This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/retpoline/xen: Convert Xen hypercall 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-xen-convert-xen-hypercall-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 ea08816d5b185ab3d09e95e393f265af54560350 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:46:31 +0000
Subject: x86/retpoline/xen: Convert Xen hypercall indirect jumps
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit ea08816d5b185ab3d09e95e393f265af54560350 upstream.
Convert indirect call in Xen hypercall to use non-speculative sequence,
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>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
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/1515707194-20531-10-git-send-email-dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/smap.h>
+#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
#include <xen/interface/xen.h>
#include <xen/interface/sched.h>
@@ -215,9 +216,9 @@ privcmd_call(unsigned call,
__HYPERCALL_5ARG(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5);
stac();
- asm volatile("call *%[call]"
+ asm volatile(CALL_NOSPEC
: __HYPERCALL_5PARAM
- : [call] "a" (&hypercall_page[call])
+ : [thunk_target] "a" (&hypercall_page[call])
: __HYPERCALL_CLOBBER5);
clac();
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