[PATCH 0/5] x86/pkeys: PKRU manipulation bug fixes and cleanups

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Thu May 27 2021 - 19:58:03 EST


Andy Lutomirski recently noted a probable bug in write_pkru(), but
it was unclear if it was user-visible. A recent bug report in
related code[1] forced me to take a look.

Basically, manipulation of XSAVE state is too unstructured.
get_xsave_addr() gives callers the impression they can read and
write XSAVE state when there are a lot of pitfalls, like updates
to xstate.features bits.

As a result, more than one call site screws up the modification
of PKRU in the XSAVE buffer. This series fixes that problem up
and also hopefully carves out a less error-prone path that can
be reused for other XSAVE features.

This series:
* Moves the PKRU manipulation to a more appropriate location,
away from the page table code
* Wraps get_xsave_addr() with more structured, less error-prone
interfaces.
* Conditionally hides a pkey debugfs file, eliminating the need
for new runtime checks to work with the new interface.
* Add a selftest to make it more likely to catch bugs like this
in the future. This improved selftest catches this issue on
Intel CPUs. Without the improvement, it only triggers on AMD.

This has been lightly tested so far. It probably needs a
tested-by from at least the AMD folks before anyone applies it.

1. https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/b2e0324a-9125-bb34-9e76-81817df27c48@xxxxxxx/

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arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h | 8 -
arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/xstate.h | 130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 29 ------
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 7 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 6 -
arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c | 2
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 1
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 1
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1
arch/x86/mm/pkeys.c | 13 +-
tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile | 4
tools/testing/selftests/vm/pkey-x86.h | 1
tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c | 73 +++++++++++++++
13 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>