[PATCH v2] ARM: Implement Clang's SLS mitigation

From: Jian Cai
Date: Fri Feb 12 2021 - 14:54:21 EST


This patch adds CONFIG_HARDEN_SLS_ALL that can be used to turn on
-mharden-sls=all, which mitigates the straight-line speculation
vulnerability, speculative execution of the instruction following some
unconditional jumps. Notice -mharden-sls= has other options as below,
and this config turns on the strongest option.

all: enable all mitigations against Straight Line Speculation that are implemented.
none: disable all mitigations against Straight Line Speculation.
retbr: enable the mitigation against Straight Line Speculation for RET and BR instructions.
blr: enable the mitigation against Straight Line Speculation for BLR instructions.

Link: https://reviews.llvm.org/D93221
Link: https://reviews.llvm.org/D81404
Link: https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/downloads/straight-line-speculation
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability/frequently-asked-questions#SLS2

Suggested-by: Manoj Gupta <manojgupta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jian Cai <jiancai@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes v1 -> v2:
Update the description and patch based on Nathan and David's comments.

arch/arm/Makefile | 4 ++++
arch/arm64/Makefile | 4 ++++
security/Kconfig.hardening | 7 +++++++
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 4aaec9599e8a..11d89ef32da9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ CHECKFLAGS += -D__ARMEL__
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL
endif

+ifeq ($(CONFIG_HARDEN_SLS_ALL), y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mharden-sls=all
+endif
+
#
# The Scalar Replacement of Aggregates (SRA) optimization pass in GCC 4.9 and
# later may result in code being generated that handles signed short and signed
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 90309208bb28..ca7299b356a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ $(warning LSE atomics not supported by binutils)
endif
endif

+ifeq ($(CONFIG_HARDEN_SLS_ALL), y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mharden-sls=all
+endif
+
cc_has_k_constraint := $(call try-run,echo \
'int main(void) { \
asm volatile("and w0, w0, %w0" :: "K" (4294967295)); \
diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index 269967c4fc1b..9266d8d1f78f 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ choice

endchoice

+config HARDEN_SLS_ALL
+ bool "enable SLS vulnerability hardening"
+ def_bool $(cc-option,-mharden-sls=all)
+ help
+ Enables straight-line speculation vulnerability hardening
+ at highest level.
+
config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE
bool "Report forcefully initialized variables"
depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
--
2.30.0.478.g8a0d178c01-goog