With sensitive CR4 bits pinned now, it's possible that the WP bit for
CR0 might become a target as well. Following the same reasoning for
the CR4 pinning, this pins CR0's WP bit (but this can be done with a
static value).
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
index c8c8143ab27b..b2e84d113f2a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
@@ -31,7 +31,20 @@ static inline unsigned long native_read_cr0(void)
static inline void native_write_cr0(unsigned long val)
{
- asm volatile("mov %0,%%cr0": : "r" (val), "m" (__force_order));
+ unsigned long bits_missing = 0;
+
+set_register:
+ asm volatile("mov %0,%%cr0": "+r" (val), "+m" (__force_order));
+
+ if (static_branch_likely(&cr_pinning)) {
+ if (unlikely((val & X86_CR0_WP) != X86_CR0_WP)) {
+ bits_missing = X86_CR0_WP;
+ val |= bits_missing;
+ goto set_register;
+ }
+ /* Warn after we've set the missing bits. */
+ WARN_ONCE(bits_missing, "CR0 WP bit went missing!?\n");
+ }
}
static inline unsigned long native_read_cr2(void)
--
2.17.1
