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Message-ID: <20201006102158.GA25414@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Tue, 6 Oct 2020 11:21:59 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
Cc:     Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        catalin.marinas@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ardb@...nel.org, broonie@...nel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [BUG][PATCH] crypto: arm64: Avoid indirect branch to bti_c

On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 11:01:21AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 09:27:48AM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 10:48:54PM -0500, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> > > The AES code uses a 'br x7' as part of a function called by
> > > a macro. That branch needs a bti_j as a target. This results
> > > in a panic as seen below. Instead of trying to replace the branch
> > > target with a bti_jc, lets replace the indirect branch with a
> > > bl/ret, bl sequence that can target the existing bti_c.
> > > 
> > >   Bad mode in Synchronous Abort handler detected on CPU1, code 0x34000003 -- BTI
> > >   CPU: 1 PID: 265 Comm: cryptomgr_test Not tainted 5.8.11-300.fc33.aarch64 #1
> > >   pstate: 20400c05 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO BTYPE=j-)
> > >   pc : aesbs_encrypt8+0x0/0x5f0 [aes_neon_bs]
> > >   lr : aesbs_xts_encrypt+0x48/0xe0 [aes_neon_bs]
> > >   sp : ffff80001052b730
> > > 
> > >   aesbs_encrypt8+0x0/0x5f0 [aes_neon_bs]
> > >    __xts_crypt+0xb0/0x2dc [aes_neon_bs]
> > >    xts_encrypt+0x28/0x3c [aes_neon_bs]
> > >   crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x50/0x84
> > >   simd_skcipher_encrypt+0xc8/0xe0
> > >   crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x50/0x84
> > >   test_skcipher_vec_cfg+0x224/0x5f0
> > >   test_skcipher+0xbc/0x120
> > >   alg_test_skcipher+0xa0/0x1b0
> > >   alg_test+0x3dc/0x47c
> > >   cryptomgr_test+0x38/0x60
> > > 
> > > Fixes: commit 0e89640b640d ("crypto: arm64 - Use modern annotations for assembly functions")
> > 
> > nit: the "commit" string shouldn't be here, and I think the linux-next
> > scripts will yell at us if we don't remove it.
> > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S | 6 +++---
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S
> > > index b357164379f6..32f53ebe5e2c 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S
> > > @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__xts_crypt8)
> > >  
> > >  0:	mov		bskey, x21
> > >  	mov		rounds, x22
> > > -	br		x7
> > > +	ret
> 
> Dang, replied on an old version.

They're not versioned, so who knows which one is older!

> Since this is logically a tail call, could we simply be using br x16 or
> br x17 for this?

Yup, that would work too. This was just "obviously correct" and it would
be nice to get a fix in for 5.9.

Will

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