[Xen-devel] [PATCH L1TF MDS GT v4 0/2] grant table protection

[Xen-devel] [PATCH L1TF MDS GT v4 0/2] grant table protection

[Norbert Manthey]

Dear all,

This patch series attempts to mitigate the issue that have been raised in the
XSA-289 (https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-289.html). To block speculative
execution on Intel hardware, an lfence instruction is required to make sure
that selected checks are not bypassed. Speculative out-of-bound accesses can
be prevented by using the array_index_nospec macro.

This series picks up the last remaining commit of my previous L1TF series, and
splits it into several commits to help targetting the discussion better. The
actual change is to protect grant-table code.

This is part of the speculative hardening effort.

Best,
Norbert

Norbert Manthey (2):
  common/grant_table: harden bound accesses
  common/grant_table: harden version dependent accesses

 xen/common/grant_table.c | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4




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[Xen-devel] [PATCH L1TF MDS GT v4 1/2] common/grant_table: harden bound accesses

[Norbert Manthey]

Guests can issue grant table operations and provide guest controlled
data to them. This data is used as index for memory loads after bound
checks have been done. To avoid speculative out-of-bound accesses, we
use the array_index_nospec macro where applicable, or the macro
block_speculation. Note, the block_speculation macro is used on all
path in shared_entry_header and nr_grant_entries. This way, after a
call to such a function, all bound checks that happened before become
architectural visible, so that no additional protection is required
for corresponding array accesses. As the way we introduce an lfence
instruction might allow the compiler to reload certain values from
memory multiple times, we try to avoid speculatively continuing
execution with stale register data by moving relevant data into
function local variables.

Speculative execution is not blocked in case one of the following
properties is true:
 - path cannot be triggered by the guest
 - path does not return to the guest
 - path does not result in an out-of-bound access

Only the combination of the above properties allows to actually leak
continuous chunks of memory. Therefore, we only add the penalty of
protective mechanisms in case a potential speculative out-of-bound
access matches all the above properties.

This commit addresses only out-of-bound accesses whose index is
directly controlled by the guest, and the index is checked before.
Potential out-of-bound accesses that are caused by speculatively
evaluating the version of the current table are not addressed in this
commit. Hence, speculative out-of-bound accesses might still be
possible, for example in gnttab_get_status_frame_mfn, when calling
gnttab_grow_table, the assertion that the grant table version equals
two might not hold under speculation.

This is part of the speculative hardening effort.

Signed-off-by: Norbert Manthey <nmanthey@amazon.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
---

Notes:
  v3:  Drop condition to not fix defects in commit message.
       Copy in reviewed-by.

 xen/common/grant_table.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/common/grant_table.c b/xen/common/grant_table.c
--- a/xen/common/grant_table.c
+++ b/xen/common/grant_table.c
@@ -911,6 +911,7 @@ map_grant_ref(
 {
     struct domain *ld, *rd, *owner = NULL;
     struct grant_table *lgt, *rgt;
+    grant_ref_t ref;
     struct vcpu   *led;
     grant_handle_t handle;
     mfn_t mfn;
@@ -974,13 +975,15 @@ map_grant_ref(
     grant_read_lock(rgt);
 
     /* Bounds check on the grant ref */
-    if ( unlikely(op->ref >= nr_grant_entries(rgt)))
+    ref = op->ref;
+    if ( unlikely(ref >= nr_grant_entries(rgt)))
         PIN_FAIL(unlock_out, GNTST_bad_gntref, "Bad ref %#x for d%d\n",
-                 op->ref, rgt->domain->domain_id);
+                 ref, rgt->domain->domain_id);
 
-    act = active_entry_acquire(rgt, op->ref);
-    shah = shared_entry_header(rgt, op->ref);
-    status = rgt->gt_version == 1 ? &shah->flags : &status_entry(rgt, op->ref);
+    /* This call also ensures the above check cannot be passed speculatively */
+    shah = shared_entry_header(rgt, ref);
+    status = rgt->gt_version == 1 ? &shah->flags : &status_entry(rgt, ref);
+    act = active_entry_acquire(rgt, ref);
 
     /* If already pinned, check the active domid and avoid refcnt overflow. */
     if ( act->pin &&
@@ -1003,8 +1006,8 @@ map_grant_ref(
         if ( !act->pin )
         {
             unsigned long gfn = rgt->gt_version == 1 ?
-                                shared_entry_v1(rgt, op->ref).frame :
-                                shared_entry_v2(rgt, op->ref).full_page.frame;
+                                shared_entry_v1(rgt, ref).frame :
+                                shared_entry_v2(rgt, ref).full_page.frame;
 
             rc = get_paged_frame(gfn, &mfn, &pg,
                                  op->flags & GNTMAP_readonly, rd);
@@ -1017,7 +1020,7 @@ map_grant_ref(
             act->length = PAGE_SIZE;
             act->is_sub_page = false;
             act->trans_domain = rd;
-            act->trans_gref = op->ref;
+            act->trans_gref = ref;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1268,6 +1271,7 @@ unmap_common(
     domid_t          dom;
     struct domain   *ld, *rd;
     struct grant_table *lgt, *rgt;
+    grant_ref_t ref;
     struct active_grant_entry *act;
     s16              rc = 0;
     struct grant_mapping *map;
@@ -1321,6 +1325,7 @@ unmap_common(
 
     op->rd = rd;
     op->ref = map->ref;
+    ref = map->ref;
 
     /*
      * We can't assume there was no racing unmap for this maptrack entry,
@@ -1330,7 +1335,7 @@ unmap_common(
      * invalid lock.
      */
     smp_rmb();
-    if ( unlikely(op->ref >= nr_grant_entries(rgt)) )
+    if ( unlikely(ref >= nr_grant_entries(rgt)) )
     {
         gdprintk(XENLOG_WARNING, "Unstable d%d handle %#x\n",
                  rgt->domain->domain_id, op->handle);
@@ -1339,7 +1344,10 @@ unmap_common(
         goto unlock_out;
     }
 
-    act = active_entry_acquire(rgt, op->ref);
+    /* Make sure the above bound check cannot be bypassed speculatively */
+    block_speculation();
+
+    act = active_entry_acquire(rgt, ref);
 
     /*
      * Note that we (ab)use the active entry lock here to protect against
@@ -1352,7 +1360,7 @@ unmap_common(
     flags = read_atomic(&map->flags);
     smp_rmb();
     if ( unlikely(!flags) || unlikely(map->domid != dom) ||
-         unlikely(map->ref != op->ref) )
+         unlikely(map->ref != ref) )
     {
         gdprintk(XENLOG_WARNING, "Unstable handle %#x\n", op->handle);
         rc = GNTST_bad_handle;
@@ -1437,7 +1445,7 @@ unmap_common_complete(struct gnttab_unmap_common *op)
     uint16_t *status;
     unsigned int clear_flags = 0;
 
-    if ( !op->done )
+    if ( evaluate_nospec(!op->done) )
     {
         /* unmap_common() didn't do anything - nothing to complete. */
         return;
@@ -2047,6 +2055,7 @@ gnttab_prepare_for_transfer(
         goto fail;
     }
 
+    /* This call also ensures the above check cannot be passed speculatively */
     raw_shah = (uint32_t *)shared_entry_header(rgt, ref);
     scombo.raw = ACCESS_ONCE(*raw_shah);
 
@@ -2243,7 +2252,12 @@ gnttab_transfer(
         spin_unlock(&e->page_alloc_lock);
         okay = gnttab_prepare_for_transfer(e, d, gop.ref);
 
-        if ( unlikely(!okay || assign_pages(e, page, 0, MEMF_no_refcount)) )
+        /*
+         * Make sure the reference bound check in gnttab_prepare_for_transfer
+         * is respected and speculative execution is blocked accordingly
+         */
+        if ( unlikely(!evaluate_nospec(okay)) ||
+            unlikely(assign_pages(e, page, 0, MEMF_no_refcount)) )
         {
             bool drop_dom_ref;
 
@@ -2441,8 +2455,10 @@ acquire_grant_for_copy(
         PIN_FAIL(gt_unlock_out, GNTST_bad_gntref,
                  "Bad grant reference %#x\n", gref);
 
-    act = active_entry_acquire(rgt, gref);
+    /* This call also ensures the above check cannot be passed speculatively */
     shah = shared_entry_header(rgt, gref);
+    act = active_entry_acquire(rgt, gref);
+
     if ( rgt->gt_version == 1 )
     {
         sha2 = NULL;
@@ -2861,6 +2877,9 @@ static int gnttab_copy_buf(const struct gnttab_copy *op,
                  op->dest.offset, dest->ptr.offset,
                  op->len, dest->len);
 
+    /* Make sure the above checks are not bypassed speculatively */
+    block_speculation();
+
     memcpy(dest->virt + op->dest.offset, src->virt + op->source.offset,
            op->len);
     gnttab_mark_dirty(dest->domain, dest->mfn);
@@ -2980,7 +2999,7 @@ gnttab_set_version(XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(gnttab_set_version_t) uop)
     struct grant_table *gt = currd->grant_table;
     grant_entry_v1_t reserved_entries[GNTTAB_NR_RESERVED_ENTRIES];
     int res;
-    unsigned int i;
+    unsigned int i, nr_ents;
 
     if ( copy_from_guest(&op, uop, 1) )
         return -EFAULT;
@@ -3004,7 +3023,8 @@ gnttab_set_version(XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(gnttab_set_version_t) uop)
      * are allowed to be in use (xenstore/xenconsole keeps them mapped).
      * (You need to change the version number for e.g. kexec.)
      */
-    for ( i = GNTTAB_NR_RESERVED_ENTRIES; i < nr_grant_entries(gt); i++ )
+    nr_ents = nr_grant_entries(gt);
+    for ( i = GNTTAB_NR_RESERVED_ENTRIES; i < nr_ents; i++ )
     {
         if ( read_atomic(&_active_entry(gt, i).pin) != 0 )
         {
@@ -3246,6 +3266,9 @@ swap_grant_ref(grant_ref_t ref_a, grant_ref_t ref_b)
     if ( unlikely(ref_b >= nr_grant_entries(d->grant_table)))
         PIN_FAIL(out, GNTST_bad_gntref, "Bad ref-b %#x\n", ref_b);
 
+    /* Make sure the above checks are not bypassed speculatively */
+    block_speculation();
+
     /* Swapping the same ref is a no-op. */
     if ( ref_a == ref_b )
         goto out;
@@ -3720,13 +3743,14 @@ void grant_table_warn_active_grants(struct domain *d)
     struct grant_table *gt = d->grant_table;
     struct active_grant_entry *act;
     grant_ref_t ref;
-    unsigned int nr_active = 0;
+    unsigned int nr_active = 0, nr_ents;
 
 #define WARN_GRANT_MAX 10
 
     grant_read_lock(gt);
 
-    for ( ref = 0; ref != nr_grant_entries(gt); ref++ )
+    nr_ents = nr_grant_entries(gt);
+    for ( ref = 0; ref != nr_ents; ref++ )
     {
         act = active_entry_acquire(gt, ref);
         if ( !act->pin )
@@ -3876,7 +3900,9 @@ static int gnttab_get_status_frame_mfn(struct domain *d,
             return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    *mfn = _mfn(virt_to_mfn(gt->status[idx]));
+    /* Make sure idx is bounded wrt nr_status_frames */
+    *mfn = _mfn(virt_to_mfn(
+                gt->status[array_index_nospec(idx, nr_status_frames(gt))]));
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3905,7 +3931,9 @@ static int gnttab_get_shared_frame_mfn(struct domain *d,
             return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    *mfn = _mfn(virt_to_mfn(gt->shared_raw[idx]));
+    /* Make sure idx is bounded wrt nr_status_frames */
+    *mfn = _mfn(virt_to_mfn(
+                gt->shared_raw[array_index_nospec(idx, nr_grant_frames(gt))]));
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3975,6 +4003,7 @@ static void gnttab_usage_print(struct domain *rd)
     int first = 1;
     grant_ref_t ref;
     struct grant_table *gt = rd->grant_table;
+    unsigned int nr_ents;
 
     printk("      -------- active --------       -------- shared --------\n");
     printk("[ref] localdom mfn      pin          localdom gmfn     flags\n");
@@ -3987,7 +4016,8 @@ static void gnttab_usage_print(struct domain *rd)
            nr_grant_frames(gt), gt->max_grant_frames,
            nr_maptrack_frames(gt), gt->max_maptrack_frames);
 
-    for ( ref = 0; ref != nr_grant_entries(gt); ref++ )
+    nr_ents = nr_grant_entries(gt);
+    for ( ref = 0; ref != nr_ents; ref++ )
     {
         struct active_grant_entry *act;
         struct grant_entry_header *sha;
-- 
2.7.4




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[Xen-devel] [PATCH L1TF MDS GT v4 2/2] common/grant_table: harden version dependent accesses

[Norbert Manthey]

Guests can issue grant table operations and provide guest controlled
data to them. This data is used as index for memory loads after bound
checks have been done. Depending on the grant table version, the
size of elements in containers differ. As the base data structure is
a page, the number of elements per page also differs. Consequently,
bound checks are version dependent, so that speculative execution can
happen in several stages, the bound check as well as the version check.

This commit mitigates cases where out-of-bound accesses could happen
due to the version comparison. In cases, where no different memory
locations are accessed on the code path that follow an if statement,
no protection is required. No different memory locations are accessed
in the following functions after a version check:

 * gnttab_setup_table: only calculated numbersi are used, and then
        function gnttab_grow_table is called, which is version protected

 * gnttab_transfer: the case that depends on the version check just gets
        into copying a page or not

 * acquire_grant_for_copy: the not fixed comparison is on the abort path
        and does not access other structures, and on the else branch
        accesses only structures that have been validated before

 * gnttab_set_version: all accessible data is allocated for both versions
        Furthermore, the functions gnttab_populate_status_frames and
        gnttab_unpopulate_status_frames received a block_speculation
        macro. Hence, this code will only be executed once the correct
        version is visible in the architectural state.

 * gnttab_release_mappings: this function is called only during domain
       destruction and control is not returned to the guest

 * mem_sharing_gref_to_gfn: speculation will be stoped by the second if
       statement, as that places a barrier on any path to be executed.

 * gnttab_get_status_frame_mfn: no version dependent check, because all
       accesses, except the gt->status[idx], do not perform index-based
       accesses, or speculative out-of-bound accesses in the
       gnttab_grow_table function call.

 * gnttab_usage_print: cannot be triggered by the guest

This is part of the speculative hardening effort.

Signed-off-by: Norbert Manthey <nmanthey@amazon.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
---
 xen/common/grant_table.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/common/grant_table.c b/xen/common/grant_table.c
--- a/xen/common/grant_table.c
+++ b/xen/common/grant_table.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static int _set_status(const grant_entry_header_t *shah,
                        domid_t ldomid)
 {
 
-    if ( rgt_version == 1 )
+    if ( evaluate_nospec(rgt_version == 1) )
         return _set_status_v1(shah, rd, act, readonly, mapflag, ldomid);
     else
         return _set_status_v2(shah, status, rd, act, readonly, mapflag, ldomid);
@@ -982,9 +982,12 @@ map_grant_ref(
 
     /* This call also ensures the above check cannot be passed speculatively */
     shah = shared_entry_header(rgt, ref);
-    status = rgt->gt_version == 1 ? &shah->flags : &status_entry(rgt, ref);
     act = active_entry_acquire(rgt, ref);
 
+    /* Make sure we do not access memory speculatively */
+    status = evaluate_nospec(rgt->gt_version == 1) ? &shah->flags
+                                                 : &status_entry(rgt, ref);
+
     /* If already pinned, check the active domid and avoid refcnt overflow. */
     if ( act->pin &&
          ((act->domid != ld->domain_id) ||
@@ -1005,7 +1008,7 @@ map_grant_ref(
 
         if ( !act->pin )
         {
-            unsigned long gfn = rgt->gt_version == 1 ?
+            unsigned long gfn = evaluate_nospec(rgt->gt_version == 1) ?
                                 shared_entry_v1(rgt, ref).frame :
                                 shared_entry_v2(rgt, ref).full_page.frame;
 
@@ -1461,7 +1464,7 @@ unmap_common_complete(struct gnttab_unmap_common *op)
     act = active_entry_acquire(rgt, op->ref);
     sha = shared_entry_header(rgt, op->ref);
 
-    if ( rgt->gt_version == 1 )
+    if ( evaluate_nospec(rgt->gt_version == 1) )
         status = &sha->flags;
     else
         status = &status_entry(rgt, op->ref);
@@ -1657,6 +1660,10 @@ gnttab_populate_status_frames(struct domain *d, struct grant_table *gt,
     unsigned req_status_frames;
 
     req_status_frames = grant_to_status_frames(req_nr_frames);
+
+    /* Make sure, prior version checks are architectural visible */
+    block_speculation();
+
     for ( i = nr_status_frames(gt); i < req_status_frames; i++ )
     {
         if ( (gt->status[i] = alloc_xenheap_page()) == NULL )
@@ -1685,6 +1692,9 @@ gnttab_unpopulate_status_frames(struct domain *d, struct grant_table *gt)
 {
     unsigned int i;
 
+    /* Make sure, prior version checks are architectural visible */
+    block_speculation();
+
     for ( i = 0; i < nr_status_frames(gt); i++ )
     {
         struct page_info *pg = virt_to_page(gt->status[i]);
@@ -1795,7 +1805,7 @@ gnttab_grow_table(struct domain *d, unsigned int req_nr_frames)
     }
 
     /* Status pages - version 2 */
-    if ( gt->gt_version > 1 )
+    if ( evaluate_nospec(gt->gt_version > 1) )
     {
         if ( gnttab_populate_status_frames(d, gt, req_nr_frames) )
             goto shared_alloc_failed;
@@ -2289,7 +2299,7 @@ gnttab_transfer(
         grant_read_lock(e->grant_table);
         act = active_entry_acquire(e->grant_table, gop.ref);
 
-        if ( e->grant_table->gt_version == 1 )
+        if ( evaluate_nospec(e->grant_table->gt_version == 1) )
         {
             grant_entry_v1_t *sha = &shared_entry_v1(e->grant_table, gop.ref);
 
@@ -2351,7 +2361,7 @@ release_grant_for_copy(
     sha = shared_entry_header(rgt, gref);
     mfn = act->mfn;
 
-    if ( rgt->gt_version == 1 )
+    if ( evaluate_nospec(rgt->gt_version == 1) )
     {
         status = &sha->flags;
         td = rd;
@@ -2459,7 +2469,7 @@ acquire_grant_for_copy(
     shah = shared_entry_header(rgt, gref);
     act = active_entry_acquire(rgt, gref);
 
-    if ( rgt->gt_version == 1 )
+    if ( evaluate_nospec(rgt->gt_version == 1) )
     {
         sha2 = NULL;
         status = &shah->flags;
@@ -3281,7 +3291,7 @@ swap_grant_ref(grant_ref_t ref_a, grant_ref_t ref_b)
     if ( act_b->pin )
         PIN_FAIL(out, GNTST_eagain, "ref b %#x busy\n", ref_b);
 
-    if ( gt->gt_version == 1 )
+    if ( evaluate_nospec(gt->gt_version == 1) )
     {
         grant_entry_v1_t shared;
 
@@ -3835,7 +3845,7 @@ int mem_sharing_gref_to_gfn(struct grant_table *gt, grant_ref_t ref,
         rc = -EINVAL;
     else if ( ref >= nr_grant_entries(gt) )
         rc = -ENOENT;
-    else if ( gt->gt_version == 1 )
+    else if ( evaluate_nospec(gt->gt_version == 1) )
     {
         const grant_entry_v1_t *sha1 = &shared_entry_v1(gt, ref);
 
@@ -3857,7 +3867,7 @@ int mem_sharing_gref_to_gfn(struct grant_table *gt, grant_ref_t ref,
         rc = -ENXIO;
     else if ( !rc && status )
     {
-        if ( gt->gt_version == 1 )
+        if ( evaluate_nospec(gt->gt_version == 1) )
             *status = flags;
         else
             *status = status_entry(gt, ref);
@@ -3877,6 +3887,9 @@ static int gnttab_get_status_frame_mfn(struct domain *d,
 
     ASSERT(gt->gt_version == 2);
 
+    /* Make sure we have version equal to 2 even under speculation */
+    block_speculation();
+
     if ( idx >= nr_status_frames(gt) )
     {
         unsigned long nr_status;
@@ -3945,7 +3958,7 @@ int gnttab_map_frame(struct domain *d, unsigned long idx, gfn_t gfn, mfn_t *mfn)
 
     grant_write_lock(gt);
 
-    if ( gt->gt_version == 2 && (idx & XENMAPIDX_grant_table_status) )
+    if ( evaluate_nospec(gt->gt_version == 2) && (idx & XENMAPIDX_grant_table_status) )
     {
         idx &= ~XENMAPIDX_grant_table_status;
         status = true;
-- 
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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH L1TF MDS GT v4 1/2] common/grant_table: harden bound accesses

[Jan Beulich]

On 30.07.2019 15:15, Norbert Manthey wrote:
> Guests can issue grant table operations and provide guest controlled
> data to them. This data is used as index for memory loads after bound
> checks have been done. To avoid speculative out-of-bound accesses, we
> use the array_index_nospec macro where applicable, or the macro
> block_speculation. Note, the block_speculation macro is used on all
> path in shared_entry_header and nr_grant_entries. This way, after a
> call to such a function, all bound checks that happened before become
> architectural visible, so that no additional protection is required
> for corresponding array accesses. As the way we introduce an lfence
> instruction might allow the compiler to reload certain values from
> memory multiple times, we try to avoid speculatively continuing
> execution with stale register data by moving relevant data into
> function local variables.
> 
> Speculative execution is not blocked in case one of the following
> properties is true:
>   - path cannot be triggered by the guest
>   - path does not return to the guest
>   - path does not result in an out-of-bound access
> 
> Only the combination of the above properties allows to actually leak
> continuous chunks of memory. Therefore, we only add the penalty of
> protective mechanisms in case a potential speculative out-of-bound
> access matches all the above properties.
> 
> This commit addresses only out-of-bound accesses whose index is
> directly controlled by the guest, and the index is checked before.
> Potential out-of-bound accesses that are caused by speculatively
> evaluating the version of the current table are not addressed in this
> commit. Hence, speculative out-of-bound accesses might still be
> possible, for example in gnttab_get_status_frame_mfn, when calling
> gnttab_grow_table, the assertion that the grant table version equals
> two might not hold under speculation.
> 
> This is part of the speculative hardening effort.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Norbert Manthey <nmanthey@amazon.de>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>    v3:  Drop condition to not fix defects in commit message.
>         Copy in reviewed-by.

According to this (which aiui means v4) there are no code changes
compared to v3. At the risk of annoying you, this doesn't fit well
with me having said "and then perhaps make changes to a few more
paths" alongside the option of doing this removal in reply to v3.
After all you've now dropped a condition from what is covered by
"Only the combination of ...", and hence there's a wider set of
paths that would need to be fixed. It was for this reason that as
the other alternative I did suggest to simply weaken the wording
of the item you've now dropped. IOW I'm afraid my R-b is not
applicable to v4.

Jan
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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH L1TF MDS GT v4 1/2] common/grant_table: harden bound accesses

[Norbert Manthey]

On 7/30/19 15:38, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 30.07.2019 15:15, Norbert Manthey wrote:
>> Guests can issue grant table operations and provide guest controlled
>> data to them. This data is used as index for memory loads after bound
>> checks have been done. To avoid speculative out-of-bound accesses, we
>> use the array_index_nospec macro where applicable, or the macro
>> block_speculation. Note, the block_speculation macro is used on all
>> path in shared_entry_header and nr_grant_entries. This way, after a
>> call to such a function, all bound checks that happened before become
>> architectural visible, so that no additional protection is required
>> for corresponding array accesses. As the way we introduce an lfence
>> instruction might allow the compiler to reload certain values from
>> memory multiple times, we try to avoid speculatively continuing
>> execution with stale register data by moving relevant data into
>> function local variables.
>>
>> Speculative execution is not blocked in case one of the following
>> properties is true:
>>   - path cannot be triggered by the guest
>>   - path does not return to the guest
>>   - path does not result in an out-of-bound access
>>
>> Only the combination of the above properties allows to actually leak
>> continuous chunks of memory. Therefore, we only add the penalty of
>> protective mechanisms in case a potential speculative out-of-bound
>> access matches all the above properties.
>>
>> This commit addresses only out-of-bound accesses whose index is
>> directly controlled by the guest, and the index is checked before.
>> Potential out-of-bound accesses that are caused by speculatively
>> evaluating the version of the current table are not addressed in this
>> commit. Hence, speculative out-of-bound accesses might still be
>> possible, for example in gnttab_get_status_frame_mfn, when calling
>> gnttab_grow_table, the assertion that the grant table version equals
>> two might not hold under speculation.
>>
>> This is part of the speculative hardening effort.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Norbert Manthey <nmanthey@amazon.de>
>> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
>> ---
>>
>> Notes:
>>    v3:  Drop condition to not fix defects in commit message.
>>         Copy in reviewed-by.
> According to this (which aiui means v4) there are no code changes
> compared to v3. At the risk of annoying you, this doesn't fit well
> with me having said "and then perhaps make changes to a few more
> paths" alongside the option of doing this removal in reply to v3.
> After all you've now dropped a condition from what is covered by
> "Only the combination of ...", and hence there's a wider set of
> paths that would need to be fixed. It was for this reason that as
> the other alternative I did suggest to simply weaken the wording
> of the item you've now dropped. IOW I'm afraid my R-b is not
> applicable to v4.

I see, and am sorry for the misunderstanding. I am fine with adding the
4th condition in a weakened form (essentially modifying the commit
message to the form you suggested). I wonder whether the summary when to
fix a potential speculative out-of-bound access should actually be
documented somewhere else than in the commit message of this (more or
less random) commit.

Best,
Norbert

>
> Jan



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