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Re: CET-IBT and kexec?


  • To: David Vrabel <dvrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Thread-topic: CET-IBT and kexec?

On 07/03/2022 17:10, David Vrabel wrote:
> kexec_reloc (see xen/arch/x86/x86_64/kexec_reloc.S) has an indirect
> branch as part of switching page tables. I understand that if CET-IBT
> is enabled this will raise an exception since there's no ENDBR64
> instruction and (as far as I could tell) CET-IBT has not been disabled
> in machine_kexec() prior to calling kexec_reloc().
>
> Have I correctly spotted an issue, and if so, would the correct fix be
> to disable CET-IBT in machine_kexec()?
>
> I guess this would also be an issue if kexec'ing to a image without
> CET-IBT support.

Hmm.  We clobber CET in machine_crash_shutdown().

But you're right - that doesn't cover the kexec reboot case.

The ctxt_switch_levelling(NULL) right before clobbering CET in the crash
path also needs moving too.

I'll draft a patch.

~Andrew

 


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