From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>, Xin Li <xin@zytor.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/fred: Correct speculative safety in fred_extint()
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 13:15:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260106131504.679932-1-andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> (raw)
array_index_nospec() is no use if the result gets spilled to the stack, as
it makes the believed safe-under-speculation value subject to memory
predictions.
For all practical purposes, this means array_index_nospec() must be used in
the expression that accesses the array.
As the code currently stands, it's the wrong side of irqentry_enter(), and
'index' is put into %ebp across the function call.
Remove the index variable and reposition array_index_nospec(), so it's
calculated immediately before the array access.
Fixes: 14619d912b65 ("x86/fred: FRED entry/exit and dispatch code")
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
---
CC: Xin Li <xin@zytor.com>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
CC: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
CC: x86@kernel.org
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
This is why we have array_access_nospec() in Xen, so you can't separate the
safety calculation from the array access.
The observant reader might notice that the result of reading sysvec_table[] is
also subject to memory predictions. Aren't CPUs wonderful...
In practice, even having array_index_nospec() part of the array access
expression is no guarantee of avoiding spilling to the stack. KASAN is liable
to hide a function call behind the scenes, while UBSAN is very good at
inserting it's own unsafe range checks around objects it knows the size of.
Aren't compilers wonderful...
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c b/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
index 94e626cc6a07..4fc5b176d3ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ void __init fred_complete_exception_setup(void)
static noinstr void fred_extint(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
unsigned int vector = regs->fred_ss.vector;
- unsigned int index = array_index_nospec(vector - FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR,
- NR_SYSTEM_VECTORS);
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(vector < FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR))
return;
@@ -169,7 +167,8 @@ static noinstr void fred_extint(struct pt_regs *regs)
irqentry_state_t state = irqentry_enter(regs);
instrumentation_begin();
- sysvec_table[index](regs);
+ sysvec_table[array_index_nospec(vector - FIRST_SYSTEM_VECTOR,
+ NR_SYSTEM_VECTORS)](regs);
instrumentation_end();
irqentry_exit(regs, state);
} else {
base-commit: 7f98ab9da046865d57c102fd3ca9669a29845f67
--
2.39.5
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-06 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-06 13:15 Andrew Cooper [this message]
2026-01-06 15:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-06 16:46 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-01-06 17:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-07 0:15 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-02-23 10:25 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Andrew Cooper
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