Re: [PATCH v24 14/30] x86/mm: Shadow Stack page fault error checking

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 03:10:48PM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> Shadow stack accesses are those that are performed by the CPU where it
> expects to encounter a shadow stack mapping.  These accesses are performed
> implicitly by CALL/RET at the site of the shadow stack pointer.  These
> accesses are made explicitly by shadow stack management instructions like
> WRUSSQ.
> 
> Shadow stacks accesses to shadow-stack mapping can see faults in normal,
> valid operation just like regular accesses to regular mappings.  Shadow
> stacks need some of the same features like delayed allocation, swap and
> copy-on-write.
> 
> Shadow stack accesses can also result in errors, such as when a shadow
> stack overflows, or if a shadow stack access occurs to a non-shadow-stack
> mapping.
> 
> In handling a shadow stack page fault, verify it occurs within a shadow
> stack mapping.  It is always an error otherwise.  For valid shadow stack
> accesses, set FAULT_FLAG_WRITE to effect copy-on-write.  Because clearing
> _PAGE_DIRTY (vs. _PAGE_RW) is used to trigger the fault, shadow stack read
> fault and shadow stack write fault are not differentiated and both are
> handled as a write access.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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 Kirill A. Shutemov