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x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation

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When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set
then entry_SYSENTER_compat() uses CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY and calls the
clear_bhb_loop() before the TF flag is cleared. This causes the #DB handler
(exc_debug_kernel()) to issue a warning because single-step is used outside the
entry_SYSENTER_compat() function.

To address this issue, entry_SYSENTER_compat() should use CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY
after making sure the TF flag is cleared.

The problem can be reproduced with the following sequence:

  $ cat sysenter_step.c
  int main()
  { asm("pushf; pop %ax; bts $8,%ax; push %ax; popf; sysenter"); }

  $ gcc -o sysenter_step sysenter_step.c

  $ ./sysenter_step
  Segmentation fault (core dumped)

The program is expected to crash, and the #DB handler will issue a warning.

Kernel log:

  WARNING: CPU: 27 PID: 7000 at arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:1009 exc_debug_kernel+0xd2/0x160
  ...
  RIP: 0010:exc_debug_kernel+0xd2/0x160
  ...
  Call Trace:
  <#DB>
   ? show_regs+0x68/0x80
   ? __warn+0x8c/0x140
   ? exc_debug_kernel+0xd2/0x160
   ? report_bug+0x175/0x1a0
   ? handle_bug+0x44/0x90
   ? exc_invalid_op+0x1c/0x70
   ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1f/0x30
   ? exc_debug_kernel+0xd2/0x160
   exc_debug+0x43/0x50
   asm_exc_debug+0x1e/0x40
  RIP: 0010:clear_bhb_loop+0x0/0xb0
  ...
  </#DB>
  <TASK>
   ? entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x8d
  </TASK>

  [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Fixes: 7390db8aea ("x86/bhi: Add support for clearing branch history at syscall entry")
Reported-by: Suman Maity <suman.m.maity@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240524070459.3674025-1-alexandre.chartre@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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Alexandre Chartre 2024-05-24 09:04:59 +02:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent e9a0643694
commit a765679def
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@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
cld
IBRS_ENTER
UNTRAIN_RET
CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY
/*
* SYSENTER doesn't filter flags, so we need to clear NT and AC
* ourselves. To save a few cycles, we can check whether
@ -117,6 +113,16 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
jnz .Lsysenter_fix_flags
.Lsysenter_flags_fixed:
/*
* CPU bugs mitigations mechanisms can call other functions. They
* should be invoked after making sure TF is cleared because
* single-step is ignored only for instructions inside the
* entry_SYSENTER_compat function.
*/
IBRS_ENTER
UNTRAIN_RET
CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY
movq %rsp, %rdi
call do_SYSENTER_32
/* XEN PV guests always use IRET path */