[PATCH v10 10/13] x86: Enable User-Mode Instruction Prevention

From: Ricardo Neri
Date: Fri Oct 27 2017 - 19:54:10 EST


User-Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is enabled by setting/clearing a
bit in %cr4.

It makes sense to enable UMIP at some point while booting, before user
spaces come up. Like SMAP and SMEP, is not critical to have it enabled
very early during boot. This is because UMIP is relevant only when there is
a userspace to be protected from. Given the similarities in relevance, it
makes sense to enable UMIP along with SMAP and SMEP.

At the moment, UMIP is disabled by default. It can be enabled at build
time by selecting CONFIG_X86_INTEL_UMIP. If enabled at build time, it can
be disabled at run time by adding clearcpuid=514 to the kernel parameters.

Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chen Yucong <slaoub@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ravi V. Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index ecf2cf3..1579a71 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1803,6 +1803,16 @@ config X86_SMAP

If unsure, say Y.

+config X86_INTEL_UMIP
+ def_bool n
+ depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
+ prompt "Intel User Mode Instruction Prevention" if EXPERT
+ ---help---
+ The User Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) is a security
+ feature in newer Intel processors. If enabled, a general
+ protection fault is issued if the instructions SGDT, SLDT,
+ SIDT, SMSW and STR are executed in user mode.
+
config X86_INTEL_MPX
prompt "Intel MPX (Memory Protection Extensions)"
def_bool n
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 09b8a99..3e6b9ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -329,6 +329,28 @@ static __always_inline void setup_smap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
}
}

+static __always_inline void setup_umip(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ /* Check the boot processor, plus build option for UMIP. */
+ if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_UMIP))
+ goto out;
+
+ /* Check the current processor's cpuid bits. */
+ if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_UMIP))
+ goto out;
+
+ cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_UMIP);
+
+ return;
+
+out:
+ /*
+ * Make sure UMIP is disabled in case it was enabled in a
+ * previous boot (e.g., via kexec).
+ */
+ cr4_clear_bits(X86_CR4_UMIP);
+}
+
/*
* Protection Keys are not available in 32-bit mode.
*/
@@ -1147,9 +1169,10 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
/* Disable the PN if appropriate */
squash_the_stupid_serial_number(c);

- /* Set up SMEP/SMAP */
+ /* Set up SMEP/SMAP/UMIP */
setup_smep(c);
setup_smap(c);
+ setup_umip(c);

/*
* The vendor-specific functions might have changed features.
--
2.7.4