linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 08/11] riscv: Support HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:27:51 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>
Cc:     arnd@...db.de, palmer@...osinc.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        luto@...nel.org, conor.dooley@...rochip.com, heiko@...ech.de,
        jszhang@...nel.org, lazyparser@...il.com, falcon@...ylab.org,
        chenhuacai@...nel.org, apatel@...tanamicro.com,
        atishp@...shpatra.org, palmer@...belt.com,
        paul.walmsley@...ive.com, mark.rutland@....com,
        zouyipeng@...wei.com, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
        David.Laight@...lab.com, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>, keescook@...omium.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 08/11] riscv: Support HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 02:08:55PM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 9:45 PM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 11:52:43AM -0400, guoren@...nel.org wrote:
> >
> > > +ENTRY(call_on_stack)
> > > +     /* Create a frame record to save our ra and fp */
> > > +     addi    sp, sp, -RISCV_SZPTR
> > > +     REG_S   ra, (sp)
> > > +     addi    sp, sp, -RISCV_SZPTR
> > > +     REG_S   fp, (sp)
> > > +
> > > +     /* Save sp in fp */
> > > +     move    fp, sp
> > > +
> > > +     /* Move to the new stack and call the function there */
> > > +     li      a3, IRQ_STACK_SIZE
> > > +     add     sp, a1, a3
> > > +     jalr    a2
> > > +
> > > +     /*
> > > +      * Restore sp from prev fp, and fp, ra from the frame
> > > +      */
> > > +     move    sp, fp
> > > +     REG_L   fp, (sp)
> > > +     addi    sp, sp, RISCV_SZPTR
> > > +     REG_L   ra, (sp)
> > > +     addi    sp, sp, RISCV_SZPTR
> > > +     ret
> > > +ENDPROC(call_on_stack)
> >
> > IIRC x86_64 moved away from a stack-switch function like this because it
> > presents a convenient exploit gadget.
> I found:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210204204903.350275743@linutronix.de/
> 
>   - The fact that the stack switching code ended up being an easy to find
>     exploit gadget.
> 
> What's the exploit gadget? Do you have a ref link? Thx.

Sadly no, I do not. Kees might. But basically it boils down to this
function taking both a stack pointer and a function pointer as
arguments (@a1 and @a2 resp. if I'm not reading this wrong).

If an attacker can call this with arguments of its choice then it gains
full control of subsequent execution.