[PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: errata: Remove AES hwcap for COMPAT tasks

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Wed Apr 13 10:33:06 PDT 2022


Hi James,

On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 at 19:06, James Morse <james.morse at arm.com> wrote:
>
> Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A72 have an erratum where an interrupt that
> occurs between a pair of AES instructions in aarch32 mode may corrupt
> the ELR. The task will subsequently produce the wrong AES result.
>
> The AES instructions are part of the cryptographic extensions, which are
> optional. User-space software will detect the support for these
> instructions from the hwcaps. If the platform doesn't support these
> instructions a software implementation should be used.
>
> Remove the hwcap bits on affected parts to indicate user-space should
> not use the AES instructions.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>

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

One nit/question below,

> ---
>  Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst |  4 ++++
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c         | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c         | 11 ++++++++++-
>  arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps               |  1 +
>  5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
> index 466cb9e89047..053dc12696b5 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
> @@ -82,10 +82,14 @@ stable kernels.
>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>  | ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #1319537        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1319367       |
>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
> +| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #1742098        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1742098       |
> ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>  | ARM            | Cortex-A72      | #853709         | N/A                         |
>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>  | ARM            | Cortex-A72      | #1319367        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1319367       |
>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
> +| ARM            | Cortex-A72      | #1655431        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1742098       |
> ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>  | ARM            | Cortex-A73      | #858921         | ARM64_ERRATUM_858921        |
>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>  | ARM            | Cortex-A76      | #1188873,1418040| ARM64_ERRATUM_1418040       |
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> index 57c4c995965f..df19e60c4c46 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> @@ -491,6 +491,22 @@ config ARM64_ERRATUM_834220
>
>           If unsure, say Y.
>
> +config ARM64_ERRATUM_1742098
> +       bool "Cortex-A57/A72: 1742098: ELR recorded incorrectly on interrupt taken between cryptographic instructions in a sequence"
> +       depends on COMPAT
> +       default y
> +       help
> +         This option removes the AES hwcap for aarch32 user-space to
> +         workaround erratum 1742098 on Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A72.
> +
> +         Affected parts may corrupt the AES state if an interrupt is
> +         taken between a pair of AES instructions. These instructions
> +         are only present if the cryptography extensions are present.
> +         All software should have a fallback implementation for CPUs
> +         that don't implement the cryptography extensions.
> +
> +         If unsure, say Y.
> +
>  config ARM64_ERRATUM_845719
>         bool "Cortex-A53: 845719: a load might read incorrect data"
>         depends on COMPAT
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> index 4c9b5b4b7a0b..8f85dac4cd79 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> @@ -393,6 +393,14 @@ static struct midr_range trbe_write_out_of_range_cpus[] = {
>  };
>  #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_WORKAROUND_TRBE_WRITE_OUT_OF_RANGE */
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1742098
> +static struct midr_range broken_aarch32_aes[] = {
> +       MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A57),

Not sure it matters, but are you sure early A57 is affected as well?

> +       MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A72),
> +       {},
> +};
> +#endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_WORKAROUND_TRBE_WRITE_OUT_OF_RANGE */
> +
>  const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_errata[] = {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_WORKAROUND_CLEAN_CACHE
>         {
> @@ -655,6 +663,14 @@ const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_errata[] = {
>                 /* Cortex-A510 r0p0 - r0p1 */
>                 ERRATA_MIDR_REV_RANGE(MIDR_CORTEX_A510, 0, 0, 1)
>         },
> +#endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1742098
> +       {
> +               .desc = "ARM erratum 1742098",
> +               .capability = ARM64_WORKAROUND_1742098,
> +               CAP_MIDR_RANGE_LIST(broken_aarch32_aes),
> +               .type = ARM64_CPUCAP_LOCAL_CPU_ERRATUM,
> +       },
>  #endif
>         {
>         }
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index d72c4b4d389c..3faf16f1c040 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@ -1922,6 +1922,12 @@ static void cpu_enable_mte(struct arm64_cpu_capabilities const *cap)
>  }
>  #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_MTE */
>
> +static void elf_hwcap_fixup(void)
> +{
> +       if (cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_1742098))
> +               compat_elf_hwcap2 &= ~COMPAT_HWCAP2_AES;
> +}
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_KVM
>  static bool is_kvm_protected_mode(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry, int __unused)
>  {
> @@ -3034,8 +3040,10 @@ void __init setup_cpu_features(void)
>         setup_system_capabilities();
>         setup_elf_hwcaps(arm64_elf_hwcaps);
>
> -       if (system_supports_32bit_el0())
> +       if (system_supports_32bit_el0()) {
>                 setup_elf_hwcaps(compat_elf_hwcaps);
> +               elf_hwcap_fixup();
> +       }
>
>         if (system_uses_ttbr0_pan())
>                 pr_info("emulated: Privileged Access Never (PAN) using TTBR0_EL1 switching\n");
> @@ -3087,6 +3095,7 @@ static int enable_mismatched_32bit_el0(unsigned int cpu)
>                                                          cpu_active_mask);
>         get_cpu_device(lucky_winner)->offline_disabled = true;
>         setup_elf_hwcaps(compat_elf_hwcaps);
> +       elf_hwcap_fixup();
>         pr_info("Asymmetric 32-bit EL0 support detected on CPU %u; CPU hot-unplug disabled on CPU %u\n",
>                 cpu, lucky_winner);
>         return 0;
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps b/arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps
> index 3ed418f70e3b..8cd6088f8875 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps
> +++ b/arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps
> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ WORKAROUND_1418040
>  WORKAROUND_1463225
>  WORKAROUND_1508412
>  WORKAROUND_1542419
> +WORKAROUND_1742098
>  WORKAROUND_1902691
>  WORKAROUND_2038923
>  WORKAROUND_2064142
> --
> 2.30.2
>



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