[tip: objtool/urgent] objtool, xen: Fix INSN_SYSCALL / INSN_SYSRET semantics
From: tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Tue Apr 08 2025 - 04:12:52 EST
The following commit has been merged into the objtool/urgent branch of tip:
Commit-ID: 2dbbca9be4e5ed68d0972a2bcf4561d9cb85b7b7
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/2dbbca9be4e5ed68d0972a2bcf4561d9cb85b7b7
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:02:16 -07:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:14:12 +02:00
objtool, xen: Fix INSN_SYSCALL / INSN_SYSRET semantics
Objtool uses an arbitrary rule for INSN_SYSCALL and INSN_SYSRET that
almost works by accident: if it's in a function, control flow continues
after the instruction, otherwise it terminates.
That behavior should instead be based on the semantics of the underlying
instruction. Change INSN_SYSCALL to always preserve control flow and
INSN_SYSRET to always terminate it.
The changed semantic for INSN_SYSCALL requires a tweak to the
!CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION version of xen_entry_SYSCALL_compat(). In Xen,
SYSCALL is a hypercall which usually returns. But in this case it's a
hypercall to IRET which doesn't return. Add UD2 to tell objtool to
terminate control flow, and to prevent undefined behavior at runtime.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> # for the Xen part
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/19453dfe9a0431b7f016e9dc16d031cad3812a50.1744095216.git.jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S | 4 +---
tools/objtool/check.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S b/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S
index 109af12..461bb15 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S
@@ -226,9 +226,7 @@ SYM_CODE_END(xen_early_idt_handler_array)
push %rax
mov $__HYPERVISOR_iret, %eax
syscall /* Do the IRET. */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS
- int3
-#endif
+ ud2 /* The SYSCALL should never return. */
.endm
SYM_CODE_START(xen_iret)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 2dd89b0..69f94bc 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -3685,14 +3685,19 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
break;
case INSN_SYSCALL:
+ if (func && (!next_insn || !next_insn->hint)) {
+ WARN_INSN(insn, "unsupported instruction in callable function");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ break;
+
case INSN_SYSRET:
- if (func) {
- if (!next_insn || !next_insn->hint) {
- WARN_INSN(insn, "unsupported instruction in callable function");
- return 1;
- }
- break;
+ if (func && (!next_insn || !next_insn->hint)) {
+ WARN_INSN(insn, "unsupported instruction in callable function");
+ return 1;
}
+
return 0;
case INSN_STAC:
@@ -3888,9 +3893,9 @@ static int validate_unret(struct objtool_file *file, struct instruction *insn)
return 1;
case INSN_SYSCALL:
+ break;
+
case INSN_SYSRET:
- if (insn_func(insn))
- break;
return 0;
case INSN_NOP: