From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
x86@kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] x86/kcfi: Emit the FineIBT paranoid "cs" prefix as a byte
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 02:04:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261012090436.1676525-2-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261012090424.i.497-kees@kernel.org>
The "cs" prefix on the LEA in the FineIBT paranoid caller template is
padding: it places the LEA's 0xf0 immediate byte where it doubles as the
LOCK prefix that makes the failing Jcc raise #UD. GNU as warns about it
in every CONFIG_FINEIBT=y build:
Warning: segment override on `lea' is ineffectual
Clang's integrated assembler does not warn, and both assemble the same
bytes. Emit the prefix with ".byte 0x2e" to silence GNU as.
Build tested ARCH=x86_64 defconfig with CONFIG_CFI=y, with GCC 17.0.0
(experimental, with the kCFI series) and GNU as 2.47, and with Clang
24.0.0git: GNU as no longer warns, and the template assembles to the
same bytes as before with both. Under QEMU with cfi=fineibt,paranoid,
the paranoid caller check catches LKDTM's CFI_FORWARD_PROTO with both.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 91b1cdd16569..1300ca50e770 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,8 @@ asm( ".pushsection .rodata \n"
"fineibt_paranoid_start: \n"
" mov $0x12345678, %eax \n"
" cmpl -11(%r11), %eax \n"
- " cs lea -0x10(%r11), %r11 \n"
+ " .byte 0x2e \n"
+ " lea -0x10(%r11), %r11 \n"
"#fineibt_caller_size: \n"
" jne fineibt_paranoid_start+0xd \n"
"fineibt_paranoid_ind: \n"
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-12 9:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-12 9:04 [PATCH 0/3] x86/cfi: Fix a few kCFI issues found with GCC Kees Cook
2026-10-12 9:04 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/kcfi: Decode the kCFI check from the trap address Kees Cook
2026-10-12 9:59 ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Kees Cook
2026-10-12 9:04 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2026-10-12 9:16 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86/kcfi: Emit the FineIBT paranoid "cs" prefix as a byte Peter Zijlstra
2026-10-12 9:59 ` [tip: x86/core] " tip-bot2 for Kees Cook
2026-10-12 9:04 ` [PATCH 3/3] objtool: Skip jump table jumps in the kCFI indirect call check Kees Cook
2026-10-12 9:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
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