[v13,18/35] x86/fred: Disallow the swapgs instruction when FRED is enabled

Commit Message

Li, Xin3 Dec. 5, 2023, 10:50 a.m. UTC

From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <[e-mail]>

SWAPGS is no longer needed thus NOT allowed with FRED because FRED
transitions ensure that an operating system can _always_ operate
with its own GS base address:
- For events that occur in ring 3, FRED event delivery swaps the GS
  base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.
- ERETU (the FRED transition that returns to ring 3) also swaps the
  GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.

And the operating system can still setup the GS segment for a user
thread without the need of loading a user thread GS with:
- Using LKGS, available with FRED, to modify other attributes of the
  GS segment without compromising its ability always to operate with
  its own GS base address.
- Accessing the GS segment base address for a user thread as before
  using RDMSR or WRMSR on the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.

Note, LKGS loads the GS base address into the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR
instead of the GS segment's descriptor cache. As such, the operating
system never changes its runtime GS base address.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <[e-mail]>
Tested-by: Shan Kang <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <[e-mail]>
---

Change since v12:
* Use the ASCII char ' (char number 0x27), instead of its unicode char
  (Borislav Petkov).

Change since v8:
* Explain why writing directly to the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR is
  doing the right thing (Thomas Gleixner).
---
 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index b924477c5ba8..7f66c0b14de6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -166,7 +166,29 @@  static noinstr unsigned long __rdgsbase_inactive(void)
 
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 
-	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) {
+	/*
+	 * SWAPGS is no longer needed thus NOT allowed with FRED because
+	 * FRED transitions ensure that an operating system can _always_
+	 * operate with its own GS base address:
+	 * - For events that occur in ring 3, FRED event delivery swaps
+	 *   the GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.
+	 * - ERETU (the FRED transition that returns to ring 3) also swaps
+	 *   the GS base address with the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.
+	 *
+	 * And the operating system can still setup the GS segment for a
+	 * user thread without the need of loading a user thread GS with:
+	 * - Using LKGS, available with FRED, to modify other attributes
+	 *   of the GS segment without compromising its ability always to
+	 *   operate with its own GS base address.
+	 * - Accessing the GS segment base address for a user thread as
+	 *   before using RDMSR or WRMSR on the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR.
+	 *
+	 * Note, LKGS loads the GS base address into the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE
+	 * MSR instead of the GS segment’s descriptor cache. As such, the
+	 * operating system never changes its runtime GS base address.
+	 */
+	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED) &&
+	    !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) {
 		native_swapgs();
 		gsbase = rdgsbase();
 		native_swapgs();
@@ -191,7 +213,8 @@  static noinstr void __wrgsbase_inactive(unsigned long gsbase)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 
-	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) {
+	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED) &&
+	    !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) {
 		native_swapgs();
 		wrgsbase(gsbase);
 		native_swapgs();