linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v18 02/25] x86/cet/shstk: Add Kconfig option for user-mode control-flow protection

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:00:46 -0800
From:   "Yu, Yu-cheng" <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v18 02/25] x86/cet/shstk: Add Kconfig option for user-mode
 control-flow protection

On 1/29/2021 11:42 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 1/27/21 1:25 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
>> +	help
>> +	  Control-flow protection is a hardware security hardening feature
>> +	  that detects function-return address or jump target changes by
>> +	  malicious code.
> 
> It's not really one feature.  I also think it's not worth talking about
> shadow stacks or indirect branch tracking in *here*.  Leave that for
> Documentation/.
> 
> Just say:
> 
> 	Control-flow protection is a set of hardware features which
> 	place additional restrictions on indirect branches.  These help
> 	mitigate ROP attacks.
> 
> ... and add more in the IBT patches.
> 
>>   Applications must be enabled to use it, and old
>> +	  userspace does not get protection "for free".
>> +	  Support for this feature is present on processors released in
>> +	  2020 or later.  Enabling this feature increases kernel text size
>> +	  by 3.7 KB.
> 
> Did any CPUs ever get released that have this?  If so, name them.  If
> not, time to change this to 2021, I think.
> 

Ok.  I will update this.

Yu-cheng