[BUG][PATCH v3] crypto: arm64: Use x16 with indirect branch to bti_c

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Tue Oct 6 12:34:31 EDT 2020


On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 18:33, Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton at arm.com> wrote:
>
> The AES code uses a 'br x7' as part of a function called by
> a macro. That branch needs a bti_j as a target. This results
> in a panic as seen below. Using x16 (or x17) with an indirect
> branch keeps the target bti_c.
>
>   Bad mode in Synchronous Abort handler detected on CPU1, code 0x34000003 -- BTI
>   CPU: 1 PID: 265 Comm: cryptomgr_test Not tainted 5.8.11-300.fc33.aarch64 #1
>   pstate: 20400c05 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO BTYPE=j-)
>   pc : aesbs_encrypt8+0x0/0x5f0 [aes_neon_bs]
>   lr : aesbs_xts_encrypt+0x48/0xe0 [aes_neon_bs]
>   sp : ffff80001052b730
>
>   aesbs_encrypt8+0x0/0x5f0 [aes_neon_bs]
>    __xts_crypt+0xb0/0x2dc [aes_neon_bs]
>    xts_encrypt+0x28/0x3c [aes_neon_bs]
>   crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x50/0x84
>   simd_skcipher_encrypt+0xc8/0xe0
>   crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x50/0x84
>   test_skcipher_vec_cfg+0x224/0x5f0
>   test_skcipher+0xbc/0x120
>   alg_test_skcipher+0xa0/0x1b0
>   alg_test+0x3dc/0x47c
>   cryptomgr_test+0x38/0x60
>
> Fixes: 0e89640b640d ("crypto: arm64 - Use modern annotations for assembly functions")
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton at arm.com>

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>

> ---
>  arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S
> index b357164379f6..63a52ad9a75c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-neonbs-core.S
> @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__xts_crypt8)
>
>  0:     mov             bskey, x21
>         mov             rounds, x22
> -       br              x7
> +       br              x16
>  SYM_FUNC_END(__xts_crypt8)
>
>         .macro          __xts_crypt, do8, o0, o1, o2, o3, o4, o5, o6, o7
> @@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__xts_crypt8)
>         uzp1            v30.4s, v30.4s, v25.4s
>         ld1             {v25.16b}, [x24]
>
> -99:    adr             x7, \do8
> +99:    adr             x16, \do8
>         bl              __xts_crypt8
>
>         ldp             q16, q17, [sp, #.Lframe_local_offset]
> --
> 2.25.4
>



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