Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] x86/head/64: Disable stack protection for head$(BITS).o

From: Arvind Sankar
Date: Fri Oct 16 2020 - 08:43:07 EST


On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 01:17:03PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 03:16:23PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> > On 64-bit, the startup_64_setup_env() function added in
> > 866b556efa12 ("x86/head/64: Install startup GDT")
> > has stack protection enabled because of set_bringup_idt_handler().
>
> Where? I don't see it.
>
> I have
>
> CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR=y
> # CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG is not set

You need STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG -- I was testing with defconfig and the
option is enabled by default. You also need AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT enabled,
which it looks like you do.

>
> and a __stack_chk_fail call is nowhere to be found in the resulting
> head64.s file.
>
> startup_64_setup_env:
> # arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:91: return ptr - (void *)_text + (void *)physaddr;
> leaq startup_gdt(%rdi), %rax #, tmp99
> # arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:91: return ptr - (void *)_text + (void *)physaddr;
> subq $_text, %rax #, tmp101
> movq %rax, startup_gdt_descr+2(%rip) # tmp101, startup_gdt_descr.address
> # ./arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h:209: asm volatile("lgdt %0"::"m" (*dtr));
> #APP
> # 209 "./arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h" 1
> lgdt startup_gdt_descr(%rip) # startup_gdt_descr
> # 0 "" 2
> # arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:600: asm volatile("movl %%eax, %%ds\n"
> #NO_APP
> movl $24, %eax #, tmp102
> #APP
> # 600 "arch/x86/kernel/head64.c" 1
> movl %eax, %ds
> movl %eax, %ss
> movl %eax, %es
>
> # 0 "" 2
> # arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:91: return ptr - (void *)_text + (void *)physaddr;
> #NO_APP
> leaq bringup_idt_table(%rdi), %r9 #, tmp105
> leaq bringup_idt_descr(%rdi), %r8 #, tmp103
> leaq vc_no_ghcb(%rdi), %rsi #, tmp107
> # arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:91: return ptr - (void *)_text + (void *)physaddr;
> subq $_text, %r9 #, _11
> subq $_text, %r8 #, _8
> subq $_text, %rsi #, tmp109
> # arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:572: set_bringup_idt_handler(idt, X86_TRAP_VC, handler);
> movq %r9, %rdi # _11,
> call set_bringup_idt_handler.constprop.0 #
> # arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:575: desc->address = (unsigned long)idt;
> movq %r9, 2(%r8) # _11, MEM[(struct desc_ptr *)_8].address
> # ./arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h:214: asm volatile("lidt %0"::"m" (*dtr));
> #APP
> # 214 "./arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h" 1
> lidt (%r8) # MEM[(const struct desc_ptr *)_8]
> # 0 "" 2
> # arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:605: }
> #NO_APP
> ret
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
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