From d0281a257f370b09c410e466571858b4e12869c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 18:44:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] x86, cpufeature: Add cpufeature flag for SMEP
Add support for newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection) CPU
feature flag.
SMEP prevents the CPU in kernel-mode to jump to an executable page
that has the user flag set in the PTE. This prevents the kernel from
executing user-space code accidentally or maliciously, so it for
example prevents kernel exploits from jumping to specially prepared
user-mode shell code.
[ hpa: added better description by Ingo Molnar ]
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1305683069-25394-2-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 7f2f7b123293..8808cdb96c3f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
/* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:0 (ebx), word 9 */
#define X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE (9*32+ 0) /* {RD/WR}{FS/GS}BASE instructions*/
+#define X86_FEATURE_SMEP (9*32+ 7) /* Supervisor Mode Execution Protection */
#define X86_FEATURE_ERMS (9*32+ 9) /* Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB */
#if defined(__KERNEL__) && !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
From dc23c0bccf5eea171c87b3db285d032b9a5f06c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 18:44:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] x86, cpu: Add SMEP CPU feature in CR4
Add support for newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection)
CPU feature in CR4.
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1305683069-25394-3-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h
index a898a2b6e10c..59ab4dffa377 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
#define X86_CR4_OSXMMEXCPT 0x00000400 /* enable unmasked SSE exceptions */
#define X86_CR4_VMXE 0x00002000 /* enable VMX virtualization */
#define X86_CR4_OSXSAVE 0x00040000 /* enable xsave and xrestore */
+#define X86_CR4_SMEP 0x00100000 /* enable SMEP support */
/*
* x86-64 Task Priority Register, CR8
From de5397ad5b9ad22e2401c4dacdf1bb3b19c05679 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 16:51:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] x86, cpu: Enable/disable Supervisor Mode Execution
Protection
Enable/disable newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection) CPU
feature in kernel. CR4.SMEP (bit 20) is 0 at power-on. If the feature is
supported by CPU (X86_FEATURE_SMEP), enable SMEP by setting CR4.SMEP. New kernel
option nosmep disables the feature even if the feature is supported by CPU.
[ hpa: moved the call to setup_smep() until after the vendor-specific
initialization; that ensures that CPUID features are unmasked. We
will still run it before we have userspace (never mind uncontrolled
userspace). ]
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1305157865-31727-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index cc85a9278190..56fb8c16e20b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1664,6 +1664,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
+ nosmep [X86]
+ Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection)
+ even if it is supported by processor.
+
noexec32 [X86-64]
This affects only 32-bit executables.
noexec32=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 173f3a3fa1a6..cbc70a27430c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -254,6 +254,25 @@ static inline void squash_the_stupid_serial_number(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
}
#endif
+static int disable_smep __initdata;
+static __init int setup_disable_smep(char *arg)
+{
+ disable_smep = 1;
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("nosmep", setup_disable_smep);
+
+static __init void setup_smep(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SMEP)) {
+ if (unlikely(disable_smep)) {
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SMEP);
+ clear_in_cr4(X86_CR4_SMEP);
+ } else
+ set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_SMEP);
+ }
+}
+
/*
* Some CPU features depend on higher CPUID levels, which may not always
* be available due to CPUID level capping or broken virtualization
@@ -667,6 +686,8 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
c->cpu_index = 0;
#endif
filter_cpuid_features(c, false);
+
+ setup_smep(c);
}
void __init early_cpu_init(void)
@@ -752,6 +773,8 @@ static void __cpuinit generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
#endif
}
+ setup_smep(c);
+
get_model_name(c); /* Default name */
detect_nopl(c);