Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/retpoline,kprobes: Avoid treating rethunk as an indirect jump

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On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 09:17:05 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 09:47:23AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> 
> > > > If I understand correctly, all indirect jump will be replaced with JMP_NOSPEC.
> > > > If you read the insn_jump_into_range, I onlu jecks the jump code, not call.
> > > > So the functions only have indirect call still allow optprobe.
> > > 
> > > With the introduction of kCFI JMP_NOSPEC is no longer an equivalent to a
> > > C indirect jump.
> > 
> > If I understand correctly, kCFI is enabled by CFI_CLANG, and clang is not
> > using jump-tables by default, so we can focus on gcc. In that case
> > current check still work, correct?
> 
> IIRC clang can use jump tables, but like GCC needs RETPOLINE=n and
> IBT=n, so effectively nobody has them.

So if it requires RETPOLINE=n, current __indirect_thunk_start/end checking
is not required, right? (that code is embraced with "#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE")

> 
> The reason I did mention kCFI though is that kCFI has a larger 'indirect
> jump' sequence, and I'm not sure we've thought about what can go
> sideways if that's optprobed.

If I understand correctly, kCFI checks only indirect function call (check
pointer), so no jump tables. Or does it use indirect 'jump' ?

> 
> I suspect the UD2 that's in there will go 'funny' if it's relocated into
> an optprobe, as in, it'll not be recognised as a CFI fail.

UD2 can't be optprobed (kprobe neither) because it can change the dumped
BUG address...

Thank you,
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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>