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x86/decompressor: Don't rely on upper 32 bits of GPRs being preserved
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The 4-to-5 level mode switch trampoline disables long mode and paging in
order to be able to flick the LA57 bit. According to section 3.4.1.1 of
the x86 architecture manual [0], 64-bit GPRs might not retain the upper
32 bits of their contents across such a mode switch.

Given that RBP, RBX and RSI are live at this point, preserve them on the
stack, along with the return address that might be above 4G as well.

[0] Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1: Basic Architecture

  "Because the upper 32 bits of 64-bit general-purpose registers are
   undefined in 32-bit modes, the upper 32 bits of any general-purpose
   register are not preserved when switching from 64-bit mode to a 32-bit
   mode (to protected mode or compatibility mode). Software must not
   depend on these bits to maintain a value after a 64-bit to 32-bit
   mode switch."

Fixes: 194a974 ("x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level paging boot if kernel is above 4G")
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230807162720.545787-2-ardb@kernel.org
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Ard Biesheuvel authored and Borislav Petkov (AMD) committed Aug 7, 2023
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30 changes: 23 additions & 7 deletions arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
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Expand Up @@ -459,18 +459,37 @@ SYM_CODE_START(startup_64)
/* Save the trampoline address in RCX */
movq %rax, %rcx

/* Set up 32-bit addressable stack */
leaq TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_STACK_END(%rcx), %rsp

/*
* Preserve live 64-bit registers on the stack: this is necessary
* because the architecture does not guarantee that GPRs will retain
* their full 64-bit values across a 32-bit mode switch.
*/
pushq %rbp
pushq %rbx
pushq %rsi

/*
* Load the address of trampoline_return() into RDI.
* It will be used by the trampoline to return to the main code.
* Push the 64-bit address of trampoline_return() onto the new stack.
* It will be used by the trampoline to return to the main code. Due to
* the 32-bit mode switch, it cannot be kept it in a register either.
*/
leaq trampoline_return(%rip), %rdi
pushq %rdi

/* Switch to compatibility mode (CS.L = 0 CS.D = 1) via far return */
pushq $__KERNEL32_CS
leaq TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_CODE_OFFSET(%rax), %rax
pushq %rax
lretq
trampoline_return:
/* Restore live 64-bit registers */
popq %rsi
popq %rbx
popq %rbp

/* Restore the stack, the 32-bit trampoline uses its own stack */
leaq rva(boot_stack_end)(%rbx), %rsp

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/*
* This is the 32-bit trampoline that will be copied over to low memory.
*
* RDI contains the return address (might be above 4G).
* Return address is at the top of the stack (might be above 4G).
* ECX contains the base address of the trampoline memory.
* Non zero RDX means trampoline needs to enable 5-level paging.
*/
Expand All @@ -592,9 +611,6 @@ SYM_CODE_START(trampoline_32bit_src)
movl %eax, %ds
movl %eax, %ss

/* Set up new stack */
leal TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_STACK_END(%ecx), %esp

/* Disable paging */
movl %cr0, %eax
btrl $X86_CR0_PG_BIT, %eax
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -671,7 +687,7 @@ SYM_CODE_END(trampoline_32bit_src)
.code64
SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.Lpaging_enabled)
/* Return from the trampoline */
jmp *%rdi
retq
SYM_FUNC_END(.Lpaging_enabled)

/*
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