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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2022-10-27 11:28:14 +0200
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2022-11-01 13:44:10 +0100
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parentobjtool: Add --cfi to generate the .cfi_sites section (diff)
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x86/ibt: Implement FineIBT
Implement an alternative CFI scheme that merges both the fine-grained nature of kCFI but also takes full advantage of the coarse grained hardware CFI as provided by IBT. To contrast: kCFI is a pure software CFI scheme and relies on being able to read text -- specifically the instruction *before* the target symbol, and does the hash validation *before* doing the call (otherwise control flow is compromised already). FineIBT is a software and hardware hybrid scheme; by ensuring every branch target starts with a hash validation it is possible to place the hash validation after the branch. This has several advantages: o the (hash) load is avoided; no memop; no RX requirement. o IBT WAIT-FOR-ENDBR state is a speculation stop; by placing the hash validation in the immediate instruction after the branch target there is a minimal speculation window and the whole is a viable defence against SpectreBHB. o Kees feels obliged to mention it is slightly more vulnerable when the attacker can write code. Obviously this patch relies on kCFI, but additionally it also relies on the padding from the call-depth-tracking patches. It uses this padding to place the hash-validation while the call-sites are re-written to modify the indirect target to be 16 bytes in front of the original target, thus hitting this new preamble. Notably, there is no hardware that needs call-depth-tracking (Skylake) and supports IBT (Tigerlake and onwards). Suggested-by: Joao Moreira (Intel) <joao@overdrivepizza.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221027092842.634714496@infradead.org
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