# \[PATCH v7 06/11\] arm64: preserve x18 when CPU is suspended

- From: Sami Tolvanen \<samitolvanen@google.com\>
- Date: 2020-01-28 18:49:58 
- List: linux-arm-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2020/01/5846417
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2019/10/5749629/t/4.md

```text
Don't lose the current task's shadow stack when the CPU is suspended.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/mm/proc.S             | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h
index 8939c87c4dce..0cde2f473971 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/suspend.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_SUSPEND_H
 #define __ASM_SUSPEND_H
 
-#define NR_CTX_REGS 12
+#define NR_CTX_REGS 13
 #define NR_CALLEE_SAVED_REGS 12
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
index aafed6902411..7d37e3c70ff5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
  * cpu_do_suspend - save CPU registers context
  *
  * x0: virtual address of context pointer
+ *
+ * This must be kept in sync with struct cpu_suspend_ctx in <asm/suspend.h>.
  */
 SYM_FUNC_START(cpu_do_suspend)
 	mrs	x2, tpidr_el0
@@ -80,6 +82,11 @@ alternative_endif
 	stp	x8, x9, [x0, #48]
 	stp	x10, x11, [x0, #64]
 	stp	x12, x13, [x0, #80]
+	/*
+	 * Save x18 as it may be used as a platform register, e.g. by shadow
+	 * call stack.
+	 */
+	str	x18, [x0, #96]
 	ret
 SYM_FUNC_END(cpu_do_suspend)
 
@@ -96,6 +103,13 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(cpu_do_resume)
 	ldp	x9, x10, [x0, #48]
 	ldp	x11, x12, [x0, #64]
 	ldp	x13, x14, [x0, #80]
+	/*
+	 * Restore x18, as it may be used as a platform register, and clear
+	 * the buffer to minimize the risk of exposure when used for shadow
+	 * call stack.
+	 */
+	ldr	x18, [x0, #96]
+	str	xzr, [x0, #96]
 	msr	tpidr_el0, x2
 	msr	tpidrro_el0, x3
 	msr	contextidr_el1, x4
-- 
2.25.0.341.g760bfbb309-goog


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