Re: [BUG][PATCH] crypto: arm64: Avoid indirect branch to bti_c

From: Will Deacon
Date: Tue Oct 06 2020 - 04:27:56 EST


On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 10:48:54PM -0500, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> The AES code uses a 'br x7' as part of a function called by
> a macro. That branch needs a bti_j as a target. This results
> in a panic as seen below. Instead of trying to replace the branch
> target with a bti_jc, lets replace the indirect branch with a
> bl/ret, bl sequence that can target the existing bti_c.
>
> Bad mode in Synchronous Abort handler detected on CPU1, code 0x34000003 -- BTI
> CPU: 1 PID: 265 Comm: cryptomgr_test Not tainted 5.8.11-300.fc33.aarch64 #1
> pstate: 20400c05 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO BTYPE=j-)
> pc : aesbs_encrypt8+0x0/0x5f0 [aes_neon_bs]
> lr : aesbs_xts_encrypt+0x48/0xe0 [aes_neon_bs]
> sp : ffff80001052b730
>
> aesbs_encrypt8+0x0/0x5f0 [aes_neon_bs]
> __xts_crypt+0xb0/0x2dc [aes_neon_bs]
> xts_encrypt+0x28/0x3c [aes_neon_bs]
> crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x50/0x84
> simd_skcipher_encrypt+0xc8/0xe0
> crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x50/0x84
> test_skcipher_vec_cfg+0x224/0x5f0
> test_skcipher+0xbc/0x120
> alg_test_skcipher+0xa0/0x1b0
> alg_test+0x3dc/0x47c
> cryptomgr_test+0x38/0x60
>
> Fixes: commit 0e89640b640d ("crypto: arm64 - Use modern annotations for assembly functions")

nit: the "commit" string shouldn't be here, and I think the linux-next
scripts will yell at us if we don't remove it.

> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S
> index b357164379f6..32f53ebe5e2c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S
> @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__xts_crypt8)
>
> 0: mov bskey, x21
> mov rounds, x22
> - br x7
> + ret
> SYM_FUNC_END(__xts_crypt8)
>
> .macro __xts_crypt, do8, o0, o1, o2, o3, o4, o5, o6, o7
> @@ -806,8 +806,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__xts_crypt8)
> uzp1 v30.4s, v30.4s, v25.4s
> ld1 {v25.16b}, [x24]
>
> -99: adr x7, \do8
> - bl __xts_crypt8
> +99: bl __xts_crypt8
> + bl \do8
>
> ldp q16, q17, [sp, #.Lframe_local_offset]
> ldp q18, q19, [sp, #.Lframe_local_offset + 32]

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

Catalin -- can you pick this for 5.9 please?

Will