scs: add support for dynamic shadow call stacks

In order to allow arches to use code patching to conditionally emit the
shadow stack pushes and pops, rather than always taking the performance
hit ev

scs: add support for dynamic shadow call stacks

In order to allow arches to use code patching to conditionally emit the
shadow stack pushes and pops, rather than always taking the performance
hit even on CPUs that implement alternatives such as stack pointer
authentication on arm64, add a Kconfig symbol that can be set by the
arch to omit the SCS codegen itself, without otherwise affecting how
support code for SCS and compiler options (for register reservation, for
instance) are emitted.

Also, add a static key and some plumbing to omit the allocation of
shadow call stack for dynamic SCS configurations if SCS is disabled at
runtime.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221027155908.1940624-3-ardb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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arm64: scs: use vmapped IRQ and SDEI shadow stacks

Use scs_alloc() to allocate also IRQ and SDEI shadow stacks instead of
using statically allocated stacks.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvan

arm64: scs: use vmapped IRQ and SDEI shadow stacks

Use scs_alloc() to allocate also IRQ and SDEI shadow stacks instead of
using statically allocated stacks.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201130233442.2562064-3-samitolvanen@google.com
[will: Move CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK check into init_irq_scs()]
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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scs: switch to vmapped shadow stacks

The kernel currently uses kmem_cache to allocate shadow call stacks,
which means an overflows may not be immediately detected and can
potentially result in anoth

scs: switch to vmapped shadow stacks

The kernel currently uses kmem_cache to allocate shadow call stacks,
which means an overflows may not be immediately detected and can
potentially result in another task's shadow stack to be overwritten.

This change switches SCS to use virtually mapped shadow stacks for
tasks, which increases shadow stack size to a full page and provides
more robust overflow detection, similarly to VMAP_STACK.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201130233442.2562064-2-samitolvanen@google.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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scs: Move DEFINE_SCS macro into core code

Defining static shadow call stacks is not architecture-specific, so move
the DEFINE_SCS() macro into the core header file.

Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samito

scs: Move DEFINE_SCS macro into core code

Defining static shadow call stacks is not architecture-specific, so move
the DEFINE_SCS() macro into the core header file.

Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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scs: Move scs_overflow_check() out of architecture code

There is nothing architecture-specific about scs_overflow_check() as
it's just a trivial wrapper around scs_corrupted().

For parity with task

scs: Move scs_overflow_check() out of architecture code

There is nothing architecture-specific about scs_overflow_check() as
it's just a trivial wrapper around scs_corrupted().

For parity with task_stack_end_corrupted(), rename scs_corrupted() to
task_scs_end_corrupted() and call it from schedule_debug() when
CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK_is enabled, which better reflects its
purpose as a debug feature to catch inadvertent overflow of the SCS.
Finally, remove the unused scs_overflow_check() function entirely.

This has absolutely no impact on architectures that do not support SCS
(currently arm64 only).

Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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arm64: scs: Store absolute SCS stack pointer value in thread_info

Storing the SCS information in thread_info as a {base,offset} pair
introduces an additional load instruction on the ret-to-user path

arm64: scs: Store absolute SCS stack pointer value in thread_info

Storing the SCS information in thread_info as a {base,offset} pair
introduces an additional load instruction on the ret-to-user path,
since the SCS stack pointer in x18 has to be converted back to an offset
by subtracting the base.

Replace the offset with the absolute SCS stack pointer value instead
and avoid the redundant load.

Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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scs: Add support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack (SCS)

This change adds generic support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack,
which uses a shadow stack to protect return addresses from being
overwritten by a

scs: Add support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack (SCS)

This change adds generic support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack,
which uses a shadow stack to protect return addresses from being
overwritten by an attacker. Details are available here:

https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ShadowCallStack.html

Note that security guarantees in the kernel differ from the ones
documented for user space. The kernel must store addresses of
shadow stacks in memory, which means an attacker capable reading
and writing arbitrary memory may be able to locate them and hijack
control flow by modifying the stacks.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
[will: Numerous cosmetic changes]
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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scs: Move DEFINE_SCS macro into core code

Defining static shadow call stacks is not architecture-specific, so move
the DEFINE_SCS() macro into the core header file.

Tested-by: S

scs: Move DEFINE_SCS macro into core code

Defining static shadow call stacks is not architecture-specific, so move
the DEFINE_SCS() macro into the core header file.

Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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scs: Move scs_overflow_check() out of architecture code

There is nothing architecture-specific about scs_overflow_check() as
it's just a trivial wrapper around scs_corrupted().

scs: Move scs_overflow_check() out of architecture code

There is nothing architecture-specific about scs_overflow_check() as
it's just a trivial wrapper around scs_corrupted().

For parity with task_stack_end_corrupted(), rename scs_corrupted() to
task_scs_end_corrupted() and call it from schedule_debug() when
CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK_is enabled, which better reflects its
purpose as a debug feature to catch inadvertent overflow of the SCS.
Finally, remove the unused scs_overflow_check() function entirely.

This has absolutely no impact on architectures that do not support SCS
(currently arm64 only).

Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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arm64: scs: Store absolute SCS stack pointer value in thread_info

Storing the SCS information in thread_info as a {base,offset} pair
introduces an additional load instruction on the ret-

arm64: scs: Store absolute SCS stack pointer value in thread_info

Storing the SCS information in thread_info as a {base,offset} pair
introduces an additional load instruction on the ret-to-user path,
since the SCS stack pointer in x18 has to be converted back to an offset
by subtracting the base.

Replace the offset with the absolute SCS stack pointer value instead
and avoid the redundant load.

Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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scs: Add support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack (SCS)

This change adds generic support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack,
which uses a shadow stack to protect return addresses from being

scs: Add support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack (SCS)

This change adds generic support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack,
which uses a shadow stack to protect return addresses from being
overwritten by an attacker. Details are available here:

https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ShadowCallStack.html

Note that security guarantees in the kernel differ from the ones
documented for user space. The kernel must store addresses of
shadow stacks in memory, which means an attacker capable reading
and writing arbitrary memory may be able to locate them and hijack
control flow by modifying the stacks.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
[will: Numerous cosmetic changes]
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

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