tboot_shutdown() calls into tboot to perform the actual system shutdown.
tboot isn't built with endbr annotations, and Xen has CET-IBT enabled on
newer hardware. shutdown_entry isn't annotated with endbr and Xen
faults:
Panic on CPU 0:
CONTROL-FLOW PROTECTION FAULT: #CP[0003] endbranch
And Xen hangs at this point.
Disabling CET-IBT let Xen and tboot power off, but reboot was
perfoming a poweroff instead of a warm reboot. Disabling all of CET,
i.e. shadow stacks as well, lets tboot reboot properly.
Fixes: cdbe2b0a1aec ("x86: Enable CET Indirect Branch Tracking")
Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>
---
Without this fix, Xen subsequently hangs:
Reboot in five seconds...
[VT-D] IOMMU1: QI wait descriptor taking too long
IQA = 484897000
IQH = 0
IQT = 820
with no futher output.
---
xen/arch/x86/tboot.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c b/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c
index 90f6e805a9..86c4c22cac 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c
@@ -353,6 +353,16 @@ void tboot_shutdown(uint32_t shutdown_type)
tboot_gen_xenheap_integrity(g_tboot_shared->s3_key, &xenheap_mac);
}
+ /*
+ * Disable CET - tboot may not be built with endbr, and it doesn't support
+ * shadow stacks.
+ */
+ if ( read_cr4() & X86_CR4_CET )
+ {
+ wrmsrl(MSR_S_CET, 0);
+ write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_CET);
+ }
+
/*
* During early boot, we can be called by panic before idle_vcpu[0] is
* setup, but in that case we don't need to change page tables.
--
2.41.0
On 8/15/23 12:11, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> tboot_shutdown() calls into tboot to perform the actual system shutdown.
> tboot isn't built with endbr annotations, and Xen has CET-IBT enabled on
> newer hardware. shutdown_entry isn't annotated with endbr and Xen
> faults:
>
> Panic on CPU 0:
> CONTROL-FLOW PROTECTION FAULT: #CP[0003] endbranch
>
> And Xen hangs at this point.
>
> Disabling CET-IBT let Xen and tboot power off, but reboot was
> perfoming a poweroff instead of a warm reboot. Disabling all of CET,
> i.e. shadow stacks as well, lets tboot reboot properly.
>
> Fixes: cdbe2b0a1aec ("x86: Enable CET Indirect Branch Tracking")
> Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>
> ---
> Without this fix, Xen subsequently hangs:
>
> Reboot in five seconds...
> [VT-D] IOMMU1: QI wait descriptor taking too long
> IQA = 484897000
> IQH = 0
> IQT = 820
>
> with no futher output.
> ---
> xen/arch/x86/tboot.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c b/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c
> index 90f6e805a9..86c4c22cac 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c
> @@ -353,6 +353,16 @@ void tboot_shutdown(uint32_t shutdown_type)
> tboot_gen_xenheap_integrity(g_tboot_shared->s3_key, &xenheap_mac);
> }
>
> + /*
> + * Disable CET - tboot may not be built with endbr, and it doesn't support
> + * shadow stacks.
> + */
> + if ( read_cr4() & X86_CR4_CET )
> + {
> + wrmsrl(MSR_S_CET, 0);
> + write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_CET);
> + }
> +
> /*
> * During early boot, we can be called by panic before idle_vcpu[0] is
> * setup, but in that case we don't need to change page tables.
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Smith <dpsmith@apertussolutions.com>
On 15/08/2023 5:11 pm, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> tboot_shutdown() calls into tboot to perform the actual system shutdown.
> tboot isn't built with endbr annotations, and Xen has CET-IBT enabled on
> newer hardware. shutdown_entry isn't annotated with endbr and Xen
> faults:
>
> Panic on CPU 0:
> CONTROL-FLOW PROTECTION FAULT: #CP[0003] endbranch
>
> And Xen hangs at this point.
>
> Disabling CET-IBT let Xen and tboot power off, but reboot was
> perfoming a poweroff instead of a warm reboot. Disabling all of CET,
> i.e. shadow stacks as well, lets tboot reboot properly.
>
> Fixes: cdbe2b0a1aec ("x86: Enable CET Indirect Branch Tracking")
> Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>
:sadpanda:
I guess this is the least bad option going.
Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
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