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[PATCH] x86/sev: Disable UBSAN on SEV code that may execute very early

Ard Biesheuvel posted 1 patch 1 year, 1 month ago
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arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
[PATCH] x86/sev: Disable UBSAN on SEV code that may execute very early
Posted by Ard Biesheuvel 1 year, 1 month ago 
Clang 14 and older may emit UBSAN instrumentation into code that is
inlined into functions marked with __no_sanitize_undefined. This may
result in faults when the code is executed very early, which may be the
case for functions annotated as __head. Now that this requirement is
strictly enforced, the build will fail in this case with the following
message

  Absolute reference to symbol '.data' not permitted in .head.text

Work around this by disabling UBSAN instrumentation on all SEV core
code.

Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile b/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile
index 4e375e7305ac..08de37559307 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_core.o	:= n
 # With some compiler versions the generated code results in boot hangs, caused
 # by several compilation units. To be safe, disable all instrumentation.
 KCSAN_SANITIZE		:= n
+
+# Clang 14 and older may fail to respect __no_sanitize_undefined when inlining
+UBSAN_SANITIZE		:= n
-- 
2.45.2
Re: [PATCH] x86/sev: Disable UBSAN on SEV code that may execute very early
Posted by Nathan Chancellor 1 year, 1 month ago 
On Wed, Jan 01, 2025 at 12:51:20PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Clang 14 and older may emit UBSAN instrumentation into code that is
> inlined into functions marked with __no_sanitize_undefined. This may
> result in faults when the code is executed very early, which may be the
> case for functions annotated as __head. Now that this requirement is
> strictly enforced, the build will fail in this case with the following
> message
> 
>   Absolute reference to symbol '.data' not permitted in .head.text
> 
> Work around this by disabling UBSAN instrumentation on all SEV core
> code.
> 
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

Seems reasonable to me.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

> ---
>  arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile b/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile
> index 4e375e7305ac..08de37559307 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile
> @@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_core.o	:= n
>  # With some compiler versions the generated code results in boot hangs, caused
>  # by several compilation units. To be safe, disable all instrumentation.
>  KCSAN_SANITIZE		:= n
> +
> +# Clang 14 and older may fail to respect __no_sanitize_undefined when inlining
> +UBSAN_SANITIZE		:= n
> -- 
> 2.45.2
>
[tip: x86/boot] x86/sev: Disable UBSAN on SEV code that may execute very early
Posted by tip-bot2 for Ard Biesheuvel 1 year, 1 month ago 
The following commit has been merged into the x86/boot branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     99b863d2e87210c70354a1c75cc5bcc7a3afdc01
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/99b863d2e87210c70354a1c75cc5bcc7a3afdc01
Author:        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:51:20 +01:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:13:13 +01:00

x86/sev: Disable UBSAN on SEV code that may execute very early

Clang 14 and older may emit UBSAN instrumentation into code that is
inlined into functions marked with __no_sanitize_undefined¹. This may
result in faults when the code is executed very early, which may be the
case for functions annotated as __head. Now that this requirement is
strictly enforced, the build will fail in this case with the following
message

  Absolute reference to symbol '.data' not permitted in .head.text

Work around this by disabling UBSAN instrumentation on all SEV core
code.

¹ https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250101024348.GA1828419@ax162

  [ bp: Add a footnote with Nathan's detailed explanation and a Fixes
    tag ]

Fixes: 3b6f99a94b04 ("x86/boot: Disable UBSAN in early boot code")
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250101115119.114584-2-ardb@kernel.org
---
 arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile b/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile
index 4e375e7..08de375 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/Makefile
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_core.o	:= n
 # With some compiler versions the generated code results in boot hangs, caused
 # by several compilation units. To be safe, disable all instrumentation.
 KCSAN_SANITIZE		:= n
+
+# Clang 14 and older may fail to respect __no_sanitize_undefined when inlining
+UBSAN_SANITIZE		:= n

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