This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/entry/64/compat: Clear registers for compat syscalls, to reduce speculation attack surface
to the 4.9-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-entry-64-compat-clear-registers-for-compat-syscalls-to-reduce-speculation-attack-surface.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 6b8cf5cc9965673951f1ab3f0e3cf23d06e3e2ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 17:18:17 -0800
Subject: x86/entry/64/compat: Clear registers for compat syscalls, to reduce speculation attack surface
From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 6b8cf5cc9965673951f1ab3f0e3cf23d06e3e2ee upstream.
At entry userspace may have populated registers with values that could
otherwise be useful in a speculative execution attack. Clear them to
minimize the kernel's attack surface.
Originally-From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/151787989697.7847.4083702787288600552.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ Made small improvements to the changelog. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S
@@ -83,15 +83,25 @@ ENTRY(entry_SYSENTER_compat)
pushq %rcx /* pt_regs->cx */
pushq $-ENOSYS /* pt_regs->ax */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r8 = 0 */
+ xorq %r8, %r8 /* nospec r8 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r9 = 0 */
+ xorq %r9, %r9 /* nospec r9 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
+ xorq %r10, %r10 /* nospec r10 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
+ xorq %r11, %r11 /* nospec r11 */
pushq %rbx /* pt_regs->rbx */
+ xorl %ebx, %ebx /* nospec rbx */
pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->rbp (will be overwritten) */
+ xorl %ebp, %ebp /* nospec rbp */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r12 = 0 */
+ xorq %r12, %r12 /* nospec r12 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r13 = 0 */
+ xorq %r13, %r13 /* nospec r13 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r14 = 0 */
+ xorq %r14, %r14 /* nospec r14 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
+ xorq %r15, %r15 /* nospec r15 */
cld
/*
@@ -209,15 +219,25 @@ ENTRY(entry_SYSCALL_compat)
pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->cx (stashed in bp) */
pushq $-ENOSYS /* pt_regs->ax */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r8 = 0 */
+ xorq %r8, %r8 /* nospec r8 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r9 = 0 */
+ xorq %r9, %r9 /* nospec r9 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
+ xorq %r10, %r10 /* nospec r10 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
+ xorq %r11, %r11 /* nospec r11 */
pushq %rbx /* pt_regs->rbx */
+ xorl %ebx, %ebx /* nospec rbx */
pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->rbp (will be overwritten) */
+ xorl %ebp, %ebp /* nospec rbp */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r12 = 0 */
+ xorq %r12, %r12 /* nospec r12 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r13 = 0 */
+ xorq %r13, %r13 /* nospec r13 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r14 = 0 */
+ xorq %r14, %r14 /* nospec r14 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
+ xorq %r15, %r15 /* nospec r15 */
/*
* User mode is traced as though IRQs are on, and SYSENTER
@@ -320,15 +340,25 @@ ENTRY(entry_INT80_compat)
pushq %rcx /* pt_regs->cx */
pushq $-ENOSYS /* pt_regs->ax */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r8 = 0 */
+ xorq %r8, %r8 /* nospec r8 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r9 = 0 */
+ xorq %r9, %r9 /* nospec r9 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
+ xorq %r10, %r10 /* nospec r10 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
+ xorq %r11, %r11 /* nospec r11 */
pushq %rbx /* pt_regs->rbx */
+ xorl %ebx, %ebx /* nospec rbx */
pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->rbp */
+ xorl %ebp, %ebp /* nospec rbp */
pushq %r12 /* pt_regs->r12 */
+ xorq %r12, %r12 /* nospec r12 */
pushq %r13 /* pt_regs->r13 */
+ xorq %r13, %r13 /* nospec r13 */
pushq %r14 /* pt_regs->r14 */
+ xorq %r14, %r14 /* nospec r14 */
pushq %r15 /* pt_regs->r15 */
+ xorq %r15, %r15 /* nospec r15 */
cld
/*
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/x86-nvmx-properly-set-spec_ctrl-and-pred_cmd-before-merging-msrs.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-update-speculation-control-microcode-blacklist.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-correct-speculation-control-microcode-blacklist-again.patch
queue-4.9/kvm-x86-reduce-retpoline-performance-impact-in-slot_handle_level_range-by-always-inlining-iterator-helper-methods.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-clean-up-various-spectre-related-details.patch
queue-4.9/x86-entry-64-compat-clear-registers-for-compat-syscalls-to-reduce-speculation-attack-surface.patch