linux-kernel - [tip: x86/urgent] cpu: Ignore "mitigations" kernel parameter if CPU

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]
Message-ID: <171405468558.10875.5701614476992826261.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:18:05 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Sean Christopherson" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
 "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/urgent] cpu: Ignore "mitigations" kernel parameter if
 CPU_MITIGATIONS=n

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

Commit-ID:     ce0abef6a1d540acef85068e0e82bdf1fbeeb0e9
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/ce0abef6a1d540acef85068e0e82bdf1fbeeb0e9
Author:        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:05:55 -07:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:47:39 +02:00

cpu: Ignore "mitigations" kernel parameter if CPU_MITIGATIONS=n

Explicitly disallow enabling mitigations at runtime for kernels that were
built with CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS=n, as some architectures may omit code
entirely if mitigations are disabled at compile time.

E.g. on x86, a large pile of Kconfigs are buried behind CPU_MITIGATIONS,
and trying to provide sane behavior for retroactively enabling mitigations
is extremely difficult, bordering on impossible.  E.g. page table isolation
and call depth tracking require build-time support, BHI mitigations will
still be off without additional kernel parameters, etc.

  [ bp: Touchups. ]

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240420000556.2645001-3-seanjc@google.com
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  3 +++
 arch/x86/Kconfig                                |  8 ++++++--
 include/linux/cpu.h                             | 11 +++++++++++
 kernel/cpu.c                                    | 14 ++++++++++----
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 902ecd9..213d071 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3423,6 +3423,9 @@
 			arch-independent options, each of which is an
 			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
 
+			Note, "mitigations" is supported if and only if the
+			kernel was built with CPU_MITIGATIONS=y.
+
 			off
 				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
 				improves system performance, but it may also
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 619a04d..928820e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2495,9 +2495,13 @@ menuconfig CPU_MITIGATIONS
 	help
 	  Say Y here to enable options which enable mitigations for hardware
 	  vulnerabilities (usually related to speculative execution).
+	  Mitigations can be disabled or restricted to SMT systems at runtime
+	  via the "mitigations" kernel parameter.
 
-	  If you say N, all mitigations will be disabled. You really
-	  should know what you are doing to say so.
+	  If you say N, all mitigations will be disabled.  This CANNOT be
+	  overridden at runtime.
+
+	  Say 'Y', unless you really know what you are doing.
 
 if CPU_MITIGATIONS
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index 272e4e7..861c3bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -221,7 +221,18 @@ void cpuhp_report_idle_dead(void);
 static inline void cpuhp_report_idle_dead(void) { }
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS
 extern bool cpu_mitigations_off(void);
 extern bool cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt(void);
+#else
+static inline bool cpu_mitigations_off(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+static inline bool cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_CPU_H_ */
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index bb0ff27..63447eb 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -3196,6 +3196,7 @@ void __init boot_cpu_hotplug_init(void)
 	this_cpu_write(cpuhp_state.target, CPUHP_ONLINE);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS
 /*
  * These are used for a global "mitigations=" cmdline option for toggling
  * optional CPU mitigations.
@@ -3206,9 +3207,7 @@ enum cpu_mitigations {
 	CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT,
 };
 
-static enum cpu_mitigations cpu_mitigations __ro_after_init =
-	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS) ? CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO :
-					     CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF;
+static enum cpu_mitigations cpu_mitigations __ro_after_init = CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO;
 
 static int __init mitigations_parse_cmdline(char *arg)
 {
@@ -3224,7 +3223,6 @@ static int __init mitigations_parse_cmdline(char *arg)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-early_param("mitigations", mitigations_parse_cmdline);
 
 /* mitigations=off */
 bool cpu_mitigations_off(void)
@@ -3239,3 +3237,11 @@ bool cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt(void)
 	return cpu_mitigations == CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt);
+#else
+static int __init mitigations_parse_cmdline(char *arg)
+{
+	pr_crit("Kernel compiled without mitigations, ignoring 'mitigations'; system may still be vulnerable\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+early_param("mitigations", mitigations_parse_cmdline);