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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/entry-common.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 |
6 files changed, 34 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst index e73fdff62c0a..c58c72362911 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst @@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ The kernel provides a function to invoke the buffer clearing: mds_clear_cpu_buffers() +Also macro CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS can be used in ASM late in exit-to-user path. +Other than CFLAGS.ZF, this macro doesn't clobber any registers. + The mitigation is invoked on kernel/userspace, hypervisor/guest and C-state (idle) transitions. @@ -138,17 +141,30 @@ Mitigation points When transitioning from kernel to user space the CPU buffers are flushed on affected CPUs when the mitigation is not disabled on the kernel - command line. The migitation is enabled through the static key - mds_user_clear. - - The mitigation is invoked in prepare_exit_to_usermode() which covers - all but one of the kernel to user space transitions. The exception - is when we return from a Non Maskable Interrupt (NMI), which is - handled directly in do_nmi(). - - (The reason that NMI is special is that prepare_exit_to_usermode() can - enable IRQs. In NMI context, NMIs are blocked, and we don't want to - enable IRQs with NMIs blocked.) + command line. The mitigation is enabled through the feature flag + X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF. + + The mitigation is invoked just before transitioning to userspace after + user registers are restored. This is done to minimize the window in + which kernel data could be accessed after VERW e.g. via an NMI after + VERW. + + **Corner case not handled** + Interrupts returning to kernel don't clear CPUs buffers since the + exit-to-user path is expected to do that anyways. But, there could be + a case when an NMI is generated in kernel after the exit-to-user path + has cleared the buffers. This case is not handled and NMI returning to + kernel don't clear CPU buffers because: + + 1. It is rare to get an NMI after VERW, but before returning to userspace. + 2. For an unprivileged user, there is no known way to make that NMI + less rare or target it. + 3. It would take a large number of these precisely-timed NMIs to mount + an actual attack. There's presumably not enough bandwidth. + 4. The NMI in question occurs after a VERW, i.e. when user state is + restored and most interesting data is already scrubbed. Whats left + is only the data that NMI touches, and that may or may not be of + any interest. 2. C-State transition diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/entry-common.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/entry-common.h index ce8f50192ae3..7e523bb3d2d3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/entry-common.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/entry-common.h @@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ static inline void arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs, static __always_inline void arch_exit_to_user_mode(void) { - mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers(); amd_clear_divider(); } #define arch_exit_to_user_mode arch_exit_to_user_mode diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h index 077083ec81cb..2aa52cab1e46 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h @@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_to_cond_stibp); DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_cond_ibpb); DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_always_ibpb); -DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mds_user_clear); DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mds_idle_clear); DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_cond_l1d_flush); @@ -575,17 +574,6 @@ static __always_inline void mds_clear_cpu_buffers(void) } /** - * mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers - Mitigation for MDS and TAA vulnerability - * - * Clear CPU buffers if the corresponding static key is enabled - */ -static __always_inline void mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers(void) -{ - if (static_branch_likely(&mds_user_clear)) - mds_clear_cpu_buffers(); -} - -/** * mds_idle_clear_cpu_buffers - Mitigation for MDS vulnerability * * Clear CPU buffers if the corresponding static key is enabled diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index bb0ab8466b91..48d049cd74e7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_cond_ibpb); /* Control unconditional IBPB in switch_mm() */ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_always_ibpb); -/* Control MDS CPU buffer clear before returning to user space */ -DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mds_user_clear); -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mds_user_clear); /* Control MDS CPU buffer clear before idling (halt, mwait) */ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mds_idle_clear); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mds_idle_clear); @@ -252,7 +249,7 @@ static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void) if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR)) mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_VMWERV; - static_branch_enable(&mds_user_clear); + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF); if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_BUG_MSBDS_ONLY) && (mds_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt())) @@ -356,7 +353,7 @@ static void __init taa_select_mitigation(void) * For guests that can't determine whether the correct microcode is * present on host, enable the mitigation for UCODE_NEEDED as well. */ - static_branch_enable(&mds_user_clear); + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF); if (taa_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt()) cpu_smt_disable(false); @@ -424,7 +421,7 @@ static void __init mmio_select_mitigation(void) */ if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS) || (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_TAA) && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RTM))) - static_branch_enable(&mds_user_clear); + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF); else static_branch_enable(&mmio_stale_data_clear); @@ -484,12 +481,12 @@ static void __init md_clear_update_mitigation(void) if (cpu_mitigations_off()) return; - if (!static_key_enabled(&mds_user_clear)) + if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF)) goto out; /* - * mds_user_clear is now enabled. Update MDS, TAA and MMIO Stale Data - * mitigation, if necessary. + * X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF is now enabled. Update MDS, TAA and MMIO + * Stale Data mitigation, if necessary. */ if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_OFF && boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS)) { diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c index 17e955ab69fe..3082cf24b69e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c @@ -563,9 +563,6 @@ nmi_restart: } if (this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_state)) goto nmi_restart; - - if (user_mode(regs)) - mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers(); } #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_INTEL) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index 1111d9d08903..db8a5fe7edf6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -7227,7 +7227,7 @@ static noinstr void vmx_vcpu_enter_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, /* L1D Flush includes CPU buffer clear to mitigate MDS */ if (static_branch_unlikely(&vmx_l1d_should_flush)) vmx_l1d_flush(vcpu); - else if (static_branch_unlikely(&mds_user_clear)) + else if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF)) mds_clear_cpu_buffers(); else if (static_branch_unlikely(&mmio_stale_data_clear) && kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(vcpu->kvm)) |