This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86/vsyscall_emu/64: Don't use RET in vsyscall emulation to the 5.18-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: x86-vsyscall_emu-64-don-t-use-ret-in-vsyscall-emulation.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.18 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From foo@baz Tue Jul 12 05:03:58 PM CEST 2022 From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 23:15:43 +0200 Subject: x86/vsyscall_emu/64: Don't use RET in vsyscall emulation From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 15583e514eb16744b80be85dea0774ece153177d upstream. This is userspace code and doesn't play by the normal kernel rules. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_emu_64.S | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_emu_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_emu_64.S @@ -19,17 +19,20 @@ __vsyscall_page: mov $__NR_gettimeofday, %rax syscall - RET + ret + int3 .balign 1024, 0xcc mov $__NR_time, %rax syscall - RET + ret + int3 .balign 1024, 0xcc mov $__NR_getcpu, %rax syscall - RET + ret + int3 .balign 4096, 0xcc Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.18/x86-sev-avoid-using-__x86_return_thunk.patch queue-5.18/kvm-vmx-prevent-rsb-underflow-before-vmenter.patch queue-5.18/x86-ftrace-use-alternative-ret-encoding.patch queue-5.18/objtool-re-add-unwind_hint_-save_restore.patch queue-5.18/x86-bugs-add-retbleed-ibpb.patch queue-5.18/x86-bugs-enable-stibp-for-jmp2ret.patch queue-5.18/x86-retpoline-cleanup-some-ifdefery.patch queue-5.18/kvm-vmx-flatten-__vmx_vcpu_run.patch queue-5.18/x86-kvm-vmx-make-noinstr-clean.patch queue-5.18/x86-retbleed-add-fine-grained-kconfig-knobs.patch queue-5.18/x86-cpu-amd-add-spectral-chicken.patch queue-5.18/kvm-vmx-fix-ibrs-handling-after-vmexit.patch queue-5.18/kvm-vmx-prevent-guest-rsb-poisoning-attacks-with-eibrs.patch queue-5.18/x86-vsyscall_emu-64-don-t-use-ret-in-vsyscall-emulation.patch queue-5.18/x86-add-magic-amd-return-thunk.patch queue-5.18/x86-bugs-keep-a-per-cpu-ia32_spec_ctrl-value.patch queue-5.18/x86-objtool-create-.return_sites.patch queue-5.18/x86-kvm-fix-setcc-emulation-for-return-thunks.patch queue-5.18/x86-retpoline-swizzle-retpoline-thunk.patch queue-5.18/x86-speculation-fix-firmware-entry-spec_ctrl-handling.patch queue-5.18/x86-speculation-add-spectre_v2-ibrs-option-to-support-kernel-ibrs.patch queue-5.18/x86-xen-add-untrain_ret.patch queue-5.18/x86-undo-return-thunk-damage.patch queue-5.18/x86-entry-avoid-very-early-ret.patch queue-5.18/x86-entry-move-push_and_clear_regs-back-into-error_entry.patch queue-5.18/x86-speculation-fill-rsb-on-vmexit-for-ibrs.patch queue-5.18/objtool-add-entry-unret-validation.patch queue-5.18/kvm-vmx-convert-launched-argument-to-flags.patch queue-5.18/x86-bpf-use-alternative-ret-encoding.patch queue-5.18/x86-common-stamp-out-the-stepping-madness.patch queue-5.18/x86-bugs-split-spectre_v2_select_mitigation-and-spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation.patch queue-5.18/x86-bugs-report-intel-retbleed-vulnerability.patch queue-5.18/x86-cpufeatures-move-retpoline-flags-to-word-11.patch queue-5.18/x86-speculation-fix-spec_ctrl-write-on-smt-state-change.patch queue-5.18/x86-retpoline-use-mfunction-return.patch queue-5.18/x86-xen-rename-sys-entry-points.patch queue-5.18/x86-bugs-optimize-spec_ctrl-msr-writes.patch queue-5.18/x86-bugs-report-amd-retbleed-vulnerability.patch queue-5.18/x86-static_call-use-alternative-ret-encoding.patch queue-5.18/x86-speculation-fix-rsb-filling-with-config_retpoline-n.patch queue-5.18/x86-use-return-thunk-in-asm-code.patch queue-5.18/intel_idle-disable-ibrs-during-long-idle.patch queue-5.18/x86-entry-remove-skip_r11rcx.patch queue-5.18/x86-speculation-use-cached-host-spec_ctrl-value-for-guest-entry-exit.patch queue-5.18/x86-bugs-add-amd-retbleed-boot-parameter.patch queue-5.18/x86-entry-add-kernel-ibrs-implementation.patch queue-5.18/objtool-treat-.text.__x86.-as-noinstr.patch queue-5.18/objtool-update-retpoline-validation.patch