arm64: uaccess: Prevent speculative use of the current addr_limit
authorWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Mon, 5 Feb 2018 15:34:21 +0000 (15:34 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:22:51 +0000 (20:22 +0100)
Commit c2f0ad4fc089 upstream.

A mispredicted conditional call to set_fs could result in the wrong
addr_limit being forwarded under speculation to a subsequent access_ok
check, potentially forming part of a spectre-v1 attack using uaccess
routines.

This patch prevents this forwarding from taking place, but putting heavy
barriers in set_fs after writing the addr_limit.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h

index 6d0c7179a9908bf50fc4b13a47e8fee975ba60f5..2f5dd32f5aef3ae010f5f4b3f9d443a4d23ff15a 100644 (file)
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ static inline void set_fs(mm_segment_t fs)
 {
        current_thread_info()->addr_limit = fs;
 
+       /*
+        * Prevent a mispredicted conditional call to set_fs from forwarding
+        * the wrong address limit to access_ok under speculation.
+        */
+       dsb(nsh);
+       isb();
+
        /* On user-mode return, check fs is correct */
        set_thread_flag(TIF_FSCHECK);