linux-kernel - [tip: objtool/urgent] objtool, xen: Fix INSN_SYSCALL / INSN

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Message-ID: <174409993428.31282.16321486770522273299.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:12:14 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:
 [tip: objtool/urgent] objtool, xen: Fix INSN_SYSCALL / INSN_SYSRET semantics

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

Commit-ID:     2dbbca9be4e5ed68d0972a2bcf4561d9cb85b7b7
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2dbbca9be4e5ed68d0972a2bcf4561d9cb85b7b7
Author:        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:02:16 -07:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:14:12 +02:00

objtool, xen: Fix INSN_SYSCALL / INSN_SYSRET semantics

Objtool uses an arbitrary rule for INSN_SYSCALL and INSN_SYSRET that
almost works by accident: if it's in a function, control flow continues
after the instruction, otherwise it terminates.

That behavior should instead be based on the semantics of the underlying
instruction.  Change INSN_SYSCALL to always preserve control flow and
INSN_SYSRET to always terminate it.

The changed semantic for INSN_SYSCALL requires a tweak to the
!CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION version of xen_entry_SYSCALL_compat().  In Xen,
SYSCALL is a hypercall which usually returns.  But in this case it's a
hypercall to IRET which doesn't return.  Add UD2 to tell objtool to
terminate control flow, and to prevent undefined behavior at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com> # for the Xen part
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/19453dfe9a0431b7f016e9dc16d031cad3812a50.1744095216.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
---
 arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S |  4 +---
 tools/objtool/check.c  | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S b/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S
index 109af12..461bb15 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S
@@ -226,9 +226,7 @@ SYM_CODE_END(xen_early_idt_handler_array)
 	push %rax
 	mov  $__HYPERVISOR_iret, %eax
 	syscall		/* Do the IRET. */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS
-	int3
-#endif
+	ud2		/* The SYSCALL should never return. */
 .endm
 
 SYM_CODE_START(xen_iret)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 2dd89b0..69f94bc 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -3685,14 +3685,19 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
 			break;
 
 		case INSN_SYSCALL:
+			if (func && (!next_insn || !next_insn->hint)) {
+				WARN_INSN(insn, "unsupported instruction in callable function");
+				return 1;
+			}
+
+			break;
+
 		case INSN_SYSRET:
-			if (func) {
-				if (!next_insn || !next_insn->hint) {
-					WARN_INSN(insn, "unsupported instruction in callable function");
-					return 1;
-				}
-				break;
+			if (func && (!next_insn || !next_insn->hint)) {
+				WARN_INSN(insn, "unsupported instruction in callable function");
+				return 1;
 			}
+
 			return 0;
 
 		case INSN_STAC:
@@ -3888,9 +3893,9 @@ static int validate_unret(struct objtool_file *file, struct instruction *insn)
 			return 1;
 
 		case INSN_SYSCALL:
+			break;
+
 		case INSN_SYSRET:
-			if (insn_func(insn))
-				break;
 			return 0;
 
 		case INSN_NOP: