Re: [PATCH v2 05/39] x86: Base IBT bits

[Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 03:51:43PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Add Kconfig, Makefile and basic instruction support for x86 IBT.
> 
> XXX clang is not playing ball, probably lld being 'funny', I'm having
> problems with .plt entries appearing all over after linking.

I'll try to look into this; I know you've been chatting with Nathan
about it. Is there an open bug for it? (And any kind of reproducer
smaller than a 39 patch series we can show the linker folks?) :)

> [...]
> +config X86_KERNEL_IBT
> +	prompt "Indirect Branch Tracking"
> +	bool
> +	depends on X86_64 && CC_HAS_IBT
> +	help
> +	  Build the kernel with support for Indirect Branch Tracking, a
> +	  hardware supported CFI scheme. Any indirect call must land on

	  hardware support course-grain forward-edge Control Flow Integrity
	  protection. It enforces that all indirect calls must land on

> +	  an ENDBR instruction, as such, the compiler will litter the
> +	  code with them to make this happen.

"litter the code" -> "instrument the machine code".


> +
>  config X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
>  	prompt "Memory Protection Keys"
>  	def_bool y
> --- a/arch/x86/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ endif
>  
>  # How to compile the 16-bit code.  Note we always compile for -march=i386;
>  # that way we can complain to the user if the CPU is insufficient.
> -REALMODE_CFLAGS	:= -m16 -g -Os -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING \
> +REALMODE_CFLAGS	:= -m16 -g -Os -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS \
>  		   -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -march=i386 -mregparm=3 \
>  		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-pic \
>  		   -mno-mmx -mno-sse $(call cc-option,-fcf-protection=none)

This change seems important separately from this patch, yes? (Or at
least a specific call-out in the commit log.)

Otherwise, looks good.

-- 
Kees Cook