On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 07:49:07PM +0100, KP Singh wrote:
Setting the IBRS bit implicitly enables STIBP to protect against cross-thread branch target injection. With enhanced IBRS, the bit it set once and is not cleared again. However, on CPUs with just legacy IBRS, IBRS bit set on user -> kernel and cleared on kernel -> user (a.k.a KERNEL_IBRS). Clearing this bit also disables the implicitly enabled STIBP, thus requiring some form of cross-thread protection in userspace.
Enable STIBP, either opt-in via prctl or seccomp, or always on depending on the choice of mitigation selected via spectre_v2_user.
Reported-by: José Oliveira joseloliveira11@gmail.com Reported-by: Rodrigo Branco rodrigo@kernelhacking.com Reviewed-by: Alexandra Sandulescu aesa@google.com Fixes: 7c693f54c873 ("x86/speculation: Add spectre_v2=ibrs option to support Kernel IBRS") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: KP Singh kpsingh@kernel.org
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
Below is what I'd like to see. Holler if something's wrong.
It is totally untested ofc.
--- From: KP Singh kpsingh@kernel.org Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 19:49:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Allow enabling STIBP with legacy IBRS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
When plain IBRS is enabled (not enhanced IBRS), the logic in spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation() determines that STIBP is not needed.
However, on return to userspace, the IBRS bit is cleared for performance reasons. That leaves userspace threads vulnerable to cross-thread predictions influence against which STIBP protects.
Exclude IBRS from the spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode() check to allow for enabling STIBP through seccomp/prctl().
[ bp: Rewrite commit message and massage. ]
Fixes: 7c693f54c873 ("x86/speculation: Add spectre_v2=ibrs option to support Kernel IBRS") Reported-by: José Oliveira joseloliveira11@gmail.com Reported-by: Rodrigo Branco rodrigo@kernelhacking.com Signed-off-by: KP Singh kpsingh@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) bp@alien8.de Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230221184908.2349578-1-kpsingh@kernel.org --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index cf81848b72f4..9a969ab0e62a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -1133,14 +1133,18 @@ spectre_v2_parse_user_cmdline(void) return SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO; }
-static inline bool spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode) +static inline bool spectre_v2_in_eibrs_mode(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode) { - return mode == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS || - mode == SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS || + return mode == SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS || mode == SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS_RETPOLINE || mode == SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS_LFENCE; }
+static inline bool spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode) +{ + return spectre_v2_in_eibrs_mode(mode) || mode == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS; +} + static void __init spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(void) { @@ -1203,12 +1207,19 @@ spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(void) }
/* - * If no STIBP, IBRS or enhanced IBRS is enabled, or SMT impossible, - * STIBP is not required. + * If no STIBP, enhanced IBRS is enabled, or SMT impossible, STIBP + * is not required. + * + * Enhanced IBRS protects also against user-mode attacks as the IBRS bit + * remains always set which implicitly enables cross-thread protections. + * However, in legacy IBRS mode, the IBRS bit is set only on kernel + * entry and cleared on return to userspace. This disables the implicit + * cross-thread protections so allow for STIBP to be selected in that + * case. */ if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP) || !smt_possible || - spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(spectre_v2_enabled)) + spectre_v2_in_eibrs_mode(spectre_v2_enabled)) return;
/* @@ -2340,7 +2351,7 @@ static ssize_t mmio_stale_data_show_state(char *buf)
static char *stibp_state(void) { - if (spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(spectre_v2_enabled)) + if (spectre_v2_in_eibrs_mode(spectre_v2_enabled)) return "";
switch (spectre_v2_user_stibp) {