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From: Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
To: x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.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>,
	David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
	Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/5] x86: shstk: don't clobber IBT bits in U_CET MSR
Date: Fri,  5 Jun 2026 18:47:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260605184715.3383415-4-ripatel@wii.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260605184715.3383415-2-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 = &current->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


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-05 18:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-05 18:47 [PATCH v2 0/5] Usermode Indirect Branch Tracking Richard Patel
2026-06-05 18:47 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] x86: add userspace IBT config option Richard Patel
2026-06-05 18:47 ` Richard Patel [this message]
2026-06-05 18:47 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] x86: expose user IBT via PR_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PADS Richard Patel
2026-06-05 18:47 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] x86/entry/vdso: build with IBT support Richard Patel
2026-06-05 19:14   ` Florian Weimer
2026-06-05 18:47 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] selftests/x86: test usermode IBT Richard Patel
2026-06-05 19:04 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Usermode Indirect Branch Tracking Peter Zijlstra
2026-06-05 19:34 ` Florian Weimer
2026-06-05 20:32   ` Richard Patel
2026-06-06 13:40     ` Florian Weimer
2026-06-06 23:05       ` Richard Patel

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