Re: [PATCH v26 7/9] x86/vdso: Introduce ENDBR macro

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 01:47:18PM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> ENDBR is a special new instruction for the Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT)
> component of CET.  IBT prevents attacks by ensuring that (most) indirect
> branches and function calls may only land at ENDBR instructions.  Branches
> that don't follow the rules will result in control flow (#CF) exceptions.
> 
> ENDBR is a noop when IBT is unsupported or disabled.  Most ENDBR
> instructions are inserted automatically by the compiler, but branch
> targets written in assembly must have ENDBR added manually.
> 
> Introduce ENDBR64/ENDBR32 macros.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook