Patch "[Variant 3/Meltdown] arm64: use RET instruction for exiting the trampoline" has been added to the 4.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    [Variant 3/Meltdown] arm64: use RET instruction for exiting the trampoline

to the 4.15-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     arm64-use-ret-instruction-for-exiting-the-trampoline.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.15 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From foo@baz Tue Feb 13 17:25:10 CET 2018
From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:15:59 +0000
Subject: [Variant 3/Meltdown] arm64: use RET instruction for exiting the trampoline

From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>


Commit be04a6d1126b upstream.

Speculation attacks against the entry trampoline can potentially resteer
the speculative instruction stream through the indirect branch and into
arbitrary gadgets within the kernel.

This patch defends against these attacks by forcing a misprediction
through the return stack: a dummy BL instruction loads an entry into
the stack, so that the predicted program flow of the subsequent RET
instruction is to a branch-to-self instruction which is finally resolved
as a branch to the kernel vectors with speculation suppressed.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S |   10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1029,6 +1029,14 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 	.if	\regsize == 64
 	msr	tpidrro_el0, x30	// Restored in kernel_ventry
 	.endif
+	/*
+	 * Defend against branch aliasing attacks by pushing a dummy
+	 * entry onto the return stack and using a RET instruction to
+	 * enter the full-fat kernel vectors.
+	 */
+	bl	2f
+	b	.
+2:
 	tramp_map_kernel	x30
 #ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
 	adr	x30, tramp_vectors + PAGE_SIZE
@@ -1041,7 +1049,7 @@ alternative_insn isb, nop, ARM64_WORKARO
 	msr	vbar_el1, x30
 	add	x30, x30, #(1b - tramp_vectors)
 	isb
-	br	x30
+	ret
 	.endm
 
 	.macro tramp_exit, regsize = 64


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from will.deacon@arm.com are

queue-4.15/arm64-make-user_ds-an-inclusive-limit.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-remove-pre_ttbr0_update_workaround-for-falkor-erratum-e1003.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-uaccess-don-t-bother-eliding-access_ok-checks-in-__-get-put-_user.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-cpufeature-pass-capability-structure-to-enable-callback.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-uaccess-mask-__user-pointers-for-__arch_-clear-copy_-_user.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-add-arm64_kernel_unmapped_at_el0-helper.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-entry-reword-comment-about-post_ttbr_update_workaround.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kaslr-put-kernel-vectors-address-in-separate-data-page.patch
queue-4.15/arm-arm64-smccc-make-function-identifiers-an-unsigned-quantity.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-move-bp-hardening-to-check_and_switch_context.patch
queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-advertise-smccc-v1.1.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-move-post_ttbr_update_workaround-to-c-code.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-turn-on-kpti-only-on-cpus-that-need-it.patch
queue-4.15/firmware-psci-expose-psci-conduit.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-force-kpti-to-be-disabled-on-cavium-thunderx.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-entry-apply-bp-hardening-for-high-priority-synchronous-exceptions.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kpti-fix-the-interaction-between-asid-switching-and-software-pan.patch
queue-4.15/firmware-psci-expose-smccc-version-through-psci_ops.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-permit-transitioning-from-global-to-non-global-without-bbm.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-allocate-asids-in-pairs.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-tls-avoid-unconditional-zeroing-of-tpidrro_el0-for-native-tasks.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-use-ret-instruction-for-exiting-the-trampoline.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-futex-mask-__user-pointers-prior-to-dereference.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-entry-explicitly-pass-exception-level-to-kernel_ventry-macro.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-implement-branch-predictor-hardening-for-affected-cortex-a-cpus.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kpti-make-use-of-ng-dependent-on-arm64_kernel_unmapped_at_el0.patch
queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-add-psci_version-helper.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kill-psci_get_version-as-a-variant-2-workaround.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-entry-ensure-branch-through-syscall-table-is-bounded-under-speculation.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-use-non-global-mappings-for-kernel-space.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-entry-apply-bp-hardening-for-suspicious-interrupts-from-el0.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-capabilities-handle-duplicate-entries-for-a-capability.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-entry-hook-up-entry-trampoline-to-exception-vectors.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-branch-predictor-hardening-for-cavium-thunderx2.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-uaccess-prevent-speculative-use-of-the-current-addr_limit.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-use-pointer-masking-to-limit-uaccess-speculation.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-add-arm_smccc_arch_workaround_1-bp-hardening-support.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-erratum-work-around-falkor-erratum-e1003-in-trampoline-code.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-fix-and-re-enable-arm64_sw_ttbr0_pan.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-invalidate-both-kernel-and-user-asids-when-performing-tlbi.patch
queue-4.15/drivers-firmware-expose-psci_get_version-through-psci_ops-structure.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-rename-post_ttbr0_update_workaround.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-map-entry-trampoline-into-trampoline-and-kernel-page-tables.patch
queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-turn-kvm_psci_version-into-a-static-inline.patch
queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-implement-psci-1.0-support.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kconfig-reword-unmap_kernel_at_el0-kconfig-entry.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-move-asid-from-ttbr0-to-ttbr1.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-introduce-ttbr_asid_mask-for-getting-at-the-asid-in-the-ttbr.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-add-smccc_arch_workaround_1-fast-handling.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-take-into-account-id_aa64pfr0_el1.csv3.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-cputype-add-missing-midr-values-for-cortex-a72-and-cortex-a75.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-report-smccc_arch_workaround_1-bp-hardening-support.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-barrier-add-csdb-macros-to-control-data-value-prediction.patch
queue-4.15/arm-arm64-smccc-implement-smccc-v1.1-inline-primitive.patch
queue-4.15/perf-arm_spe-fail-device-probe-when-arm64_kernel_unmapped_at_el0.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-implement-branch-predictor-hardening-for-falkor.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kconfig-add-config_unmap_kernel_at_el0.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-idmap-use-awx-flags-for-.idmap.text-.pushsection-directives.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-run-enable-method-for-errata-work-arounds-on-late-cpus.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-mm-temporarily-disable-arm64_sw_ttbr0_pan.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-entry-add-exception-trampoline-page-for-exceptions-from-el0.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-make-psci_version-a-fast-path.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-cpufeature-__this_cpu_has_cap-shouldn-t-stop-early.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-implement-array_index_mask_nospec.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kpti-add-enable-callback-to-remap-swapper-using-ng-mappings.patch
queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-consolidate-the-psci-include-files.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-add-skeleton-to-harden-the-branch-predictor-against-aliasing-attacks.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-cpu_errata-add-kryo-to-falkor-1003-errata.patch
queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-add-smccc-accessors-to-psci-code.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-entry-add-fake-cpu-feature-for-unmapping-the-kernel-at-el0.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-use-per-cpu-vector-when-bp-hardening-is-enabled.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-cputype-add-midr-values-for-cavium-thunderx2-cpus.patch
queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-increment-pc-after-handling-an-smc-trap.patch