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Re: [PATCH v7 28/41] x86: Introduce userspace API for shadow stack

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Date: 2023-03-08 10:28:32
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 02:29:44PM -0800, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <redacted>

Add three new arch_prctl() handles:

 - ARCH_SHSTK_ENABLE/DISABLE enables or disables the specified
   feature. Returns 0 on success or an error.
"... or a negative value on error."
 - ARCH_SHSTK_LOCK prevents future disabling or enabling of the
   specified feature. Returns 0 on success or an error
ditto.

What is the use case of the feature locking?

I'm under the simple assumption that once shstk is enabled for an app,
it remains so. I guess my question is rather, what's the use case for
enabling shadow stack and then disabling it later for an app...?
The features are handled per-thread and inherited over fork(2)/clone(2),
but reset on exec().

This is preparation patch. It does not implement any features.
That belongs under the "---" line I guess.
Tested-by: Pengfei Xu <redacted>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@amd.com>
Tested-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <redacted>
[tweaked with feedback from tglx]
Co-developed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>

---
v4:
 - Remove references to CET and replace with shadow stack (Peterz)

v3:
 - Move shstk.c Makefile changes earlier (Kees)
 - Add #ifdef around features_locked and features (Kees)
 - Encapsulate features reset earlier in reset_thread_features() so
   features and features_locked are not referenced in code that would be
   compiled !CONFIG_X86_USER_SHADOW_STACK. (Kees)
 - Fix typo in commit log (Kees)
 - Switch arch_prctl() numbers to avoid conflict with LAM

v2:
 - Only allow one enable/disable per call (tglx)
 - Return error code like a normal arch_prctl() (Alexander Potapenko)
 - Make CET only (tglx)
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h  |  6 +++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/shstk.h      | 21 +++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/prctl.h |  6 +++++
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile          |  2 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c      |  7 ++++-
 arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c           | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/shstk.h
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c
...
+long shstk_prctl(struct task_struct *task, int option, unsigned long features)
+{
+	if (option == ARCH_SHSTK_LOCK) {
+		task->thread.features_locked |= features;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Don't allow via ptrace */
+	if (task != current)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Do not allow to change locked features */
+	if (features & task->thread.features_locked)
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	/* Only support enabling/disabling one feature at a time. */
+	if (hweight_long(features) > 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (option == ARCH_SHSTK_DISABLE) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
{} braces left over from some previous version. Can go now.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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