Re: [PATCH] x86/ibt: Implement FineIBT

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Sat Oct 22 2022 - 11:04:07 EST


On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 04:08:59PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 03:35:50PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FINEIBT
> > +/*
> > + * kCFI FineIBT
> > + *
> > + * __cfi_\func: __cfi_\func:
> > + * movl $0x12345678,%eax endbr64 // 4
> > + * nop subl $0x12345678,%r10d // 7
> > + * nop jz 1f // 2
> > + * nop ud2 // 2
> > + * nop 1: nop // 1
> > + * nop
> > + * nop
> > + * nop
> > + * nop
> > + * nop
> > + * nop
> > + * nop
>
> All the "CFI" naming everywhere is very unfortunate. We already have
> "call frame information" in both the toolchain and objtool.
>
> The feature is called "kCFI" anyway, can Clang call the symbols
> '__kcfi_*'?

I think the compiler patch is already merged in clang, not sure that's
still an option, Sami?

> > +++ b/tools/objtool/builtin-check.c
> > @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const struct option check_options[] = {
> > OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stackval", &opts.stackval, "validate frame pointer rules"),
> > OPT_BOOLEAN('t', "static-call", &opts.static_call, "annotate static calls"),
> > OPT_BOOLEAN('u', "uaccess", &opts.uaccess, "validate uaccess rules for SMAP"),
> > + OPT_BOOLEAN(0 , "cfi", &opts.cfi, "generate cfi_sites"),
>
> "annotate kernel control flow integrity (kCFI) function preambles" ?

Sure.

> > +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> > @@ -861,6 +861,62 @@ static int create_ibt_endbr_seal_section
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +static int create_cfi_sections(struct objtool_file *file)
> > +{
> > + struct section *sec, *s;
> > + struct symbol *sym;
> > + unsigned int *loc;
> > + int idx;
> > +
> > + sec = find_section_by_name(file->elf, ".cfi_sites");
> > + if (sec) {
> > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->call_list);
> > + WARN("file already has .cfi_sites section, skipping");
> > + return 0;
> > + }
> > +
> > + idx = 0;
> > + for_each_sec(file, s) {
> > + if (!s->text)
> > + continue;
> > +
> > + list_for_each_entry(sym, &s->symbol_list, list) {
> > + if (strncmp(sym->name, "__cfi_", 6))
> > + continue;
>
> Also make sure it's STT_FUNC.

OK.