arm64: KVM: Allow mapping of vectors outside of the RAM region

We're now ready to map our vectors in weird and wonderful locations.
On enabling ARM64_HARDEN_EL2_VECTORS, a vector slot gets allocated
if this hasn't been already done via ARM64_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR
and gets mapped outside of the normal RAM region, next to the
idmap.

That way, being able to obtain VBAR_EL2 doesn't reveal the mapping
of the rest of the hypervisor code.

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 7381eeb..48ad7ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -904,6 +904,22 @@ config HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
+config HARDEN_EL2_VECTORS
+	bool "Harden EL2 vector mapping against system register leak" if EXPERT
+	default y
+	help
+	  Speculation attacks against some high-performance processors can
+	  be used to leak privileged information such as the vector base
+	  register, resulting in a potential defeat of the EL2 layout
+	  randomization.
+
+	  This config option will map the vectors to a fixed location,
+	  independent of the EL2 code mapping, so that revealing VBAR_EL2
+	  to an attacker does not give away any extra information. This
+	  only gets enabled on affected CPUs.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 menuconfig ARMV8_DEPRECATED
 	bool "Emulate deprecated/obsolete ARMv8 instructions"
 	depends on COMPAT