linux-kernel - [tip: x86/bugs] x86/pti: Fix kernel warnings for pti= and nopti cmdline options

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:20:04 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Jo Van Bulck" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jo Van Bulck <jo.vanbulck@...kuleuven.be>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/bugs] x86/pti: Fix kernel warnings for pti= and nopti
 cmdline options

The following commit has been merged into the x86/bugs branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     e2efc8e7d36a38e0a1f7724e74ff7c885963e7ca
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e2efc8e7d36a38e0a1f7724e74ff7c885963e7ca
Author:        Jo Van Bulck <jo.vanbulck@...kuleuven.be>
AuthorDate:    Sat, 19 Aug 2023 10:09:21 +02:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 14:13:03 +02:00

x86/pti: Fix kernel warnings for pti= and nopti cmdline options

Parse the pti= and nopti cmdline options using early_param to fix 'Unknown
kernel command line parameters "nopti", will be passed to user space'
warnings in the kernel log when nopti or pti= are passed to the kernel
cmdline on x86 platforms.

Additionally allow the kernel to warn for malformed pti= options.

Signed-off-by: Jo Van Bulck <jo.vanbulck@...kuleuven.be>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230819080921.5324-2-jo.vanbulck@cs.kuleuven.be
---
 arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
index 78414c6..5dd7339 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static void __init pti_print_if_secure(const char *reason)
 		pr_info("%s\n", reason);
 }
 
+/* Assume mode is auto unless overridden via cmdline below. */
 static enum pti_mode {
 	PTI_AUTO = 0,
 	PTI_FORCE_OFF,
@@ -77,50 +78,49 @@ static enum pti_mode {
 
 void __init pti_check_boottime_disable(void)
 {
-	char arg[5];
-	int ret;
-
-	/* Assume mode is auto unless overridden. */
-	pti_mode = PTI_AUTO;
-
 	if (hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_XEN_PV)) {
 		pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_OFF;
 		pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on XEN PV.");
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "pti", arg, sizeof(arg));
-	if (ret > 0)  {
-		if (ret == 3 && !strncmp(arg, "off", 3)) {
-			pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_OFF;
-			pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on command line.");
-			return;
-		}
-		if (ret == 2 && !strncmp(arg, "on", 2)) {
-			pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_ON;
-			pti_print_if_secure("force enabled on command line.");
-			goto enable;
-		}
-		if (ret == 4 && !strncmp(arg, "auto", 4)) {
-			pti_mode = PTI_AUTO;
-			goto autosel;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nopti") ||
-	    cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+	if (cpu_mitigations_off())
 		pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_OFF;
+	if (pti_mode == PTI_FORCE_OFF) {
 		pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on command line.");
 		return;
 	}
 
-autosel:
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN))
+	if (pti_mode == PTI_FORCE_ON)
+		pti_print_if_secure("force enabled on command line.");
+
+	if (pti_mode == PTI_AUTO && !boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN))
 		return;
-enable:
+
 	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PTI);
 }
 
+static int __init pti_parse_cmdline(char *arg)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "off"))
+		pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_OFF;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "on"))
+		pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_ON;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto"))
+		pti_mode = PTI_AUTO;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("pti", pti_parse_cmdline);
+
+static int __init pti_parse_cmdline_nopti(char *arg)
+{
+	pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_OFF;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("nopti", pti_parse_cmdline_nopti);
+
 pgd_t __pti_set_user_pgtbl(pgd_t *pgdp, pgd_t pgd)
 {
 	/*