Re: [RFC PATCH v4 06/27] x86/cet: Control protection exception handler

Eugene Syromiatnikov
2018-10-03T10:39:42Z

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 08:03:30AM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> index e6db475164ed..873765adc244 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -578,6 +578,64 @@ do_general_protection(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
> }
> NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_general_protection);
>
> +static const char *control_protection_err[] =
> +{
> + "unknown",
> + "near-ret",
> + "far-ret/iret",
> + "endbranch",
> + "rstorssp",
> + "setssbsy",
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * When a control protection exception occurs, send a signal
> + * to the responsible application. Currently, control
> + * protection is only enabled for the user mode. This
> + * exception should not come from the kernel mode.
> + */
> +dotraplinkage void
> +do_control_protection(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
> +{
> + struct task_struct *tsk;
> +
> + RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(), "entry code didn't wake RCU");
> + if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, "control protection fault", regs,
> + error_code, X86_TRAP_CP, SIGSEGV) == NOTIFY_STOP)
> + return;
> + cond_local_irq_enable(regs);
> +
> + if (!user_mode(regs))
> + die("kernel control protection fault", regs, error_code);
> +
> + if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK) &&
> + !static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBT))
> + WARN_ONCE(1, "CET is disabled but got control "
> + "protection fault\n");
> +
> + tsk = current;
> + tsk->thread.error_code = error_code;
> + tsk->thread.trap_nr = X86_TRAP_CP;
> +
> + if (show_unhandled_signals && unhandled_signal(tsk, SIGSEGV) &&
> + printk_ratelimit()) {
> + unsigned int max_err;
> +
> + max_err = ARRAY_SIZE(control_protection_err) - 1;
> + if ((error_code < 0) || (error_code > max_err))
> + error_code = 0;
> + pr_info("%s[%d] control protection ip:%lx sp:%lx error:%lx(%s)",
> + tsk->comm, task_pid_nr(tsk),
> + regs->ip, regs->sp, error_code,
> + control_protection_err[error_code]);
> + print_vma_addr(KERN_CONT " in ", regs->ip);
> + pr_cont("\n");
> + }
> +
> + force_sig_info(SIGSEGV, SEND_SIG_PRIV, tsk);

That way, no information is provided to userspace (both application and
debugger), which is rather unfortunate. It would be nice if a new SEGV_*
code was added at least, and CET error (with error code constant provided
in UAPI) is passed via si_errno. (Having ip/sp/*ssp would be even
better, but I'm not exactly sure about ramifications of providing this
kind of information to user space).