linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 1/8] x86/cet/ibt: Add Kconfig option for user-mode Indirect Branch Tracking

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Message-ID: <019b5e45-b116-7f3d-f1f2-3680afbd676c@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:25:12 -0700
From:   "Yu, Yu-cheng" <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 1/8] x86/cet/ibt: Add Kconfig option for user-mode
 Indirect Branch Tracking

On 9/18/2020 1:59 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Fri 2020-09-18 13:24:13, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> If you do another version of this:
>>
>> On 9/18/20 12:23 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
>>> Introduce Kconfig option X86_INTEL_BRANCH_TRACKING_USER.
>>>
>>> Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) provides protection against CALL-/JMP-
>>> oriented programming attacks.  It is active when the kernel has this
>>> feature enabled, and the processor and the application support it.
>>> When this feature is enabled, legacy non-IBT applications continue to
>>> work, but without IBT protection.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
>>> ---
>>> v10:
>>> - Change build-time CET check to config depends on.
>>>
>>>   arch/x86/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>>> index 6b6dad011763..b047e0a8d1c2 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>>> @@ -1963,6 +1963,22 @@ config X86_INTEL_SHADOW_STACK_USER
>>>   
>>>   	  If unsure, say y.
>>>   
>>> +config X86_INTEL_BRANCH_TRACKING_USER
>>> +	prompt "Intel Indirect Branch Tracking for user-mode"
>>> +	def_bool n
>>> +	depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && X86_64
>>> +	depends on $(cc-option,-fcf-protection)
>>> +	select X86_INTEL_CET
>>> +	help
>>> +	  Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) provides protection against
>>> +	  CALL-/JMP-oriented programming attacks.  It is active when
>>> +	  the kernel has this feature enabled, and the processor and
>>> +	  the application support it.  When this feature is enabled,
>>> +	  legacy non-IBT applications continue to work, but without
>>> +	  IBT protection.
>>> +
>>> +	  If unsure, say y
>>
>> 	  If unsure, say y.
> 
> Actually, it would be "If unsure, say Y.", to be consistent with the
> rest of the Kconfig.
> 
> But I wonder if Yes by default is good idea. Only very new CPUs will
> support this, right? Are they even available at the market? Should the
> help text say "if your CPU is Whatever Lake or newer, ...." :-) ?

I will revise the wording if there is another version.  But a 
CET-capable kernel can run on legacy systems.  We have been testing that 
combination.

Yu-cheng