[RFC PATCH v4 07/27] x86/cet/shstk: Add Kconfig option for user-mode shadow stack

Yu-cheng Yu
2018-09-21T15:12:19Z

Introduce Kconfig option X86_INTEL_SHADOW_STACK_USER.

An application has shadow stack protection when all the following are
true:

(1) The kernel has X86_INTEL_SHADOW_STACK_USER enabled,
(2) The running processor supports the shadow stack,
(3) The application is built with shadow stack enabled tools & libs
and, and at runtime, all dependent shared libs can support shadow
stack.

If this kernel config option is enabled, but (2) or (3) above is not
true, the application runs without the shadow stack protection.
Existing legacy applications will continue to work without the shadow
stack protection.

The user-mode shadow stack protection is only implemented for the
64-bit kernel. Thirty-two bit applications are supported under the
compatibility mode.

Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/Makefile | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1a0be022f91d..808aa3aecf3c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1913,6 +1913,30 @@ config X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS

If unsure, say y.

+config X86_INTEL_CET
+ def_bool n
+
+config ARCH_HAS_SHSTK
+ def_bool n
+
+config X86_INTEL_SHADOW_STACK_USER
+ prompt "Intel Shadow Stack for user-mode"
+ def_bool n
+ depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && X86_64
+ select X86_INTEL_CET
+ select ARCH_HAS_SHSTK
+ ---help---
+ Shadow stack provides hardware protection against program stack
+ corruption. Only when all the following are true will an application
+ have the shadow stack protection: the kernel supports it (i.e. this
+ feature is enabled), the application is compiled and linked with
+ shadow stack enabled, and the processor supports this feature.
+ When the kernel has this configuration enabled, existing non shadow
+ stack applications will continue to work, but without shadow stack
+ protection.
+
+ If unsure, say y.
+
config EFI
bool "EFI runtime service support"
depends on ACPI
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 8f6e7eb8ae9f..b28842b80295 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32
endif
export CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI

+# Check assembler shadow stack suppot
+ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_SHADOW_STACK_USER
+ ifeq ($(call as-instr, saveprevssp, y),)
+ $(error CONFIG_X86_INTEL_SHADOW_STACK_USER not supported by the assembler)
+ endif
+endif
+
#
# If the function graph tracer is used with mcount instead of fentry,
# '-maccumulate-outgoing-args' is needed to prevent a GCC bug
--
2.17.1