From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>,
Mathias Krause <minipli@grsecurity.net>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Subject: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 03/18] x86: cet: Directly check for #CP exception in run_in_user()
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:50:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251114205100.1873640-4-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251114205100.1873640-1-seanjc@google.com>
From: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Current CET tests validate if a #CP exception is raised by registering
a #CP handler. This handler counts the #CP exceptions and raises a #GP
exception, which is then caught by the run_in_user() infrastructure to
switch back to the kernel. This is convoluted.
Catch the #CP exception directly by run_in_user() to avoid the manual
counting of #CP exceptions and the #CP->#GP dance.
Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@grsecurity.net>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
x86/cet.c | 23 ++++-------------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/x86/cet.c b/x86/cet.c
index e2681886..7635fe34 100644
--- a/x86/cet.c
+++ b/x86/cet.c
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
#include "alloc_page.h"
#include "fault_test.h"
-static int cp_count;
-static unsigned long invalid_offset = 0xffffffffffffff;
-
static u64 cet_shstk_func(void)
{
unsigned long *ret_addr, *ssp;
@@ -54,15 +51,6 @@ static u64 cet_ibt_func(void)
#define ENABLE_SHSTK_BIT 0x1
#define ENABLE_IBT_BIT 0x4
-static void handle_cp(struct ex_regs *regs)
-{
- cp_count++;
- printf("In #CP exception handler, error_code = 0x%lx\n",
- regs->error_code);
- /* Below jmp is expected to trigger #GP */
- asm("jmpq *%0": :"m"(invalid_offset));
-}
-
int main(int ac, char **av)
{
char *shstk_virt;
@@ -70,7 +58,6 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
pteval_t pte = 0;
bool rvc;
- cp_count = 0;
if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
printf("SHSTK not enabled\n");
return report_summary();
@@ -82,7 +69,6 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
}
setup_vm();
- handle_exception(CP_VECTOR, handle_cp);
/* Allocate one page for shadow-stack. */
shstk_virt = alloc_vpage();
@@ -107,15 +93,14 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
write_cr4(read_cr4() | X86_CR4_CET);
printf("Unit test for CET user mode...\n");
- run_in_user((usermode_func)cet_shstk_func, GP_VECTOR, 0, 0, 0, 0, &rvc);
- report(cp_count == 1, "Completed shadow-stack protection test successfully.");
- cp_count = 0;
+ run_in_user((usermode_func)cet_shstk_func, CP_VECTOR, 0, 0, 0, 0, &rvc);
+ report(rvc, "Shadow-stack protection test.");
/* Enable indirect-branch tracking */
wrmsr(MSR_IA32_U_CET, ENABLE_IBT_BIT);
- run_in_user((usermode_func)cet_ibt_func, GP_VECTOR, 0, 0, 0, 0, &rvc);
- report(cp_count == 1, "Completed Indirect-branch tracking test successfully.");
+ run_in_user((usermode_func)cet_ibt_func, CP_VECTOR, 0, 0, 0, 0, &rvc);
+ report(rvc, "Indirect-branch tracking test.");
write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_CET);
wrmsr(MSR_IA32_U_CET, 0);
--
2.52.0.rc1.455.g30608eb744-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-14 20:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-14 20:50 [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 00/18] x86: Improve CET tests Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 01/18] x86: cet: Pass virtual addresses to invlpg Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 02/18] x86: cet: Remove unnecessary memory zeroing for shadow stack Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 04/18] x86: cet: Validate #CP error code Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 05/18] x86: cet: Use report_skip() Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 06/18] x86: cet: Drop unnecessary casting Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 07/18] x86: cet: Validate writing unaligned values to SSP MSR causes #GP Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 08/18] x86: cet: Validate CET states during VMX transitions Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 09/18] x86: cet: Make shadow stack less fragile Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 10/18] x86: cet: Simplify IBT test Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 11/18] x86: cet: Use symbolic values for the #CP error codes Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 12/18] x86: cet: Test far returns too Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 13/18] x86: Avoid top-most page for vmalloc on x86-64 Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 14/18] x86: cet: Run SHSTK and IBT tests as appropriate if either feature is supported Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 15/18] x86: cet: Drop the "intel_" prefix from the CET testcase Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 16/18] x86: cet: Enable NOTRACK handling for IBT tests Sean Christopherson
2025-11-15 5:30 ` Mathias Krause
2025-11-14 20:50 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 17/18] x86: cet: Reset IBT tracker state on #CP violations Sean Christopherson
2025-11-15 5:40 ` Mathias Krause
2025-11-14 20:51 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 18/18] x86: cet: Add testcases to verify KVM rejects emulation of CET instructions Sean Christopherson
2025-11-15 6:15 ` Mathias Krause
2025-11-17 7:32 ` Mathias Krause
2025-11-18 22:26 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v4 00/18] x86: Improve CET tests Sean Christopherson
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