduce support for guest CET feature

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Date:   Fri, 13 Dec 2019 08:44:45 +0800
From:   Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
To:     Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:     Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        sean.j.christopherson@...el.com, jmattson@...gle.com,
        yu.c.zhang@...ux.intel.com, yu-cheng.yu@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] Introduce support for guest CET feature

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 11:03:45AM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 at 04:52:15PM +0800, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> > Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) provides protection against
> > Return/Jump-Oriented Programming (ROP/JOP) attack. It includes two
> > sub-features: Shadow Stack (SHSTK) and Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT).
> > 
> > KVM change is required to support guest CET feature.
> > This patch serial implemented CET related CPUID/XSAVES enumeration, MSRs
> > and vmentry/vmexit configuration etc.so that guest kernel can setup CET
> > runtime infrastructure based on them. Some CET MSRs and related feature
> > flags used reference the definitions in kernel patchset.
> > 
> > CET kernel patches is here:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/8/13/1110
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/8/13/1109
> 
> Is there a git tree with all of them against v5.5-rc1 (so all three series)?
> I tried your github tree: https://github.com/yyu168/linux_cet.git #cet
> but sadly that does not apply against 5.5-rc1 :-(
> 
> Thanks!
Hi, 
The CET patch includes two parts: one from kernel side the other from KVM,
the kernel patch in github is maintained by my peer, he'll rebase
it to the latest kernel tree shortly after resolve some issues.
Thank you for having interest!