Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/cfi: Fix ret_from_fork indirect calls

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Jun 21 2023 - 14:34:25 EST


On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 08:16:59PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 11:08:46AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>
> > Ah yeah, it should be direct-called only. I keep forgetting about the
> > endbr removal pass.
> >
> > > I can't seem to manage to have it clobber it's __cfi hash value. Ideally
> > > we'd have an attribute to force the thing to 0 or something.
> >
> > Doesn't objtool have logic to figure out this is only ever
> > direct-called?
>
> It does; let me also use that same thing to clobber the kCFI hashes for
> these functions.

Completely untested... gotta go put the kids to bed. I'll try later.

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -778,6 +778,8 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_ret

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT

+static void poison_hash(void *addr);
+
static void __init_or_module poison_endbr(void *addr, bool warn)
{
u32 endbr, poison = gen_endbr_poison();
@@ -802,6 +804,9 @@ static void __init_or_module poison_endb

/*
* Generated by: objtool --ibt
+ *
+ * Seal the functions for indirect calls by clobbering the ENDBR instructions
+ * and the kCFI hash value.
*/
void __init_or_module noinline apply_ibt_endbr(s32 *start, s32 *end)
{
@@ -812,7 +817,7 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_ibt

poison_endbr(addr, true);
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FINEIBT))
- poison_endbr(addr - 16, false);
+ poison_hash(addr - 16);
}
}

@@ -1193,6 +1198,38 @@ static void __apply_fineibt(s32 *start_r
pr_err("Something went horribly wrong trying to rewrite the CFI implementation.\n");
}

+static inline void __poison_hash(void *addr)
+{
+ *(u32 *)hash = 0;
+}
+
+static void poison_hash(void *addr)
+{
+ switch (cfi_mode) {
+ case CFI_FINEIBT:
+ /*
+ * __cfi_\func:
+ * osp nopl (%rax)
+ * subl $0, %r10d
+ * jz 1f
+ * ud2
+ * 1: nop
+ */
+ poison_endbr(addr, false);
+ __poison_hash(addr + 7);
+ break;
+
+ case CFI_KCFI:
+ /*
+ * __cfi_\func:
+ * movl $0, %eax
+ * .skip 11, 0x90
+ */
+ __poison_hash(addr + 1);
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
#else

static void __apply_fineibt(s32 *start_retpoline, s32 *end_retpoline,
@@ -1200,6 +1237,8 @@ static void __apply_fineibt(s32 *start_r
{
}

+static void poison_hash(void *addr) { }
+
#endif

void apply_fineibt(s32 *start_retpoline, s32 *end_retpoline,