From 87f0df7828899c552bcdde639c045983d5aeeed9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rick Edgecombe Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 16:32:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] x86/shstk: Move arch detail comment out of core mm The comment around VM_SHADOW_STACK in mm.h refers to a lot of x86 specific details that don't belong in a cross arch file. Remove these out of core mm, and just leave the non-arch details. Since the comment includes some useful details that would be good to retain in the source somewhere, put the arch specifics parts in arch/x86/shstk.c near alloc_shstk(), where memory of this type is allocated. Include a reference to the existence of the x86 details near the VM_SHADOW_STACK definition mm.h. Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen Reviewed-by: Mark Brown Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230706233248.445713-1-rick.p.edgecombe%40intel.com --- arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/mm.h | 32 ++++++-------------------------- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c b/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c index b26810c7cd1cfa..47f5204b0fa99b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c @@ -72,6 +72,31 @@ static int create_rstor_token(unsigned long ssp, unsigned long *token_addr) return 0; } +/* + * VM_SHADOW_STACK will have a guard page. This helps userspace protect + * itself from attacks. The reasoning is as follows: + * + * The shadow stack pointer(SSP) is moved by CALL, RET, and INCSSPQ. The + * INCSSP instruction can increment the shadow stack pointer. It is the + * shadow stack analog of an instruction like: + * + * addq $0x80, %rsp + * + * However, there is one important difference between an ADD on %rsp + * and INCSSP. In addition to modifying SSP, INCSSP also reads from the + * memory of the first and last elements that were "popped". It can be + * thought of as acting like this: + * + * READ_ONCE(ssp); // read+discard top element on stack + * ssp += nr_to_pop * 8; // move the shadow stack + * READ_ONCE(ssp-8); // read+discard last popped stack element + * + * The maximum distance INCSSP can move the SSP is 2040 bytes, before + * it would read the memory. Therefore a single page gap will be enough + * to prevent any operation from shifting the SSP to an adjacent stack, + * since it would have to land in the gap at least once, causing a + * fault. + */ static unsigned long alloc_shstk(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long token_offset, bool set_res_tok) { diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 97eddc83d19cfc..8c0350c1134a90 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -343,33 +343,13 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp); #ifdef CONFIG_X86_USER_SHADOW_STACK /* - * This flag should not be set with VM_SHARED because of lack of support - * core mm. It will also get a guard page. This helps userspace protect - * itself from attacks. The reasoning is as follows: + * VM_SHADOW_STACK should not be set with VM_SHARED because of lack of + * support core mm. * - * The shadow stack pointer(SSP) is moved by CALL, RET, and INCSSPQ. The - * INCSSP instruction can increment the shadow stack pointer. It is the - * shadow stack analog of an instruction like: - * - * addq $0x80, %rsp - * - * However, there is one important difference between an ADD on %rsp - * and INCSSP. In addition to modifying SSP, INCSSP also reads from the - * memory of the first and last elements that were "popped". It can be - * thought of as acting like this: - * - * READ_ONCE(ssp); // read+discard top element on stack - * ssp += nr_to_pop * 8; // move the shadow stack - * READ_ONCE(ssp-8); // read+discard last popped stack element - * - * The maximum distance INCSSP can move the SSP is 2040 bytes, before - * it would read the memory. Therefore a single page gap will be enough - * to prevent any operation from shifting the SSP to an adjacent stack, - * since it would have to land in the gap at least once, causing a - * fault. - * - * Prevent using INCSSP to move the SSP between shadow stacks by - * having a PAGE_SIZE guard gap. + * These VMAs will get a single end guard page. This helps userspace protect + * itself from attacks. A single page is enough for current shadow stack archs + * (x86). See the comments near alloc_shstk() in arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c + * for more details on the guard size. */ # define VM_SHADOW_STACK VM_HIGH_ARCH_5 #else