From be04a6d1126b02c6a28741155b899d648739fc5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Deacon Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:15:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] arm64: use RET instruction for exiting the trampoline 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 Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas --- arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S index 031392ee5f47..6ceed4877daf 100644 --- 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_WORKAROUND_QCOM_FALKOR_E1003 msr vbar_el1, x30 add x30, x30, #(1b - tramp_vectors) isb - br x30 + ret .endm .macro tramp_exit, regsize = 64 -- 2.11.0