array_index_nospec: Sanitize speculative array de-references
authorDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 01:02:22 +0000 (17:02 -0800)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:54:29 +0000 (21:54 +0100)
commitf3804203306e098dae9ca51540fcd5eb700d7f40
treee5d7f2f6040328da6f78f17384e7000939118d18
parentf84a56f73dddaeac1dba8045b007f742f61cd2da
array_index_nospec: Sanitize speculative array de-references

array_index_nospec() is proposed as a generic mechanism to mitigate
against Spectre-variant-1 attacks, i.e. an attack that bypasses boundary
checks via speculative execution. The array_index_nospec()
implementation is expected to be safe for current generation CPUs across
multiple architectures (ARM, x86).

Based on an original implementation by Linus Torvalds, tweaked to remove
speculative flows by Alexei Starovoitov, and tweaked again by Linus to
introduce an x86 assembly implementation for the mask generation.

Co-developed-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Co-developed-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Cyril Novikov <cnovikov@lynx.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: alan@linux.intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/151727414229.33451.18411580953862676575.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
include/linux/nospec.h [new file with mode: 0644]