commit baf8361e54550a48a7087b603313ad013cc13386 upstream.
MDS mitigation requires clearing the CPU buffers before returning to user. This needs to be done late in the exit-to-user path. Current location of VERW leaves a possibility of kernel data ending up in CPU buffers for memory accesses done after VERW such as:
1. Kernel data accessed by an NMI between VERW and return-to-user can remain in CPU buffers since NMI returning to kernel does not execute VERW to clear CPU buffers. 2. Alyssa reported that after VERW is executed, CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK=y scrubs the stack used by a system call. Memory accesses during stack scrubbing can move kernel stack contents into CPU buffers. 3. When caller saved registers are restored after a return from function executing VERW, the kernel stack accesses can remain in CPU buffers(since they occur after VERW).
To fix this VERW needs to be moved very late in exit-to-user path.
In preparation for moving VERW to entry/exit asm code, create macros that can be used in asm. Also make VERW patching depend on a new feature flag X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF.
Reported-by: Alyssa Milburn alyssa.milburn@intel.com Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper andrew.cooper3@citrix.com Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen dave.hansen@linux.intel.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240213-delay-verw-v8-1-a6216d83edb7%40linux.in... --- arch/x86/entry/entry.S | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 2 +- arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 13 +++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry.S index 8c8d38f0cb1d..003379049924 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry.S +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry.S @@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ #include <linux/export.h> #include <linux/linkage.h> #include <asm/msr-index.h> +#include <asm/unwind_hints.h> +#include <asm/segment.h> +#include <asm/cache.h>
.pushsection .noinstr.text, "ax"
@@ -20,3 +23,23 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(entry_ibpb) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(entry_ibpb);
.popsection + +/* + * Define the VERW operand that is disguised as entry code so that + * it can be referenced with KPTI enabled. This ensure VERW can be + * used late in exit-to-user path after page tables are switched. + */ +.pushsection .entry.text, "ax" + +.align L1_CACHE_BYTES, 0xcc +SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(mds_verw_sel) + UNWIND_HINT_UNDEFINED + ANNOTATE_NOENDBR + .word __KERNEL_DS +.align L1_CACHE_BYTES, 0xcc +SYM_CODE_END(mds_verw_sel); +/* For KVM */ +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mds_verw_sel); + +.popsection + diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h index 3e973ff20e23..caf4cf2e1036 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ #define X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32 ( 3*32+15) /* "" sysenter in IA32 userspace */ #define X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD ( 3*32+16) /* REP microcode works well */ #define X86_FEATURE_AMD_LBR_V2 ( 3*32+17) /* AMD Last Branch Record Extension Version 2 */ -/* FREE, was #define X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC ( 3*32+18) "" LFENCE synchronizes RDTSC */ +#define X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF ( 3*32+18) /* "" Clear CPU buffers using VERW */ #define X86_FEATURE_ACC_POWER ( 3*32+19) /* AMD Accumulated Power Mechanism */ #define X86_FEATURE_NOPL ( 3*32+20) /* The NOPL (0F 1F) instructions */ #define X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS ( 3*32+21) /* "" Always-present feature */ diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h index f93e9b96927a..e191711de0f2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h @@ -315,6 +315,17 @@ #endif .endm
+/* + * Macro to execute VERW instruction that mitigate transient data sampling + * attacks such as MDS. On affected systems a microcode update overloaded VERW + * instruction to also clear the CPU buffers. VERW clobbers CFLAGS.ZF. + * + * Note: Only the memory operand variant of VERW clears the CPU buffers. + */ +.macro CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS + ALTERNATIVE "", __stringify(verw mds_verw_sel), X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF +.endm + #else /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
#define ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE \ @@ -536,6 +547,8 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_cond_l1d_flush);
DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mmio_stale_data_clear);
+extern u16 mds_verw_sel; + #include <asm/segment.h>
/**