[PATCH v3 23/23] arm64: mte: Add Memory Tagging Extension documentation

[Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>]

From: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>

Memory Tagging Extension (part of the ARMv8.5 Extensions) provides
a mechanism to detect the sources of memory related errors which
may be vulnerable to exploitation, including bounds violations,
use-after-free, use-after-return, use-out-of-scope and use before
initialization errors.

Add Memory Tagging Extension documentation for the arm64 linux
kernel support.

Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Co-developed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---

Notes:
    v3:
    - Modify the uaccess checking conditions: only when the sync mode is
      selected by the user. In async mode, the kernel uaccesses are not
      checked.
    - Clarify that an include mask of 0 (exclude mask 0xffff) results in
      always generating tag 0.
    - Document the ptrace() interface.
    
    v2:
    - Documented the uaccess kernel tag checking mode.
    - Removed the BTI definitions from cpu-feature-registers.rst.
    - Removed the paragraph stating that MTE depends on the tagged address
      ABI (while the Kconfig entry does, there is no requirement for the
      user to enable both).
    - Changed the GCR_EL1.Exclude handling description following the change
      in the prctl() interface (include vs exclude mask).
    - Updated the example code.

 Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst |   2 +
 Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst            |   5 +
 Documentation/arm64/index.rst                 |   1 +
 .../arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst        | 260 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 268 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst b/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst
index 41937a8091aa..b5679fa85ad9 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ infrastructure:
      +------------------------------+---------+---------+
      | Name                         |  bits   | visible |
      +------------------------------+---------+---------+
+     | MTE                          | [11-8]  |    y    |
+     +------------------------------+---------+---------+
      | SSBS                         | [7-4]   |    y    |
      +------------------------------+---------+---------+
 
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
index 7dfb97dfe416..ca7f90e99e3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ HWCAP2_RNG
 
     Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.RNDR == 0b0001.
 
+HWCAP2_MTE
+
+    Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.MTE == 0b0010, as described
+    by Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst.
+
 4. Unused AT_HWCAP bits
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/index.rst b/Documentation/arm64/index.rst
index 09cbb4ed2237..4cd0e696f064 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/index.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ARM64 Architecture
     hugetlbpage
     legacy_instructions
     memory
+    memory-tagging-extension
     pointer-authentication
     silicon-errata
     sve
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst b/Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f82dfbd70061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+===============================================
+Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) in AArch64 Linux
+===============================================
+
+Authors: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
+         Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
+
+Date: 2020-02-25
+
+This document describes the provision of the Memory Tagging Extension
+functionality in AArch64 Linux.
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+ARMv8.5 based processors introduce the Memory Tagging Extension (MTE)
+feature. MTE is built on top of the ARMv8.0 virtual address tagging TBI
+(Top Byte Ignore) feature and allows software to access a 4-bit
+allocation tag for each 16-byte granule in the physical address space.
+Such memory range must be mapped with the Normal-Tagged memory
+attribute. A logical tag is derived from bits 59-56 of the virtual
+address used for the memory access. A CPU with MTE enabled will compare
+the logical tag against the allocation tag and potentially raise an
+exception on mismatch, subject to system registers configuration.
+
+Userspace Support
+=================
+
+When ``CONFIG_ARM64_MTE`` is selected and Memory Tagging Extension is
+supported by the hardware, the kernel advertises the feature to
+userspace via ``HWCAP2_MTE``.
+
+PROT_MTE
+--------
+
+To access the allocation tags, a user process must enable the Tagged
+memory attribute on an address range using a new ``prot`` flag for
+``mmap()`` and ``mprotect()``:
+
+``PROT_MTE`` - Pages allow access to the MTE allocation tags.
+
+The allocation tag is set to 0 when such pages are first mapped in the
+user address space and preserved on copy-on-write. ``MAP_SHARED`` is
+supported and the allocation tags can be shared between processes.
+
+**Note**: ``PROT_MTE`` is only supported on ``MAP_ANONYMOUS`` and
+RAM-based file mappings (``tmpfs``, ``memfd``). Passing it to other
+types of mapping will result in ``-EINVAL`` returned by these system
+calls.
+
+**Note**: The ``PROT_MTE`` flag (and corresponding memory type) cannot
+be cleared by ``mprotect()``.
+
+Tag Check Faults
+----------------
+
+When ``PROT_MTE`` is enabled on an address range and a mismatch between
+the logical and allocation tags occurs on access, there are three
+configurable behaviours:
+
+- *Ignore* - This is the default mode. The CPU (and kernel) ignores the
+  tag check fault.
+
+- *Synchronous* - The kernel raises a ``SIGSEGV`` synchronously, with
+  ``.si_code = SEGV_MTESERR`` and ``.si_addr = <fault-address>``. The
+  memory access is not performed.
+
+- *Asynchronous* - The kernel raises a ``SIGSEGV``, in the current
+  thread, asynchronously following one or multiple tag check faults,
+  with ``.si_code = SEGV_MTEAERR`` and ``.si_addr = 0``.
+
+**Note**: There are no *match-all* logical tags available for user
+applications.
+
+The user can select the above modes, per thread, using the
+``prctl(PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL, flags, 0, 0, 0)`` system call where
+``flags`` contain one of the following values in the ``PR_MTE_TCF_MASK``
+bit-field:
+
+- ``PR_MTE_TCF_NONE``  - *Ignore* tag check faults
+- ``PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC``  - *Synchronous* tag check fault mode
+- ``PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC`` - *Asynchronous* tag check fault mode
+
+Tag checking can also be disabled for a user thread by setting the
+``PSTATE.TCO`` bit with ``MSR TCO, #1``.
+
+**Note**: Signal handlers are always invoked with ``PSTATE.TCO = 0``,
+irrespective of the interrupted context.
+
+**Note**: Kernel accesses to user memory (e.g. ``read()`` system call)
+are only checked if the current thread tag checking mode is
+PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC.
+
+Excluding Tags in the ``IRG``, ``ADDG`` and ``SUBG`` instructions
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The architecture allows excluding certain tags to be randomly generated
+via the ``GCR_EL1.Exclude`` register bit-field. By default, Linux
+excludes all tags other than 0. A user thread can enable specific tags
+in the randomly generated set using the ``prctl(PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL,
+flags, 0, 0, 0)`` system call where ``flags`` contains the tags bitmap
+in the ``PR_MTE_TAG_MASK`` bit-field.
+
+**Note**: The hardware uses an exclude mask but the ``prctl()``
+interface provides an include mask. An include mask of ``0`` (exclusion
+mask ``0xffff``) results in the CPU always generating tag ``0``.
+
+The ``ptrace()`` interface
+--------------------------
+
+``PTRACE_PEEKMTETAGS`` and ``PTRACE_POKEMTETAGS`` allow a tracer to read
+the tags from or set the tags to a tracee's address space. The
+``ptrace()`` syscall is invoked as ``ptrace(request, pid, addr, data)``
+where:
+
+- ``request`` - one of ``PTRACE_PEEKMTETAGS`` or ``PTRACE_PEEKMTETAGS``.
+- ``pid`` - the tracee's PID.
+- ``addr`` - address in the tracee's address space.
+- ``data`` - pointer to a ``struct iovec`` where ``iov_base`` points to
+  a buffer of ``iov_len`` length in the tracer's address space.
+
+The tags in the tracer's ``iov_base`` buffer are represented as one tag
+per byte and correspond to a 16-byte MTE tag granule in the tracee's
+address space.
+
+``ptrace()`` return value:
+
+- 0 - success, the tracer's ``iov_len`` was updated to the number of
+  tags copied (it may be smaller than the requested ``iov_len`` if the
+  requested address range in the tracee's or the tracer's space cannot
+  be fully accessed).
+- ``-EPERM`` - the specified process cannot be traced.
+- ``-EIO`` - the tracee's address range cannot be accessed (e.g. invalid
+  address) and no tags copied. ``iov_len`` not updated.
+- ``-EFAULT`` - fault on accessing the tracer's memory (``struct iovec``
+  or ``iov_base`` buffer) and no tags copied. ``iov_len`` not updated.
+
+Example of correct usage
+========================
+
+*MTE Example code*
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    /*
+     * To be compiled with -march=armv8.5-a+memtag
+     */
+    #include <errno.h>
+    #include <stdio.h>
+    #include <stdlib.h>
+    #include <unistd.h>
+    #include <sys/auxv.h>
+    #include <sys/mman.h>
+    #include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+    /*
+     * From arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
+     */
+    #define HWCAP2_MTE              (1 << 18)
+
+    /*
+     * From arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
+     */
+    #define PROT_MTE                 0x20
+
+    /*
+     * From include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+     */
+    #define PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL 55
+    #define PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL 56
+    # define PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE  (1UL << 0)
+    # define PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT       1
+    # define PR_MTE_TCF_NONE        (0UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
+    # define PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC        (1UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
+    # define PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC       (2UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
+    # define PR_MTE_TCF_MASK        (3UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
+    # define PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT       3
+    # define PR_MTE_TAG_MASK        (0xffffUL << PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT)
+
+    /*
+     * Insert a random logical tag into the given pointer.
+     */
+    #define insert_random_tag(ptr) ({                       \
+            __u64 __val;                                    \
+            asm("irg %0, %1" : "=r" (__val) : "r" (ptr));   \
+            __val;                                          \
+    })
+
+    /*
+     * Set the allocation tag on the destination address.
+     */
+    #define set_tag(tagged_addr) do {                                      \
+            asm volatile("stg %0, [%0]" : : "r" (tagged_addr) : "memory"); \
+    } while (0)
+
+    int main()
+    {
+            unsigned long *a;
+            unsigned long page_sz = getpagesize();
+            unsigned long hwcap2 = getauxval(AT_HWCAP2);
+
+            /* check if MTE is present */
+            if (!(hwcap2 & HWCAP2_MTE))
+                    return -1;
+
+            /*
+             * Enable the tagged address ABI, synchronous MTE tag check faults and
+             * allow all non-zero tags in the randomly generated set.
+             */
+            if (prctl(PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL,
+                      PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE | PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC | (0xfffe << PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT),
+                      0, 0, 0)) {
+                    perror("prctl() failed");
+                    return -1;
+            }
+
+            a = mmap(0, page_sz, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                     MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+            if (a == MAP_FAILED) {
+                    perror("mmap() failed");
+                    return -1;
+            }
+
+            /*
+             * Enable MTE on the above anonymous mmap. The flag could be passed
+             * directly to mmap() and skip this step.
+             */
+            if (mprotect(a, page_sz, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_MTE)) {
+                    perror("mprotect() failed");
+                    return -1;
+            }
+
+            /* access with the default tag (0) */
+            a[0] = 1;
+            a[1] = 2;
+
+            printf("a[0] = %lu a[1] = %lu\n", a[0], a[1]);
+
+            /* set the logical and allocation tags */
+            a = (unsigned long *)insert_random_tag(a);
+            set_tag(a);
+
+            printf("%p\n", a);
+
+            /* non-zero tag access */
+            a[0] = 3;
+            printf("a[0] = %lu a[1] = %lu\n", a[0], a[1]);
+
+            /*
+             * If MTE is enabled correctly the next instruction will generate an
+             * exception.
+             */
+            printf("Expecting SIGSEGV...\n");
+            a[2] = 0xdead;
+
+            /* this should not be printed in the PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC mode */
+            printf("...done\n");
+
+            return 0;
+    }