From f79643787e0a0762d2409b7b8334e83f22d85695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Piggin Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:59:12 +1100 Subject: powerpc/64s: flush L1D on kernel entry IBM Power9 processors can speculatively operate on data in the L1 cache before it has been completely validated, via a way-prediction mechanism. It is not possible for an attacker to determine the contents of impermissible memory using this method, since these systems implement a combination of hardware and software security measures to prevent scenarios where protected data could be leaked. However these measures don't address the scenario where an attacker induces the operating system to speculatively execute instructions using data that the attacker controls. This can be used for example to speculatively bypass "kernel user access prevention" techniques, as discovered by Anthony Steinhauser of Google's Safeside Project. This is not an attack by itself, but there is a possibility it could be used in conjunction with side-channels or other weaknesses in the privileged code to construct an attack. This issue can be mitigated by flushing the L1 cache between privilege boundaries of concern. This patch flushes the L1 cache on kernel entry. This is part of the fix for CVE-2020-4788. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h') diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h index b0af97add751..06a48219bbf2 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h @@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ label##3: \ FTR_ENTRY_OFFSET 955b-956b; \ .popsection; +#define ENTRY_FLUSH_FIXUP_SECTION \ +957: \ + .pushsection __entry_flush_fixup,"a"; \ + .align 2; \ +958: \ + FTR_ENTRY_OFFSET 957b-958b; \ + .popsection; + #define RFI_FLUSH_FIXUP_SECTION \ 951: \ .pushsection __rfi_flush_fixup,"a"; \ @@ -237,8 +245,10 @@ label##3: \ #include extern long stf_barrier_fallback; +extern long entry_flush_fallback; extern long __start___stf_entry_barrier_fixup, __stop___stf_entry_barrier_fixup; extern long __start___stf_exit_barrier_fixup, __stop___stf_exit_barrier_fixup; +extern long __start___entry_flush_fixup, __stop___entry_flush_fixup; extern long __start___rfi_flush_fixup, __stop___rfi_flush_fixup; extern long __start___barrier_nospec_fixup, __stop___barrier_nospec_fixup; extern long __start__btb_flush_fixup, __stop__btb_flush_fixup; -- cgit From 9a32a7e78bd0cd9a9b6332cbdc345ee5ffd0c5de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Piggin Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:59:13 +1100 Subject: powerpc/64s: flush L1D after user accesses IBM Power9 processors can speculatively operate on data in the L1 cache before it has been completely validated, via a way-prediction mechanism. It is not possible for an attacker to determine the contents of impermissible memory using this method, since these systems implement a combination of hardware and software security measures to prevent scenarios where protected data could be leaked. However these measures don't address the scenario where an attacker induces the operating system to speculatively execute instructions using data that the attacker controls. This can be used for example to speculatively bypass "kernel user access prevention" techniques, as discovered by Anthony Steinhauser of Google's Safeside Project. This is not an attack by itself, but there is a possibility it could be used in conjunction with side-channels or other weaknesses in the privileged code to construct an attack. This issue can be mitigated by flushing the L1 cache between privilege boundaries of concern. This patch flushes the L1 cache after user accesses. This is part of the fix for CVE-2020-4788. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h') diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h index 06a48219bbf2..fbd406cd6916 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/feature-fixups.h @@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ label##3: \ FTR_ENTRY_OFFSET 955b-956b; \ .popsection; +#define UACCESS_FLUSH_FIXUP_SECTION \ +959: \ + .pushsection __uaccess_flush_fixup,"a"; \ + .align 2; \ +960: \ + FTR_ENTRY_OFFSET 959b-960b; \ + .popsection; + #define ENTRY_FLUSH_FIXUP_SECTION \ 957: \ .pushsection __entry_flush_fixup,"a"; \ @@ -248,6 +256,7 @@ extern long stf_barrier_fallback; extern long entry_flush_fallback; extern long __start___stf_entry_barrier_fixup, __stop___stf_entry_barrier_fixup; extern long __start___stf_exit_barrier_fixup, __stop___stf_exit_barrier_fixup; +extern long __start___uaccess_flush_fixup, __stop___uaccess_flush_fixup; extern long __start___entry_flush_fixup, __stop___entry_flush_fixup; extern long __start___rfi_flush_fixup, __stop___rfi_flush_fixup; extern long __start___barrier_nospec_fixup, __stop___barrier_nospec_fixup; -- cgit