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authorLai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>2021-01-25 20:34:29 +0300
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2021-03-28 23:40:10 +0300
commit1591584e2e762edecefde403c44d9c26c9ff72c9 (patch)
tree01f5935e0be3b2ce212bfaf51b7ef725a523c97e /arch/x86
parent800c120ef4e3abb45d67a36d3e5532eb051efc3c (diff)
downloadlinux-1591584e2e762edecefde403c44d9c26c9ff72c9.tar.xz
x86/process/64: Move cpu_current_top_of_stack out of TSS
cpu_current_top_of_stack is currently stored in TSS.sp1. TSS is exposed through the cpu_entry_area which is visible with user CR3 when PTI is enabled and active. This makes it a coveted fruit for attackers. An attacker can fetch the kernel stack top from it and continue next steps of actions based on the kernel stack. But it is actualy not necessary to be stored in the TSS. It is only accessed after the entry code switched to kernel CR3 and kernel GS_BASE which means it can be in any regular percpu variable. The reason why it is in TSS is historical (pre PTI) because TSS is also used as scratch space in SYSCALL_64 and therefore cache hot. A syscall also needs the per CPU variable current_task and eventually __preempt_count, so placing cpu_current_top_of_stack next to them makes it likely that they end up in the same cache line which should avoid performance regressions. This is not enforced as the compiler is free to place these variables, so these entry relevant variables should move into a data structure to make this enforceable. The seccomp_benchmark doesn't show any performance loss in the "getpid native" test result. Actually, the result changes from 93ns before to 92ns with this change when KPTI is disabled. The test is very stable and although the test doesn't show a higher degree of precision it gives enough confidence that moving cpu_current_top_of_stack does not cause a regression. [ tglx: Removed unneeded export. Massaged changelog ] Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210125173444.22696-2-jiangshanlai@gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h10
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h7
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h8
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process.c7
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/pti.c7
6 files changed, 8 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 8b3ed21c9191..185142b84ebe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -314,11 +314,6 @@ struct x86_hw_tss {
struct x86_hw_tss {
u32 reserved1;
u64 sp0;
-
- /*
- * We store cpu_current_top_of_stack in sp1 so it's always accessible.
- * Linux does not use ring 1, so sp1 is not otherwise needed.
- */
u64 sp1;
/*
@@ -426,12 +421,7 @@ struct irq_stack {
char stack[IRQ_STACK_SIZE];
} __aligned(IRQ_STACK_SIZE);
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cpu_current_top_of_stack);
-#else
-/* The RO copy can't be accessed with this_cpu_xyz(), so use the RW copy. */
-#define cpu_current_top_of_stack cpu_tss_rw.x86_tss.sp1
-#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
struct fixed_percpu_data {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 9f69cc497f4b..b5f0d2ff47e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -71,12 +71,7 @@ static inline void update_task_stack(struct task_struct *task)
else
this_cpu_write(cpu_tss_rw.x86_tss.sp1, task->thread.sp0);
#else
- /*
- * x86-64 updates x86_tss.sp1 via cpu_current_top_of_stack. That
- * doesn't work on x86-32 because sp1 and
- * cpu_current_top_of_stack have different values (because of
- * the non-zero stack-padding on 32bit).
- */
+ /* Xen PV enters the kernel on the thread stack. */
if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XENPV))
load_sp0(task_top_of_stack(task));
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 06b740bae431..de406d93b515 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -197,13 +197,7 @@ static inline int arch_within_stack_frames(const void * const stack,
#endif
}
-#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-# define cpu_current_top_of_stack (cpu_tss_rw + TSS_sp1)
-#endif
-
-#endif
+#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
/*
* Thread-synchronous status.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 1aa5f0ac598f..340107800b36 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1748,6 +1748,8 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, hardirq_stack_inuse);
DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, __preempt_count) = INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT;
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(__preempt_count);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cpu_current_top_of_stack) = TOP_OF_INIT_STACK;
+
/* May not be marked __init: used by software suspend */
void syscall_init(void)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index cdfe5b4e99b3..43cbfc84153a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -63,14 +63,9 @@ __visible DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct tss_struct, cpu_tss_rw) = {
*/
.sp0 = (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)) + 1,
- /*
- * .sp1 is cpu_current_top_of_stack. The init task never
- * runs user code, but cpu_current_top_of_stack should still
- * be well defined before the first context switch.
- */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
.sp1 = TOP_OF_INIT_STACK,
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
.ss0 = __KERNEL_DS,
.ss1 = __KERNEL_CS,
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
index b377604fb112..5d5c7bb50ce9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -440,10 +440,9 @@ static void __init pti_clone_user_shared(void)
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
/*
- * The SYSCALL64 entry code needs to be able to find the
- * thread stack and needs one word of scratch space in which
- * to spill a register. All of this lives in the TSS, in
- * the sp1 and sp2 slots.
+ * The SYSCALL64 entry code needs one word of scratch space
+ * in which to spill a register. It lives in the sp2 slot
+ * of the CPU's TSS.
*
* This is done for all possible CPUs during boot to ensure
* that it's propagated to all mms.