[PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: implement dynamic shadow call stack for Clang

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Mon Jun 13 06:40:08 PDT 2022


Implement dynamic shadow call stack support on Clang, by parsing the
unwind tables at init time to locate all occurrences of PACIASP/AUTIASP
instructions, and replacing them with the shadow call stack push and pop
instructions, respectively.

This is useful because the overhead of the shadow call stack is
difficult to justify on hardware that implements pointer authentication
(PAC), and given that the PAC instructions are executed as NOPs on
hardware that doesn't, we can just replace them without breaking
anything. As PACIASP/AUTIASP are guaranteed to be paired with respect to
manipulations of the return address, replacing them 1:1 with shadow call
stack pushes and pops is guaranteed to result in the desired behavior.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig            |   9 +
 arch/arm64/Makefile           |  10 +-
 arch/arm64/include/asm/scs.h  |  45 ++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile    |   2 +
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S      |   3 +
 arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c       |   2 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/module.c    |   8 +
 arch/arm64/kernel/patch-scs.c | 257 ++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c      |   2 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c     |   4 +
 10 files changed, 338 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 5f92344edff5..9ff72e582522 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -369,6 +369,15 @@ config KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
 config UNWIND_TABLES
 	bool
 
+config UNWIND_PATCH_PAC_INTO_SCS
+	bool "Enable shadow call stack dynamically using code patching"
+	# needs Clang with https://reviews.llvm.org/D111780 incorporated
+	depends on CC_IS_CLANG && CLANG_VERSION >= 150000
+	depends on ARM64_PTR_AUTH_KERNEL && CC_HAS_BRANCH_PROT_PAC_RET
+	depends on SHADOW_CALL_STACK
+	select UNWIND_TABLES
+	select DYNAMIC_SCS
+
 source "arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms"
 
 menu "Kernel Features"
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 4fbca56fa602..e439ebbd167d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -77,10 +77,16 @@ branch-prot-flags-$(CONFIG_CC_HAS_SIGN_RETURN_ADDRESS) := -msign-return-address=
 # We enable additional protection for leaf functions as there is some
 # narrow potential for ROP protection benefits and no substantial
 # performance impact has been observed.
+PACRET-y := pac-ret+leaf
+
+# Using a shadow call stack in leaf functions is too costly, so avoid PAC there
+# as well when we may be patching PAC into SCS
+PACRET-$(CONFIG_UNWIND_PATCH_PAC_INTO_SCS) := pac-ret
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_BTI_KERNEL),y)
-branch-prot-flags-$(CONFIG_CC_HAS_BRANCH_PROT_PAC_RET_BTI) := -mbranch-protection=pac-ret+leaf+bti
+branch-prot-flags-$(CONFIG_CC_HAS_BRANCH_PROT_PAC_RET_BTI) := -mbranch-protection=$(PACRET-y)+bti
 else
-branch-prot-flags-$(CONFIG_CC_HAS_BRANCH_PROT_PAC_RET) := -mbranch-protection=pac-ret+leaf
+branch-prot-flags-$(CONFIG_CC_HAS_BRANCH_PROT_PAC_RET) := -mbranch-protection=$(PACRET-y)
 endif
 # -march=armv8.3-a enables the non-nops instructions for PAC, to avoid the
 # compiler to generate them and consequently to break the single image contract
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/scs.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/scs.h
index 8297bccf0784..51fcfc96ba71 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/scs.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/scs.h
@@ -24,6 +24,51 @@
 	.endm
 #endif /* CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK */
 
+
+#else
+
+#include <linux/scs.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNWIND_PATCH_PAC_INTO_SCS
+static inline bool should_patch_pac_into_scs(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We only enable the shadow call stack dynamically if we are running
+	 * on a system that does not implement PAC or BTI. PAC and SCS provide
+	 * roughly the same level of protection, and BTI relies on the PACIASP
+	 * instructions serving as landing pads, preventing us from patching
+	 * those instructions into something else.
+	 */
+	u64 reg = read_sysreg_s(SYS_ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1);
+
+	if (reg & ((0xf << ID_AA64ISAR1_APA_SHIFT) |
+		   (0xf << ID_AA64ISAR1_API_SHIFT)))
+		return false;
+
+	reg = read_sysreg_s(SYS_ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1);
+	if (reg & (0xf << ID_AA64ISAR2_APA3_SHIFT))
+		return false;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_BTI_KERNEL)) {
+		reg = read_sysreg_s(SYS_ID_AA64PFR1_EL1);
+		if (reg & (0xf << ID_AA64PFR1_BT_SHIFT))
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline void dynamic_scs_init(void)
+{
+	if (should_patch_pac_into_scs())
+		static_branch_enable(&dynamic_scs_enabled);
+}
+#else
+static inline void dynamic_scs_init(void) {}
+#endif
+
+int scs_patch(const u8 eh_frame[], int size);
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY __ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_SCS_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index fa7981d0d917..bd5ab51f86fb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH)		+= pointer_auth.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_MTE)			+= mte.o
 obj-y					+= vdso-wrap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO)		+= vdso32-wrap.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_UNWIND_PATCH_PAC_INTO_SCS)	+= patch-scs.o
+CFLAGS_patch-scs.o			+= -mbranch-protection=none
 
 # Force dependency (vdso*-wrap.S includes vdso.so through incbin)
 $(obj)/vdso-wrap.o: $(obj)/vdso/vdso.so
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 6a98f1a38c29..e9601c8a1bcd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__primary_switched)
 	mov	x0, x21				// pass FDT address in x0
 	bl	early_fdt_map			// Try mapping the FDT early
 	bl	init_feature_override		// Parse cpu feature overrides
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNWIND_PATCH_PAC_INTO_SCS
+	bl	scs_patch_vmlinux
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
 	tst	x23, ~(MIN_KIMG_ALIGN - 1)	// already running randomized?
 	b.ne	0f
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c
index bda49430c9ea..c284ec35c27c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static void init_irq_scs(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK))
+	if (!scs_is_enabled())
 		return;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
index f2d4bb14bfab..111dc6414e6d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/moduleloader.h>
+#include <linux/scs.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
 #include <asm/insn.h>
+#include <asm/scs.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 
 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
@@ -529,5 +531,11 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
 	if (s)
 		apply_alternatives_module((void *)s->sh_addr, s->sh_size);
 
+	if (scs_is_dynamic()) {
+		s = find_section(hdr, sechdrs, ".init.eh_frame");
+		if (s)
+			scs_patch((void *)s->sh_addr, s->sh_size);
+	}
+
 	return module_init_ftrace_plt(hdr, sechdrs, me);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/patch-scs.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/patch-scs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b3da02d5b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/patch-scs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 - Google LLC
+ * Author: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at google.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/scs.h>
+
+//
+// This minimal DWARF CFI parser is partially based on the code in
+// arch/arc/kernel/unwind.c, and on the document below:
+// https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_4.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/ehframechpt.html
+//
+
+#define DW_CFA_nop                          0x00
+#define DW_CFA_set_loc                      0x01
+#define DW_CFA_advance_loc1                 0x02
+#define DW_CFA_advance_loc2                 0x03
+#define DW_CFA_advance_loc4                 0x04
+#define DW_CFA_offset_extended              0x05
+#define DW_CFA_restore_extended             0x06
+#define DW_CFA_undefined                    0x07
+#define DW_CFA_same_value                   0x08
+#define DW_CFA_register                     0x09
+#define DW_CFA_remember_state               0x0a
+#define DW_CFA_restore_state                0x0b
+#define DW_CFA_def_cfa                      0x0c
+#define DW_CFA_def_cfa_register             0x0d
+#define DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset               0x0e
+#define DW_CFA_def_cfa_expression           0x0f
+#define DW_CFA_expression                   0x10
+#define DW_CFA_offset_extended_sf           0x11
+#define DW_CFA_def_cfa_sf                   0x12
+#define DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset_sf            0x13
+#define DW_CFA_val_offset                   0x14
+#define DW_CFA_val_offset_sf                0x15
+#define DW_CFA_val_expression               0x16
+#define DW_CFA_lo_user                      0x1c
+#define DW_CFA_negate_ra_state              0x2d
+#define DW_CFA_GNU_args_size                0x2e
+#define DW_CFA_GNU_negative_offset_extended 0x2f
+#define DW_CFA_hi_user                      0x3f
+
+extern const u8 __eh_frame_start[], __eh_frame_end[];
+
+enum {
+	PACIASP		= 0xd503233f,
+	AUTIASP		= 0xd50323bf,
+	SCS_PUSH	= 0xf800865e,
+	SCS_POP		= 0xf85f8e5e,
+};
+
+static void __always_inline scs_patch_loc(u64 loc)
+{
+	u32 insn = le32_to_cpup((void *)loc);
+
+	switch (insn) {
+	case PACIASP:
+		*(u32 *)loc = cpu_to_le32(SCS_PUSH);
+		break;
+	case AUTIASP:
+		*(u32 *)loc = cpu_to_le32(SCS_POP);
+		break;
+	default:
+		/*
+		 * While the DW_CFA_negate_ra_state directive is guaranteed to
+		 * appear right after a PACIASP/AUTIASP instruction, it may
+		 * also appear after a DW_CFA_restore_state directive that
+		 * restores a state that is only partially accurate, and is
+		 * followed by DW_CFA_negate_ra_state directive to toggle the
+		 * PAC bit again. So we permit other instructions here, and ignore
+		 * them.
+		 */
+		return;
+	}
+	dcache_clean_pou(loc, loc + sizeof(u32));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Skip one uleb128/sleb128 encoded quantity from the opcode stream. All bytes
+ * except the last one have bit #7 set.
+ */
+static int __always_inline skip_xleb128(const u8 **opcode, int size)
+{
+	u8 c;
+
+	do {
+		c = *(*opcode)++;
+		size--;
+	} while (c & BIT(7));
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+struct eh_frame {
+	/*
+	 * The size of this frame if 0 < size < U32_MAX, 0 terminates the list.
+	 */
+	u32	size;
+
+	/*
+	 * The first frame is a Common Information Entry (CIE) frame, followed
+	 * by one or more Frame Description Entry (FDE) frames. In the former
+	 * case, this field is 0, otherwise it is the negated offset relative
+	 * to the associated CIE frame.
+	 */
+	u32	cie_id_or_pointer;
+
+	union {
+		struct { // CIE
+			u8	version;
+			u8	augmentation_string[];
+		};
+
+		struct { // FDE
+			s32	initial_loc;
+			s32	range;
+			u8	opcodes[];
+		};
+	};
+};
+
+static int noinstr scs_handle_fde_frame(const struct eh_frame *frame,
+					bool fde_has_augmentation_data,
+					int code_alignment_factor)
+{
+	int size = frame->size - offsetof(struct eh_frame, opcodes) + 4;
+	u64 loc = (u64)offset_to_ptr(&frame->initial_loc);
+	const u8 *opcode = frame->opcodes;
+
+	if (fde_has_augmentation_data) {
+		int l;
+
+		// assume single byte uleb128_t
+		if (WARN_ON(*opcode & BIT(7)))
+			return -ENOEXEC;
+
+		l = *opcode++;
+		opcode += l;
+		size -= l + 1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Starting from 'loc', apply the CFA opcodes that advance the location
+	 * pointer, and identify the locations of the PAC instructions.
+	 */
+	while (size-- > 0) {
+		switch (*opcode++) {
+		case DW_CFA_nop:
+		case DW_CFA_remember_state:
+		case DW_CFA_restore_state:
+			break;
+
+		case DW_CFA_advance_loc1:
+			loc += *opcode++ * code_alignment_factor;
+			size--;
+			break;
+
+		case DW_CFA_advance_loc2:
+			loc += *opcode++ * code_alignment_factor;
+			loc += (*opcode++ << 8) * code_alignment_factor;
+			size -= 2;
+			break;
+
+		case DW_CFA_def_cfa:
+		case DW_CFA_offset_extended:
+			size = skip_xleb128(&opcode, size);
+			fallthrough;
+		case DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset:
+		case DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset_sf:
+		case DW_CFA_def_cfa_register:
+		case DW_CFA_same_value:
+		case DW_CFA_restore_extended:
+		case 0x80 ... 0xbf:
+			size = skip_xleb128(&opcode, size);
+			break;
+
+		case DW_CFA_negate_ra_state:
+			scs_patch_loc(loc - 4);
+			break;
+
+		case 0x40 ... 0x7f:
+			// advance loc
+			loc += (opcode[-1] & 0x3f) * code_alignment_factor;
+			break;
+
+		case 0xc0 ... 0xff:
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			pr_err("unhandled opcode: %02x in FDE frame %lx\n", opcode[-1], (uintptr_t)frame);
+			return -ENOEXEC;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int noinstr scs_patch(const u8 eh_frame[], int size)
+{
+	const u8 *p = eh_frame;
+
+	while (size > 4) {
+		const struct eh_frame *frame = (const void *)p;
+		bool fde_has_augmentation_data = true;
+		int code_alignment_factor = 1;
+		int ret;
+
+		if (frame->size == 0 ||
+		    frame->size == U32_MAX ||
+		    frame->size > size)
+			break;
+
+		if (frame->cie_id_or_pointer == 0) {
+			const u8 *p = frame->augmentation_string;
+
+			/* a 'z' in the augmentation string must come first */
+			fde_has_augmentation_data = *p == 'z';
+
+			/*
+			 * The code alignment factor is a uleb128 encoded field
+			 * but given that the only sensible values are 1 or 4,
+			 * there is no point in decoding the whole thing.
+			 */
+			p += strlen(p) + 1;
+			if (!WARN_ON(*p & BIT(7)))
+				code_alignment_factor = *p;
+		} else {
+			ret = scs_handle_fde_frame(frame,
+						   fde_has_augmentation_data,
+						   code_alignment_factor);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		}
+
+		p += sizeof(frame->size) + frame->size;
+		size -= sizeof(frame->size) + frame->size;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+asmlinkage void __init scs_patch_vmlinux(void)
+{
+	if (!should_patch_pac_into_scs())
+		return;
+
+	WARN_ON(scs_patch(__eh_frame_start, __eh_frame_end - __eh_frame_start));
+	icache_inval_all_pou();
+	isb();
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
index d20620a1c51a..30f3c7563694 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/sdei.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int init_sdei_scs(void)
 	int cpu;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK))
+	if (!scs_is_enabled())
 		return 0;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index cf3a759f10d4..1b4f84563006 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/psci.h>
 #include <linux/sched/task.h>
+#include <linux/scs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 
 #include <asm/acpi.h>
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <asm/cpu_ops.h>
 #include <asm/kasan.h>
 #include <asm/numa.h>
+#include <asm/scs.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/smp_plat.h>
@@ -313,6 +315,8 @@ void __init __no_sanitize_address setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	parse_early_param();
 
+	dynamic_scs_init();
+
 	/*
 	 * Unmask asynchronous aborts and fiq after bringing up possible
 	 * earlycon. (Report possible System Errors once we can report this
-- 
2.30.2




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