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[PATCH v2 1/3] x86: record SSP at non-guest entry points


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  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 14:22:31 +0200
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  • Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, Teddy Astie <teddy.astie@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:22:36 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

We will want to use that value for call trace generation, and likely
also to eliminate the somewhat fragile shadow stack searching done in
fixup_exception_return(). For those purposes, guest-only entry points do
not need to record that value.

To keep the saving code simple, record our own SSP that corresponds to
an exception frame, pointing to the top of the shadow stack counterpart
of what the CPU has saved on the regular stack. Consuming code can then
work its way from there.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
For PUSH_AND_CLEAR_GPRS and POP_GPRS, putting the new field right next to
the error code isn't entirely nice; putting it ahead of %r15 would entail
other changes, though. An option may be to not make SSP handling part of
the macros in the first place. Thoughts?

For POP_GPRS, does it really matter that it doesn't alter EFLAGS? Neither
of the two currene uses relies on it, and without that requirement we
could use ADD in place of LEA. (Of course there are also POP-based ways of
getting rid of the SSP slot.)
---
v2: Add comment ahead of SAVE_ALL. Add comma between its parameters.
    Re-base.

--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/entry.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/entry.S
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ __UNLIKELY_END(nsvm_hap)
 
         vmrun
 
-        SAVE_ALL
+        SAVE_ALL ssp=0
 
         GET_CURRENT(bx)
 
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/entry.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/entry.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
 FUNC(vmx_asm_vmexit_handler)
-        SAVE_ALL
+        SAVE_ALL ssp=0
 
         mov  %cr2,%rax
         GET_CURRENT(bx)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ UNLIKELY_END(realmode)
 
 .Lvmx_vmentry_fail:
         sti
-        SAVE_ALL
+        SAVE_ALL ssp=0
 
         /*
          * SPEC_CTRL_ENTRY notes
--- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/asm_defns.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/asm_defns.h
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ static always_inline void stac(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __ASSEMBLER__
-.macro SAVE_ALL compat=0
+/*
+ * Use sites may override ssp to 0. It should never be overridden to 1.
+ * NB: compat=1 implies ssp=0.
+ */
+.macro SAVE_ALL compat=0, ssp=IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XEN_SHSTK)
         addq  $-(UREGS_error_code-UREGS_r15), %rsp
         cld
         movq  %rdi,UREGS_rdi(%rsp)
@@ -233,6 +237,9 @@ static always_inline void stac(void)
         movq  %rax,UREGS_rax(%rsp)
         xor   %eax, %eax
 .if !\compat
+.if \ssp
+        rdsspq %rcx
+.endif
         movq  %r8,UREGS_r8(%rsp)
         movq  %r9,UREGS_r9(%rsp)
         movq  %r10,UREGS_r10(%rsp)
@@ -262,6 +269,9 @@ static always_inline void stac(void)
         xor   %r13d, %r13d
         xor   %r14d, %r14d
         xor   %r15d, %r15d
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_SHSTK
+        mov   %rcx, UREGS_entry_ssp(%rsp)
+#endif
 .endm
 
 #define LOAD_ONE_REG(reg, compat) \
@@ -313,9 +323,14 @@ static always_inline void stac(void)
 .endm
 
 /*
- * Push and clear GPRs
+ * Push and clear GPRs.
+ *
+ * Use sites may override ssp to 0. It should never be overridden to 1.
  */
-.macro PUSH_AND_CLEAR_GPRS
+.macro PUSH_AND_CLEAR_GPRS ssp=IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XEN_SHSTK)
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_SHSTK
+        push  $0
+#endif
         push  %rdi
         xor   %edi, %edi
         push  %rsi
@@ -326,6 +341,9 @@ static always_inline void stac(void)
         xor   %ecx, %ecx
         push  %rax
         xor   %eax, %eax
+ .if \ssp
+        rdsspq %rcx
+ .endif
         push  %r8
         xor   %r8d, %r8d
         push  %r9
@@ -352,6 +370,9 @@ static always_inline void stac(void)
         xor   %r14d, %r14d
         push  %r15
         xor   %r15d, %r15d
+ .if \ssp
+        mov   %rcx, UREGS_entry_ssp(%rsp)
+ .endif
 .endm
 
 /*
@@ -373,6 +394,9 @@ static always_inline void stac(void)
         pop   %rdx
         pop   %rsi
         pop   %rdi
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_SHSTK
+        lea   8(%rsp), %rsp
+#endif
 .endm
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PV32
--- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu-user-regs.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu-user-regs.h
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ struct cpu_user_regs
     union { uint64_t rsi;    uint32_t esi;    uint16_t si;    uint8_t sil;  };
     union { uint64_t rdi;    uint32_t edi;    uint16_t di;    uint8_t dil;  };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_SHSTK
+    /*
+     * This points _at_ the corresponding shadow stack frame; it is _not_ the
+     * outer context's SSP.  That, if the outer context has CET-SS enabled,
+     * is stored in the top slot of the pointed to shadow stack frame.
+     */
+    uint64_t entry_ssp;
+#endif
+
     /*
      * During IDT delivery for exceptions with an error code, hardware pushes
      * to this point.  Entry_vector is filled in by software.
--- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/asm-offsets.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ void __dummy__(void)
     OFFSET(UREGS_eflags, struct cpu_user_regs, rflags);
     OFFSET(UREGS_rsp, struct cpu_user_regs, rsp);
     OFFSET(UREGS_ss, struct cpu_user_regs, ss);
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_SHSTK
+    OFFSET(UREGS_entry_ssp, struct cpu_user_regs, entry_ssp);
+#endif
     DEFINE(UREGS_kernel_sizeof, sizeof(struct cpu_user_regs));
     BLANK();
 
--- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry.S
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ FUNC(lstar_enter)
         pushq $0
         BUILD_BUG_ON(TRAP_syscall & 0xff)
         movb  $TRAP_syscall >> 8, EFRAME_entry_vector + 1(%rsp)
-        SAVE_ALL
+        SAVE_ALL ssp=0
 
         GET_STACK_END(14)
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ FUNC(cstar_enter)
         pushq $0
         BUILD_BUG_ON(TRAP_syscall & 0xff)
         movb  $TRAP_syscall >> 8, EFRAME_entry_vector + 1(%rsp)
-        SAVE_ALL
+        SAVE_ALL ssp=0
 
         GET_STACK_END(14)
 
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ LABEL(sysenter_eflags_saved, 0)
         pushq $0
         BUILD_BUG_ON(TRAP_syscall & 0xff)
         movb  $TRAP_syscall >> 8, EFRAME_entry_vector + 1(%rsp)
-        SAVE_ALL
+        SAVE_ALL ssp=0
 
         GET_STACK_END(14)
 
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ FUNC(entry_int80)
         ALTERNATIVE "", clac, X86_FEATURE_XEN_SMAP
         pushq $0
         movb  $0x80, EFRAME_entry_vector(%rsp)
-        SAVE_ALL
+        SAVE_ALL ssp=0
 
         GET_STACK_END(14)
 
--- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry-fred.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_64/entry-fred.S
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         /* The Ring3 entry point is required to be 4k aligned. */
 
 FUNC(entry_FRED_R3, 4096)
-        PUSH_AND_CLEAR_GPRS
+        PUSH_AND_CLEAR_GPRS ssp=0
 
         mov     %rsp, %rdi
         call    entry_from_pv
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LABEL(eretu, 0)
 END(eretu_exit_to_guest)
 
 FUNC(eretu_error_dom_crash)
-        PUSH_AND_CLEAR_GPRS
+        PUSH_AND_CLEAR_GPRS ssp=0
         sti
         call    asm_domain_crash_synchronous  /* Does not return */
 END(eretu_error_dom_crash)




 


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