This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/retpoline/ftrace: Convert ftrace assembler indirect jumps
to the 4.4-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-retpoline-ftrace-convert-ftrace-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 9351803bd803cdbeb9b5a7850b7b6f464806e3db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:46:29 +0000
Subject: x86/retpoline/ftrace: Convert ftrace assembler indirect jumps
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 9351803bd803cdbeb9b5a7850b7b6f464806e3db upstream.
Convert all indirect jumps in ftrace assembler code to use non-speculative
sequences when CONFIG_RETPOLINE is enabled.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515707194-20531-8-git-send-email-dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Razvan Ghitulete <rga@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 5 +++--
arch/x86/kernel/mcount_64.S | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -862,7 +862,8 @@ trace:
movl 0x4(%ebp), %edx
subl $MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE, %eax
- call *ftrace_trace_function
+ movl ftrace_trace_function, %ecx
+ CALL_NOSPEC %ecx
popl %edx
popl %ecx
@@ -897,7 +898,7 @@ return_to_handler:
movl %eax, %ecx
popl %edx
popl %eax
- jmp *%ecx
+ JMP_NOSPEC %ecx
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/mcount_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/mcount_64.S
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <asm/ptrace.h>
#include <asm/ftrace.h>
-
+#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
.code64
.section .entry.text, "ax"
@@ -285,8 +285,9 @@ trace:
* ip and parent ip are used and the list function is called when
* function tracing is enabled.
*/
- call *ftrace_trace_function
+ movq ftrace_trace_function, %r8
+ CALL_NOSPEC %r8
restore_mcount_regs
jmp fgraph_trace
@@ -329,5 +330,5 @@ GLOBAL(return_to_handler)
movq 8(%rsp), %rdx
movq (%rsp), %rax
addq $24, %rsp
- jmp *%rdi
+ JMP_NOSPEC %rdi
#endif
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/x86-spectre-add-boot-time-option-to-select-spectre-v2-mitigation.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-irq32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-hyperv-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-entry-convert-entry-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-cpu-amd-make-lfence-a-serializing-instruction.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-ftrace-convert-ftrace-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-crypto-convert-crypto-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-xen-convert-xen-hypercall-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-checksum32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch
queue-4.4/x86-mm-32-move-setup_clear_cpu_cap-x86_feature_pcid-earlier.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-fill-return-stack-buffer-on-vmexit.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-remove-compile-time-warning.patch
queue-4.4/x86-cpu-amd-use-lfence_rdtsc-in-preference-to-mfence_rdtsc.patch
queue-4.4/x86-retpoline-add-initial-retpoline-support.patch