On Tue, 2022-10-04 at 13:50 -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote: > On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 08:34:54PM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote: > > On Tue, 2022-10-04 at 14:43 -0500, John Allen wrote: > > > On 10/4/22 10:47 AM, Nathan Chancellor wrote: > > > > Hi Kees, > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 09:54:26PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 05:09:04PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > > > > > > On 10/3/22 16:57, Kees Cook wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 03:29:30PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Shadow stack is supported on newer AMD processors, but > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > kernel > > > > > > > > implementation has not been tested on them. Prevent > > > > > > > > basic > > > > > > > > issues from > > > > > > > > showing up for normal users by disabling shadow stack > > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > all CPUs except > > > > > > > > Intel until it has been tested. At which point the > > > > > > > > limitation should be > > > > > > > > removed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe < > > > > > > > > rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So running the selftests on an AMD system is sufficient > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > drop this > > > > > > > patch? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, that's enough. > > > > > > > > > > > > I _thought_ the AMD folks provided some tested-by's at some > > > > > > point in the > > > > > > past. But, maybe I'm confusing this for one of the other > > > > > > shared > > > > > > features. Either way, I'm sure no tested-by's were dropped > > > > > > on > > > > > > purpose. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure Rick is eager to trim down his series and this > > > > > > would > > > > > > be a great > > > > > > patch to drop. Does anyone want to make that easy for > > > > > > Rick? > > > > > > > > > > > > <hint> <hint> > > > > > > > > > > Hey Gustavo, Nathan, or Nick! I know y'all have some fancy > > > > > AMD > > > > > testing > > > > > rigs. Got a moment to spin up this series and run the > > > > > selftests? > > > > > :) > > > > > > > > I do have access to a system with an EPYC 7513, which does have > > > > Shadow > > > > Stack support (I can see 'shstk' in the "Flags" section of > > > > lscpu > > > > with > > > > this series). As far as I understand it, AMD only added Shadow > > > > Stack > > > > with Zen 3; my regular AMD test system is Zen 2 (probably > > > > should > > > > look at > > > > procurring a Zen 3 or Zen 4 one at some point). > > > > > > > > I applied this series on top of 6.0 and reverted this change > > > > then > > > > booted > > > > it on that system. After building the selftest (which did > > > > require > > > > 'make headers_install' and a small addition to make it build > > > > beyond > > > > that, see below), I ran it and this was the result. I am not > > > > sure > > > > if > > > > that is expected or not but the other results seem promising > > > > for > > > > dropping this patch. > > > > > > > > $ ./test_shadow_stack_64 > > > > [INFO] new_ssp = 7f8a36c9fff8, *new_ssp = 7f8a36ca0001 > > > > [INFO] changing ssp from 7f8a374a0ff0 to 7f8a36c9fff8 > > > > [INFO] ssp is now 7f8a36ca0000 > > > > [OK] Shadow stack pivot > > > > [OK] Shadow stack faults > > > > [INFO] Corrupting shadow stack > > > > [INFO] Generated shadow stack violation successfully > > > > [OK] Shadow stack violation test > > > > [INFO] Gup read -> shstk access success > > > > [INFO] Gup write -> shstk access success > > > > [INFO] Violation from normal write > > > > [INFO] Gup read -> write access success > > > > [INFO] Violation from normal write > > > > [INFO] Gup write -> write access success > > > > [INFO] Cow gup write -> write access success > > > > [OK] Shadow gup test > > > > [INFO] Violation from shstk access > > > > [OK] mprotect() test > > > > [OK] Userfaultfd test > > > > [FAIL] Alt shadow stack test > > > > > > The selftest is looking OK on my system (Dell PowerEdge R6515 w/ > > > EPYC > > > 7713). I also just pulled a fresh 6.0 kernel and applied the > > > series > > > including the fix Nathan mentions below. > > > > > > $ tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack_64 > > > [INFO] new_ssp = 7f30cccc5ff8, *new_ssp = 7f30cccc6001 > > > [INFO] changing ssp from 7f30cd4c6ff0 to 7f30cccc5ff8 > > > [INFO] ssp is now 7f30cccc6000 > > > [OK] Shadow stack pivot > > > [OK] Shadow stack faults > > > [INFO] Corrupting shadow stack > > > [INFO] Generated shadow stack violation successfully > > > [OK] Shadow stack violation test > > > [INFO] Gup read -> shstk access success > > > [INFO] Gup write -> shstk access success > > > [INFO] Violation from normal write > > > [INFO] Gup read -> write access success > > > [INFO] Violation from normal write > > > [INFO] Gup write -> write access success > > > [INFO] Cow gup write -> write access success > > > [OK] Shadow gup test > > > [INFO] Violation from shstk access > > > [OK] mprotect() test > > > [OK] Userfaultfd test > > > [OK] Alt shadow stack test. > > > > Thanks for the testing. Based on the test, I wonder if this could > > be a > > SW bug. Nathan, could I send you a tweaked test with some more > > debug > > information? > > Yes, more than happy to help you look into this further! Indeed this was a SW bug and had nothing to do with the CPU model. The altshstk selftest was not fully initializing the stack_t struct, and getting lucky on some compilers. Thanks to Nathan for helping me debug it.