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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/calling.h19
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S6
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
index 3f48f695d5e6..f4b129d4af42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
@@ -147,6 +147,25 @@ For 32-bit we have the following conventions - kernel is built with
UNWIND_HINT_REGS offset=\offset
.endm
+ /*
+ * Sanitize registers of values that a speculation attack
+ * might otherwise want to exploit. The lower registers are
+ * likely clobbered well before they could be put to use in
+ * a speculative execution gadget:
+ */
+ .macro CLEAR_REGS_NOSPEC
+ xorl %ebp, %ebp
+ xorl %ebx, %ebx
+ xorq %r8, %r8
+ xorq %r9, %r9
+ xorq %r10, %r10
+ xorq %r11, %r11
+ xorq %r12, %r12
+ xorq %r13, %r13
+ xorq %r14, %r14
+ xorq %r15, %r15
+ .endm
+
.macro POP_EXTRA_REGS
popq %r15
popq %r14
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 065a71b90808..9e48002b953b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK
SAVE_C_REGS
SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
+ CLEAR_REGS_NOSPEC
ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER
testb $3, CS(%rsp)
@@ -1133,6 +1134,7 @@ ENTRY(xen_failsafe_callback)
ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK
SAVE_C_REGS
SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
+ CLEAR_REGS_NOSPEC
ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER
jmp error_exit
END(xen_failsafe_callback)
@@ -1178,6 +1180,7 @@ ENTRY(paranoid_entry)
cld
SAVE_C_REGS 8
SAVE_EXTRA_REGS 8
+ CLEAR_REGS_NOSPEC
ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER 8
movl $1, %ebx
movl $MSR_GS_BASE, %ecx
@@ -1230,8 +1233,8 @@ ENTRY(error_entry)
cld
SAVE_C_REGS 8
SAVE_EXTRA_REGS 8
+ CLEAR_REGS_NOSPEC
ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER 8
- xorl %ebx, %ebx
testb $3, CS+8(%rsp)
jz .Lerror_kernelspace
@@ -1428,6 +1431,7 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
pushq %r14 /* pt_regs->r14 */
pushq %r15 /* pt_regs->r15 */
UNWIND_HINT_REGS
+ CLEAR_REGS_NOSPEC
ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER
/*