linux-kernel - [tip: x86/fred] x86/fred: Disallow the swapgs instruction when FRED is enabled

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:21:27 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@...or.com>, Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Shan Kang <shan.kang@...el.com>,
 x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/fred] x86/fred: Disallow the swapgs instruction when FRED
 is enabled

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

Commit-ID:     45ba25d49059ddab201a22d62c9364eab283856f
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/45ba25d49059ddab201a22d62c9364eab283856f
Author:        H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@...or.com>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 05 Dec 2023 02:50:07 -08:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:10:31 +01:00

x86/fred: Disallow the swapgs instruction when FRED is enabled

SWAPGS is no longer needed thus NOT allowed with FRED because FRED
transitions ensure that an operating system can _always_ operate
with its own GS base address:

  - For events that occur in ring 3, FRED event delivery swaps the GS
    base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.

  - ERETU (the FRED transition that returns to ring 3) also swaps the
    GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.

And the operating system can still setup the GS segment for a user
thread without the need of loading a user thread GS with:

  - Using LKGS, available with FRED, to modify other attributes of the
    GS segment without compromising its ability always to operate with
    its own GS base address.

  - Accessing the GS segment base address for a user thread as before
    using RDMSR or WRMSR on the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.

Note, LKGS loads the GS base address into the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR
instead of the GS segment's descriptor cache. As such, the operating
system never changes its runtime GS base address.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@...or.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@...el.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231205105030.8698-19-xin3.li@intel.com

---
 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 0f78b58..4f87f59 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -166,7 +166,29 @@ static noinstr unsigned long __rdgsbase_inactive(void)
 
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 
-	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) {
+	/*
+	 * SWAPGS is no longer needed thus NOT allowed with FRED because
+	 * FRED transitions ensure that an operating system can _always_
+	 * operate with its own GS base address:
+	 * - For events that occur in ring 3, FRED event delivery swaps
+	 *   the GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.
+	 * - ERETU (the FRED transition that returns to ring 3) also swaps
+	 *   the GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.
+	 *
+	 * And the operating system can still setup the GS segment for a
+	 * user thread without the need of loading a user thread GS with:
+	 * - Using LKGS, available with FRED, to modify other attributes
+	 *   of the GS segment without compromising its ability always to
+	 *   operate with its own GS base address.
+	 * - Accessing the GS segment base address for a user thread as
+	 *   before using RDMSR or WRMSR on the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.
+	 *
+	 * Note, LKGS loads the GS base address into the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE
+	 * MSR instead of the GS segment’s descriptor cache. As such, the
+	 * operating system never changes its runtime GS base address.
+	 */
+	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED) &&
+	    !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) {
 		native_swapgs();
 		gsbase = rdgsbase();
 		native_swapgs();
@@ -191,7 +213,8 @@ static noinstr void __wrgsbase_inactive(unsigned long gsbase)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 
-	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) {
+	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED) &&
+	    !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) {
 		native_swapgs();
 		wrgsbase(gsbase);
 		native_swapgs();