If we detect a corrupted x18, restore the register before jumping back to potentially SCS instrumented code. This is safe, because the wrapper is called with preemption disabled and a separate shadow stack is used for interrupt handling. Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/kernel/efi-rt-wrapper.S | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-rt-wrapper.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-rt-wrapper.S index 3fc71106cb2b..6ca6c0dc11a1 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-rt-wrapper.S +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-rt-wrapper.S @@ -34,5 +34,14 @@ ENTRY(__efi_rt_asm_wrapper) ldp x29, x30, [sp], #32 b.ne 0f ret -0: b efi_handle_corrupted_x18 // tail call +0: + /* + * With CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK, the kernel uses x18 to store a + * shadow stack pointer, which we need to restore before returning to + * potentially instrumented code. This is safe because the wrapper is + * called with preemption disabled and a separate shadow stack is used + * for interrupts. + */ + mov x18, x2 + b efi_handle_corrupted_x18 // tail call ENDPROC(__efi_rt_asm_wrapper) -- 2.26.2.303.gf8c07b1a785-goog