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From 83f9da30247c2d021658bc1b595c59ecc35eadf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:07:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 07/26] arm64: smccc: clear the Xn registers after SMC calls
set to zero the x0-x17 registers
As per the SMCCC v1.2 spec, unused result and scratch registers can leak
information after an SMC call. We can mitigate against this risk by
returning zero in each register.
Signed-off-by: Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
Upstream-Status: Submitted [cover letter: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220926101723.9965-1-abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com/]
---
Changelog:
===============
v4:
* move the clearing code into a new macro: clear_gp_regs
v3:
* clear the Xn registers after SMC calls
arch/arm/cpu/armv8/smccc-call.S | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/smccc-call.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/smccc-call.S
index ec6f299bc9..32f3eb8eeb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/smccc-call.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/smccc-call.S
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ ENDPROC(__arm_smccc_hvc)
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+ .macro clear_gp_regs
+ .irp n,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17
+ mov x\n, xzr
+ .endr
+ .endm
+
.macro SMCCC_1_2 instr
/* Save `res` and free a GPR that won't be clobbered */
stp x1, x19, [sp, #-16]!
@@ -84,6 +90,9 @@ ENDPROC(__arm_smccc_hvc)
stp x14, x15, [x19, #ARM_SMCCC_1_2_REGS_X14_OFFS]
stp x16, x17, [x19, #ARM_SMCCC_1_2_REGS_X16_OFFS]
+ /* x0-x17 registers can leak information after an SMC or HVC call. Let's clear them */
+ clear_gp_regs
+
/* Restore original x19 */
ldp xzr, x19, [sp], #16
ret
--
2.17.1