From: Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] x86: shstk: don't clobber IBT bits in U_CET MSR
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 13:30:19 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260517183024.16292-3-ripatel@wii.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260517183024.16292-1-ripatel@wii.dev>
Updates usermode shadow stack code to not set IBT-related bits in
the U_CET MSR.
Signed-off-by: Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
---
arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c b/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c
index 0ca64900192f..ff4106dcfec4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/shstk.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static int shstk_setup(void)
{
struct thread_shstk *shstk = ¤t->thread.shstk;
unsigned long addr, size;
+ u64 msrval;
/* Already enabled */
if (features_enabled(ARCH_SHSTK_SHSTK))
@@ -166,7 +167,10 @@ static int shstk_setup(void)
fpregs_lock_and_load();
wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP, addr + size);
- wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_U_CET, CET_SHSTK_EN);
+ rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_U_CET, msrval);
+ msrval &= ~CET_WRSS_EN;
+ msrval |= CET_SHSTK_EN;
+ wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_U_CET, msrval);
fpregs_unlock();
shstk->base = addr;
@@ -520,6 +524,8 @@ static int wrss_control(bool enable)
static int shstk_disable(void)
{
+ u64 msrval;
+
if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_USER_SHSTK))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -528,8 +534,10 @@ static int shstk_disable(void)
return 0;
fpregs_lock_and_load();
+ rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_U_CET, msrval);
/* Disable WRSS too when disabling shadow stack */
- wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_U_CET, 0);
+ msrval &= ~(CET_SHSTK_EN | CET_WRSS_EN);
+ wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_U_CET, msrval);
wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP, 0);
fpregs_unlock();
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-17 18:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-17 18:30 [PATCH 0/7] Usermode Indirect Branch Tracking Richard Patel
2026-05-17 18:30 ` [PATCH 1/7] x86: add userspace IBT config option Richard Patel
2026-05-17 18:30 ` Richard Patel [this message]
2026-05-17 18:30 ` [PATCH 3/7] x86: signal handler support for IBT Richard Patel
2026-05-17 18:30 ` [PATCH 4/7] x86: ban 32-bit sigreturn when user IBT enabled Richard Patel
2026-05-18 20:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-05-19 0:14 ` Richard Patel
2026-05-24 21:53 ` Richard Patel
2026-05-25 11:05 ` David Laight
2026-05-17 18:30 ` [PATCH 5/7] x86: expose user IBT via PR_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PADS Richard Patel
2026-05-18 6:46 ` Richard Patel
2026-05-17 18:30 ` [PATCH 6/7] x86/entry/vdso: build with IBT support Richard Patel
2026-05-17 18:30 ` [PATCH 7/7] selftests/x86: test usermode IBT Richard Patel
2026-05-18 7:36 ` [PATCH 0/7] Usermode Indirect Branch Tracking Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-18 16:25 ` Richard Patel
2026-05-18 19:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-19 9:33 ` David Laight
2026-05-19 9:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-05-19 13:14 ` Richard Patel
2026-05-19 13:28 ` David Laight
2026-05-19 14:18 ` Richard Patel
2026-05-19 14:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
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