From baaa7237fecc5ada99e518f38541126977ca7ff4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:56:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: zero GPRs upon entry from EL0

We can zero GPRs x0 - x29 upon entry from EL0 to make it harder for
userspace to control values consumed by speculative gadgets.

We don't blat x30, since this is stashed much later, and we'll blat it
before invoking C code.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 22b240da949b..d1440f84668b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@
 #endif
 	.endm
 
+	.macro	clear_gp_regs
+	.irp	n,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29
+	mov	x\n, xzr
+	.endr
+	.endm
+
 /*
  * Bad Abort numbers
  *-----------------
@@ -169,6 +175,7 @@ alternative_cb_end
 	stp	x28, x29, [sp, #16 * 14]
 
 	.if	\el == 0
+	clear_gp_regs
 	mrs	x21, sp_el0
 	ldr_this_cpu	tsk, __entry_task, x20	// Ensure MDSCR_EL1.SS is clear,
 	ldr	x19, [tsk, #TSK_TI_FLAGS]	// since we can unmask debug
@@ -176,7 +183,6 @@ alternative_cb_end
 
 	apply_ssbd 1, x22, x23
 
-	mov	x29, xzr			// fp pointed to user-space
 	.else
 	add	x21, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE
 	get_thread_info tsk
-- 
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