Re: [PATCH v5 09/10] arm64: add sysfs vulnerability show for speculative store bypass

From: Jeremy Linton
Date: Fri Mar 01 2019 - 11:41:26 EST


Hi,

On 3/1/19 1:02 AM, Andre Przywara wrote:
Hi,

On 2/26/19 7:05 PM, Jeremy Linton wrote:
Return status based on ssbd_state and the arm64 SSBS feature. If
the mitigation is disabled, or the firmware isn't responding then
return the expected machine state based on a new blacklist of known
vulnerable cores.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
index 5f5611d17dc1..e1b03f643799 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ static int detect_harden_bp_fw(void)
 DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(u64, arm64_ssbd_callback_required);
 int ssbd_state __read_mostly = ARM64_SSBD_KERNEL;
+static bool __ssb_safe = true;
 static const struct ssbd_options {
ÂÂÂÂÂ const charÂÂÂ *str;
@@ -387,6 +388,9 @@ static bool has_ssbd_mitigation(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
ÂÂÂÂÂ WARN_ON(scope != SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU || preemptible());
+ÂÂÂ if (is_midr_in_range_list(read_cpuid_id(), entry->midr_range_list))
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ __ssb_safe = false;

Is that the only place where we set it to false?
What about if firmware reports that (at least one core) is vulnerable?

Maybe.. Normally if the firmware is functional enough to report the core state, then I would expect the kernel mitigation to be enabled. But your right, if the mitigation is disabled then it might be possible for us to miss the blacklist and report the machine safe even if the firmware reports it vulnerable.

The core problem though is really that the blacklist isn't complete, because we also report an incorrect state if the firmware fails to respond. Although that said, there are still some other interesting paths here which might fall into the "unknown" case if you get creative enough (ex: think force disabling a SSBS mitigated machine).

Anyway, its probably worth flagging the machine vulnerable if we get SMCC_RET_SUCCESS to avoid cases which miss the blacklist.



+
ÂÂÂÂÂ if (this_cpu_has_cap(ARM64_SSBS)) {
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ required = false;
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ goto out_printmsg;
@@ -420,6 +424,7 @@ static bool has_ssbd_mitigation(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ssbd_state = ARM64_SSBD_UNKNOWN;
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ return false;
+ÂÂÂ /* machines with mixed mitigation requirements must not return this */
ÂÂÂÂÂ case SMCCC_RET_NOT_REQUIRED:
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ pr_info_once("%s mitigation not required\n", entry->desc);
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ssbd_state = ARM64_SSBD_MITIGATED;
@@ -475,6 +480,16 @@ static bool has_ssbd_mitigation(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
ÂÂÂÂÂ return required;
 }
+/* known vulnerable cores */
+static const struct midr_range arm64_ssb_cpus[] = {
+ÂÂÂ MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A57),
+ÂÂÂ MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A72),
+ÂÂÂ MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A73),
+ÂÂÂ MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A75),
+ÂÂÂ MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A76),
+ÂÂÂ {},
+};
+
 static void __maybe_unused
 cpu_enable_cache_maint_trap(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *__unused)
 {
@@ -770,6 +785,7 @@ const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_errata[] = {
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ .capability = ARM64_SSBD,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ .type = ARM64_CPUCAP_LOCAL_CPU_ERRATUM,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ .matches = has_ssbd_mitigation,
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ .midr_range_list = arm64_ssb_cpus,
ÂÂÂÂÂ },
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1188873
ÂÂÂÂÂ {
@@ -808,3 +824,30 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v2(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
ÂÂÂÂÂ return sprintf(buf, "Vulnerable\n");
 }
+
+ssize_t cpu_show_spec_store_bypass(struct device *dev,
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ÂÂÂ /*
+ÂÂÂÂ *Â Two assumptions: First, ssbd_state reflects the worse case
+ÂÂÂÂ *Â for hetrogenous machines, and that if SSBS is supported its

ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ heterogeneous

Cheers,
Andre.

+ÂÂÂÂ *Â supported by all cores.
+ÂÂÂÂ */
+ÂÂÂ switch (ssbd_state) {
+ÂÂÂ case ARM64_SSBD_MITIGATED:
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
+
+ÂÂÂ case ARM64_SSBD_KERNEL:
+ÂÂÂ case ARM64_SSBD_FORCE_ENABLE:
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (cpus_have_cap(ARM64_SSBS))
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_SSBD))
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ return sprintf(buf,
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ "Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled\n");
+ÂÂÂ }
+
+ÂÂÂ if (__ssb_safe)
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
+
+ÂÂÂ return sprintf(buf, "Vulnerable\n");
+}