From: Bill Roberts <bill.roberts@arm.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>,
rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
x86@kernel.org
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
Bill Roberts <bill.roberts@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/5] selftests/x86: add shadow stack lock test
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:54:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260818225428.1983328-4-bill.roberts@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260818225428.1983328-1-bill.roberts@arm.com>
Add a test that locks the shadow stack write bit and then attempts to
disable write. The disable should fail with EPERM since it's in a locked
state. This also preserves the write bit being set for the whole test
suite as well as preserving the ability to unlock at the end.
---
.../testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c
index b52c5420c137..72e7329d89d7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,24 @@ int test_ptrace(void)
return 1;
}
+static int test_locking(void)
+{
+
+ if (ARCH_PRCTL(ARCH_SHSTK_LOCK, ARCH_SHSTK_WRSS)) {
+ printf("[FAIL]\tCould not lock Shadow stack write\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if (ARCH_PRCTL(ARCH_SHSTK_DISABLE, ARCH_SHSTK_WRSS) != -EPERM) {
+ printf("[FAIL]\tCould change Shadow stack write after lock\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ printf("[OK]\tShadow stack locking\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int ret = 0;
@@ -1079,12 +1097,33 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
return 1;
}
+ /* Note: test_shadow_stack_lock() needs write enabled */
if (ARCH_PRCTL(ARCH_SHSTK_ENABLE, ARCH_SHSTK_WRSS)) {
printf("[SKIP]\tCould not enable WRSS\n");
ret = 1;
goto out;
}
+ unsigned long status = 0;
+
+ if (ARCH_PRCTL(ARCH_SHSTK_STATUS, &status)) {
+ printf("[FAIL]\tCould not get Shadow stack status\n");
+ ret = 1;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (status != (ARCH_SHSTK_WRSS|ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK)) {
+ printf("[FAIL]\tStatus not as expected, got 0x%lx status, wanted: 0x%llx\n",
+ status, (ARCH_SHSTK_WRSS|ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK));
+ ret = 1;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (test_locking()) {
+ ret = 1;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
/* Should have succeeded if here, but this is a test, so double check. */
if (!get_ssp()) {
printf("[FAIL]\tShadow stack disabled\n");
--
2.55.0
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-20 15:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-18 22:54 [PATCH v3 0/5] x86: Support shstk via prctl Bill Roberts
2026-08-18 22:54 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] selftests/x86: fix Makefile dependencies Bill Roberts
2026-08-18 22:54 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] selftests/x86: fix fork bug Bill Roberts
2026-08-18 22:54 ` Bill Roberts [this message]
2026-08-18 22:54 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] x86/shstk: support via prctl Bill Roberts
2026-08-18 22:54 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] selftests/x86: add generic prctl shadow stack test Bill Roberts
2026-08-19 1:07 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] x86: Support shstk via prctl Bill Roberts
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