commit 332924973725e8cdcc783c175f68cf7e162cb9e5 upstream.
Turns out that i386 doesn't unconditionally have LFENCE, as such the
loop in __FILL_RETURN_BUFFER isn't actually speculation safe on such
chips.
Fixes: ba6e31af2be9 ("x86/speculation: Add LFENCE to RSB fill sequence")
Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/Yv9tj9vbQ9nNlXoY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[bwh: Backported to 4.14:
- __FILL_RETURN_BUFFER takes an sp parameter
- Open-code __FILL_RETURN_SLOT]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index 118441f53399..d5d4927e7683 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
* the optimal version — two calls, each with their own speculation
* trap should their return address end up getting used, in a loop.
*/
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
#define __FILL_RETURN_BUFFER(reg, nr, sp) \
mov $(nr/2), reg; \
771: \
@@ -58,6 +59,19 @@
jnz 771b; \
/* barrier for jnz misprediction */ \
lfence;
+#else
+/*
+ * i386 doesn't unconditionally have LFENCE, as such it can't
+ * do a loop.
+ */
+#define __FILL_RETURN_BUFFER(reg, nr, sp) \
+ .rept nr; \
+ call 772f; \
+ int3; \
+772:; \
+ .endr; \
+ add $(BITS_PER_LONG/8) * nr, sp;
+#endif
#define ISSUE_UNBALANCED_RET_GUARD(sp) \
call 992f; \
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