From 09794f68936a017e5632774c3e4450bebbcca2cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 02:50:07 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] x86/fred: Disallow the swapgs instruction when FRED is enabled SWAPGS is no longer needed thus NOT allowed with FRED because FRED transitions ensure that an operating system can _always_ operate with its own GS base address: - For events that occur in ring 3, FRED event delivery swaps the GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR. - ERETU (the FRED transition that returns to ring 3) also swaps the GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR. And the operating system can still setup the GS segment for a user thread without the need of loading a user thread GS with: - Using LKGS, available with FRED, to modify other attributes of the GS segment without compromising its ability always to operate with its own GS base address. - Accessing the GS segment base address for a user thread as before using RDMSR or WRMSR on the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR. Note, LKGS loads the GS base address into the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR instead of the GS segment's descriptor cache. As such, the operating system never changes its runtime GS base address. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) Signed-off-by: Xin Li Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Tested-by: Shan Kang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231205105030.8698-19-xin3.li@intel.com --- arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c index 0f78b58021bb2..4f87f5987ae8c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c @@ -166,7 +166,29 @@ static noinstr unsigned long __rdgsbase_inactive(void) lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); - if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) { + /* + * SWAPGS is no longer needed thus NOT allowed with FRED because + * FRED transitions ensure that an operating system can _always_ + * operate with its own GS base address: + * - For events that occur in ring 3, FRED event delivery swaps + * the GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR. + * - ERETU (the FRED transition that returns to ring 3) also swaps + * the GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR. + * + * And the operating system can still setup the GS segment for a + * user thread without the need of loading a user thread GS with: + * - Using LKGS, available with FRED, to modify other attributes + * of the GS segment without compromising its ability always to + * operate with its own GS base address. + * - Accessing the GS segment base address for a user thread as + * before using RDMSR or WRMSR on the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR. + * + * Note, LKGS loads the GS base address into the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE + * MSR instead of the GS segment’s descriptor cache. As such, the + * operating system never changes its runtime GS base address. + */ + if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED) && + !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) { native_swapgs(); gsbase = rdgsbase(); native_swapgs(); @@ -191,7 +213,8 @@ static noinstr void __wrgsbase_inactive(unsigned long gsbase) { lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); - if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) { + if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED) && + !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) { native_swapgs(); wrgsbase(gsbase); native_swapgs(); -- 2.30.2