From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>,
GNU C Library <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] nptl: Update struct pthread_unwind_buf
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 12:14:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMe9rOpVQ9oEK0WYdPvR_1nuvkpwXy3Rsy5UYsXvOnScRu2toA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMe9rOqGDo4SpTQ=BBRK+RJcVVN3M9WQxwWFJjK+k=+nvTPAOg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 11:47 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 9:34 AM, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 03/07/2018 03:56 AM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>>>> 1. I have to add __setjmp_cancel and __sigsetjmp_cancel which won't
>>>>> save and restore shadow stack register.
>>>
>>> I have been testing this. I ran into one issue. GCC knows that setjmp will
>>> return via longjmp and inserts ENDBR after it. But it doesn't know
>>> __setjmp_cancel and __sigsetjmp_cancel. We can either add them to GCC
>>> or add NOTRACK prefix to the corresponding longjmps.
>>
>> I would rather GCC did not know about these implementation details.
>>
>> I have no objection to the NOTRACK prefix in the corresponding longjmps.
>>
>> What would be a downside to this choice?
>>
>
> NOTRACK prefix is typically generated by compiler for switch table. Compiler
> knows each indirect jump target is valid and pointer load for indirect jump is
> generated by compiler in read-only section. This is pretty safe since there is
> very little chance for malicious codes to temper the pointer value. However,
> in case of longjmp, the indirect jump target is in jmpbuf. There is
> a possilibty
> for malicious codes to change the indirect jump target such that longjmp wil
> jump to the wrong place. Use NOTRACK prefix here defeats the purpose of
> indirect branch tracking in CET.
>
Also GCC needs to know that __setjmp_cancel and __sigsetjmp_cancel may
return twice, similar to setjmp.
--
H.J.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-07 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-01 20:57 [PATCH 0/2] nptl: Update struct pthread_unwind_buf H.J. Lu
2018-02-01 20:57 ` [PATCH 1/2] Revert "Revert Intel CET changes to __jmp_buf_tag (Bug 22743)" H.J. Lu
2018-02-01 20:57 ` [PATCH 2/2] nptl: Update struct pthread_unwind_buf [BZ #22743] H.J. Lu
2018-02-08 9:25 ` [PATCH 0/2] nptl: Update struct pthread_unwind_buf Carlos O'Donell
2018-02-08 11:55 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-09 6:29 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-02-09 10:48 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-09 11:13 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-09 12:11 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-09 12:34 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-09 14:13 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-09 14:33 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-09 15:24 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-24 5:46 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-02-24 15:19 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-24 15:46 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-25 2:04 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-25 9:26 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-25 11:37 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-25 11:59 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-25 12:53 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-25 12:55 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-25 12:58 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-25 13:23 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-25 13:31 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-25 13:36 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-25 13:49 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-25 13:49 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-25 14:00 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-25 14:13 ` Florian Weimer
2018-02-26 3:55 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-28 23:23 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-03-07 11:56 ` H.J. Lu
2018-03-07 17:34 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-03-07 19:47 ` H.J. Lu
2018-03-07 20:14 ` H.J. Lu [this message]
2018-03-07 22:06 ` H.J. Lu
2018-03-08 12:24 ` Tsimbalist, Igor V
2018-03-08 12:48 ` H.J. Lu
2018-03-09 0:47 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-03-09 5:23 ` H.J. Lu
2018-03-15 4:20 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-02-24 6:41 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-02-08 13:27 ` H.J. Lu
2018-02-09 6:40 ` Carlos O'Donell
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