From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A7F8C35E0E for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:22:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14E6720714 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:22:46 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 14E6720714 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48RsN43vdSzDqS1 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 08:22:44 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=permerror (SPF Permanent Error: Unknown mechanism found: ip:192.40.192.88/32) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.crashing.org (client-ip=63.228.1.57; helo=gate.crashing.org; envelope-from=segher@kernel.crashing.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48RsKj0CdhzDqWS for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 08:20:38 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from gate.crashing.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id 01PLKXRT031687; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:20:33 -0600 Received: (from segher@localhost) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id 01PLKWFM031686; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:20:32 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: gate.crashing.org: segher set sender to segher@kernel.crashing.org using -f Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:20:32 -0600 From: Segher Boessenkool To: Nicholas Piggin Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 26/32] powerpc/64: system call zero volatile registers when returning Message-ID: <20200225212032.GI22482@gate.crashing.org> References: <20200225173541.1549955-1-npiggin@gmail.com> <20200225173541.1549955-27-npiggin@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200225173541.1549955-27-npiggin@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Michal Suchanek , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" Hi! On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 03:35:35AM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > Kernel addresses and potentially other sensitive data could be leaked > in volatile registers after a syscall. > cmpdi r3,0 > bne .Lsyscall_restore_regs > + li r0,0 > + li r4,0 > + li r5,0 > + li r6,0 > + li r7,0 > + li r8,0 > + li r9,0 > + li r10,0 > + li r11,0 > + li r12,0 > + mtctr r0 > + mtspr SPRN_XER,r0 > .Lsyscall_restore_regs_cont: What about LR? Is that taken care of later? This also deserves a big fat comment imo, it is very important after all, and not so obvious. Segher