linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/4] arm64: Make Aarch32 compatibility enablement optional at boot

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:42:19 +0200
From:   Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta@...e.com>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     nik.borisov@...e.com, arnd@...db.de, mark.rutland@....com,
        Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] arm64: Make Aarch32 compatibility enablement optional at boot

This is the second attempt of the patch, reviewed as follows:

* Reworked subject and description to avoid the term 'emulation' and to
  address generically 'exceptions' instead of 'syscalls' (mark.rutland)

* Moved aarch32_enabled() check inside system_supports_32bit_el0()
  (mark.rutland)

* Renamed AARCH32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED to AARCH32_SUPPORT_DEFAULT_DISABLED
  (mark.rutland)

* Fixed a compilation Warning about missing function prototype
  Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202310230423.r2U4Lqr8-lkp@intel.com/

This is just for completeness since other possible solutions have been
proposed that could be better suited, see for example:
https://lkml.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20210916131816.8841-1-will@kernel.org/
and followups. So, this patchset is just for reference, may be useful in the
future if some kind of exploit is found to bypass the 32bit process
enablement check (letting a process call 32bit syscalls) and nothing better
has been proposed meanwhile.

Andrea della Porta (4):
  arm64: Introduce aarch32_enabled()
  arm64/process: Make loading of 32bit processes depend on
    aarch32_enabled()
  arm64/entry-common: Make Aarch32 exceptions' availability depend on
    aarch32_enabled()
  arm64: Make Aarch32 support boot time configurable

 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  7 ++++
 arch/arm64/Kconfig                            |  9 +++++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h           | 20 +++++++++--
 arch/arm64/include/asm/exception.h            |  7 ++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c              | 33 +++++++++++++++++--
 5 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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