[tip: x86/urgent] x86/speculation: Allow enabling STIBP with legacy IBRS

tip-bot2 for KP Singh
2023-02-27T19:59:16Z

The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 6921ed9049bc7457f66c1596c5b78aec0dae4a9d
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/6921ed9049bc7457f66c1596c5b78aec0dae4a9d
Author: KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 07:05:40 +01:00
Committer: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 18:57:09 +01:00

x86/speculation: Allow enabling STIBP with legacy IBRS

When plain IBRS is enabled (not enhanced IBRS), the logic in
spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation() determines that STIBP is not needed.

The IBRS bit implicitly protects against cross-thread branch target
injection. However, with legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit is cleared on
returning to userspace for performance reasons which leaves userspace
threads vulnerable to cross-thread branch target injection against which
STIBP protects.

Exclude IBRS from the spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode() check to allow for
enabling STIBP (through seccomp/prctl() by default or always-on, if
selected by spectre_v2_user kernel cmdline parameter).

[ bp: Massage. ]

Fixes: 7c693f54c873 ("x86/speculation: Add spectre_v2=ibrs option to support Kernel IBRS")
Reported-by: José Oliveira <joseloliveira11@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Rodrigo Branco <rodrigo@kernelhacking.com>
Signed-off-by: KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230220120127.1975241-1-kpsingh@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230221184908.2349578-1-kpsingh@kernel.org
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index cf81848..f9d060e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1133,14 +1133,18 @@ spectre_v2_parse_user_cmdline(void)
return SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO;
}

-static inline bool spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode)
+static inline bool spectre_v2_in_eibrs_mode(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode)
{
- return mode == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS ||
- mode == SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS ||
+ return mode == SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS ||
mode == SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS_RETPOLINE ||
mode == SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS_LFENCE;
}

+static inline bool spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode)
+{
+ return spectre_v2_in_eibrs_mode(mode) || mode == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS;
+}
+
static void __init
spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(void)
{
@@ -1203,12 +1207,19 @@ spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(void)
}

/*
- * If no STIBP, IBRS or enhanced IBRS is enabled, or SMT impossible,
- * STIBP is not required.
+ * If no STIBP, enhanced IBRS is enabled, or SMT impossible, STIBP
+ * is not required.
+ *
+ * Enhanced IBRS also protects against cross-thread branch target
+ * injection in user-mode as the IBRS bit remains always set which
+ * implicitly enables cross-thread protections. However, in legacy IBRS
+ * mode, the IBRS bit is set only on kernel entry and cleared on return
+ * to userspace. This disables the implicit cross-thread protection,
+ * so allow for STIBP to be selected in that case.
*/
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP) ||
!smt_possible ||
- spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(spectre_v2_enabled))
+ spectre_v2_in_eibrs_mode(spectre_v2_enabled))
return;

/*
@@ -2340,7 +2351,7 @@ static ssize_t mmio_stale_data_show_state(char *buf)

static char *stibp_state(void)
{
- if (spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(spectre_v2_enabled))
+ if (spectre_v2_in_eibrs_mode(spectre_v2_enabled))
return "";

switch (spectre_v2_user_stibp) {