Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 19/19] arm64: mte: Add Memory Tagging Extension documentation

From: Kevin Brodsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 14:30:12 +0000

On 26/02/2020 18:05, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> From: Vincenzo Frascino <[email-masked]>
>
> Memory Tagging Extension (part of the ARMv8.5 Extensions) provides
> a mechanism to detect the sources of memory related errors which
> may be vulnerable to exploitation, including bounds violations,
> use-after-free, use-after-return, use-out-of-scope and use before
> initialization errors.
>
> Add Memory Tagging Extension documentation for the arm64 linux
> kernel support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <[email-masked]>
> Co-developed-by: Catalin Marinas <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <[email-masked]>
> ---
>
> Notes:
>      v2:
>      - Documented the uaccess kernel tag checking mode.
>      - Removed the BTI definitions from cpu-feature-registers.rst.
>      - Removed the paragraph stating that MTE depends on the tagged address
>        ABI (while the Kconfig entry does, there is no requirement for the
>        user to enable both).
>      - Changed the GCR_EL1.Exclude handling description following the change
>        in the prctl() interface (include vs exclude mask).
>      - Updated the example code.
>
>   Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst |   2 +
>   Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst            |   5 +
>   Documentation/arm64/index.rst                 |   1 +
>   .../arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst        | 228 ++++++++++++++++++
>   4 files changed, 236 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst b/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst
> index 41937a8091aa..b5679fa85ad9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst
> @@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ infrastructure:
>        +------------------------------+---------+---------+
>        | Name                         |  bits   | visible |
>        +------------------------------+---------+---------+
> +     | MTE                          | [11-8]  |    y    |
> +     +------------------------------+---------+---------+
>        | SSBS                         | [7-4]   |    y    |
>        +------------------------------+---------+---------+
>   
> diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
> index 7dfb97dfe416..ca7f90e99e3a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
> @@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ HWCAP2_RNG
>   
>       Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.RNDR == 0b0001.
>   
> +HWCAP2_MTE
> +
> +    Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.MTE == 0b0010, as described
> +    by Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst.
> +
>   4. Unused AT_HWCAP bits
>   -----------------------
>   
> diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/index.rst b/Documentation/arm64/index.rst
> index 5c0c69dc58aa..82970c6d384f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arm64/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arm64/index.rst
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ARM64 Architecture
>       hugetlbpage
>       legacy_instructions
>       memory
> +    memory-tagging-extension
>       pointer-authentication
>       silicon-errata
>       sve
> diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst b/Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..00ac0e22d5e9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/arm64/memory-tagging-extension.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
> +===============================================
> +Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) in AArch64 Linux
> +===============================================
> +
> +Authors: Vincenzo Frascino <[email-masked]>
> +         Catalin Marinas <[email-masked]>
> +
> +Date: 2020-02-25
> +
> +This document describes the provision of the Memory Tagging Extension
> +functionality in AArch64 Linux.
> +
> +Introduction
> +============
> +
> +ARMv8.5 based processors introduce the Memory Tagging Extension (MTE)
> +feature. MTE is built on top of the ARMv8.0 virtual address tagging TBI
> +(Top Byte Ignore) feature and allows software to access a 4-bit
> +allocation tag for each 16-byte granule in the physical address space.
> +Such memory range must be mapped with the Normal-Tagged memory
> +attribute. A logical tag is derived from bits 59-56 of the virtual
> +address used for the memory access. A CPU with MTE enabled will compare
> +the logical tag against the allocation tag and potentially raise an
> +exception on mismatch, subject to system registers configuration.
> +
> +Userspace Support
> +=================
> +
> +When ``CONFIG_ARM64_MTE`` is selected and Memory Tagging Extension is
> +supported by the hardware, the kernel advertises the feature to
> +userspace via ``HWCAP2_MTE``.
> +
> +PROT_MTE
> +--------
> +
> +To access the allocation tags, a user process must enable the Tagged
> +memory attribute on an address range using a new ``prot`` flag for
> +``mmap()`` and ``mprotect()``:
> +
> +``PROT_MTE`` - Pages allow access to the MTE allocation tags.
> +
> +The allocation tag is set to 0 when such pages are first mapped in the
> +user address space and preserved on copy-on-write. ``MAP_SHARED`` is
> +supported and the allocation tags can be shared between processes.
> +
> +**Note**: ``PROT_MTE`` is only supported on ``MAP_ANONYMOUS`` and
> +RAM-based file mappings (``tmpfs``, ``memfd``). Passing it to other
> +types of mapping will result in ``-EINVAL`` returned by these system
> +calls.
> +
> +**Note**: The ``PROT_MTE`` flag (and corresponding memory type) cannot
> +be cleared by ``mprotect()``.
> +
> +Tag Check Faults
> +----------------
> +
> +When ``PROT_MTE`` is enabled on an address range and a mismatch between
> +the logical and allocation tags occurs on access, there are three
> +configurable behaviours:
> +
> +- *Ignore* - This is the default mode. The CPU (and kernel) ignores the
> +  tag check fault.
> +
> +- *Synchronous* - The kernel raises a ``SIGSEGV`` synchronously, with
> +  ``.si_code = SEGV_MTESERR`` and ``.si_addr = <fault-address>``. The
> +  memory access is not performed.
> +
> +- *Asynchronous* - The kernel raises a ``SIGSEGV``, in the current
> +  thread, asynchronously following one or multiple tag check faults,
> +  with ``.si_code = SEGV_MTEAERR`` and ``.si_addr = 0``.
> +
> +**Note**: There are no *match-all* logical tags available for user
> +applications.
> +
> +The user can select the above modes, per thread, using the
> +``prctl(PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL, flags, 0, 0, 0)`` system call where
> +``flags`` contain one of the following values in the ``PR_MTE_TCF_MASK``
> +bit-field:
> +
> +- ``PR_MTE_TCF_NONE``  - *Ignore* tag check faults
> +- ``PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC``  - *Synchronous* tag check fault mode
> +- ``PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC`` - *Asynchronous* tag check fault mode
> +
> +Tag checking can also be disabled for a user thread by setting the
> +``PSTATE.TCO`` bit with ``MSR TCO, #1``.
> +
> +**Note**: Signal handlers are always invoked with ``PSTATE.TCO = 0``,
> +irrespective of the interrupted context.
> +
> +**Note**: Kernel accesses to user memory (e.g. ``read()`` system call)
> +follow the same tag checking mode as set by the current thread.
> +
> +Excluding Tags in the ``IRG``, ``ADDG`` and ``SUBG`` instructions
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +The architecture allows excluding certain tags to be randomly generated
> +via the ``GCR_EL1.Exclude`` register bit-field. By default, Linux
> +excludes all tags other than 0. A user thread can enable specific tags
> +in the randomly generated set using the ``prctl(PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL,
> +flags, 0, 0, 0)`` system call where ``flags`` contains the tags bitmap
> +in the ``PR_MTE_TAG_MASK`` bit-field.
> +
> +**Note**: The hardware uses an exclude mask but the ``prctl()``
> +interface provides an include mask.

Maybe it's worth mentioning that a tag mask of 0x0, or equivalently an exclusion mask 
of  0xFFFF, results in the generated tag being always 0. This is not very clear even 
in the Arm ARM, where this is only specified in the pseudocode (I shall report this 
internally).

Kevin

> +
> +Example of correct usage
> +========================
> +
> +*MTE Example code*
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> +    /*
> +     * To be compiled with -march=armv8.5-a+memtag
> +     */
> +    #include <errno.h>
> +    #include <stdio.h>
> +    #include <stdlib.h>
> +    #include <unistd.h>
> +    #include <sys/auxv.h>
> +    #include <sys/mman.h>
> +    #include <sys/prctl.h>
> +
> +    /*
> +     * From arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
> +     */
> +    #define HWCAP2_MTE              (1 << 18)
> +
> +    /*
> +     * From arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/mman.h
> +     */
> +    #define PROT_MTE                 0x20
> +
> +    /*
> +     * From include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
> +     */
> +    #define PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL 55
> +    #define PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL 56
> +    # define PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE  (1UL << 0)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT       1
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_NONE        (0UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC        (1UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC       (2UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_MASK        (3UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT       3
> +    # define PR_MTE_TAG_MASK        (0xffffUL << PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT)
> +
> +    /*
> +     * Insert a random logical tag into the given pointer.
> +     */
> +    #define insert_random_tag(ptr) ({                       \
> +            __u64 __val;                                    \
> +            asm("irg %0, %1" : "=r" (__val) : "r" (ptr));   \
> +            __val;                                          \
> +    })
> +
> +    /*
> +     * Set the allocation tag on the destination address.
> +     */
> +    #define set_tag(tagged_addr) do {                                      \
> +            asm volatile("stg %0, [%0]" : : "r" (tagged_addr) : "memory"); \
> +    } while (0)
> +
> +    int main()
> +    {
> +            unsigned long *a;
> +            unsigned long page_sz = getpagesize();
> +            unsigned long hwcap2 = getauxval(AT_HWCAP2);
> +
> +            /* check if MTE is present */
> +            if (!(hwcap2 & HWCAP2_MTE))
> +                    return -1;
> +
> +            /*
> +             * Enable the tagged address ABI, synchronous MTE tag check faults and
> +             * allow all non-zero tags in the randomly generated set.
> +             */
> +            if (prctl(PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL,
> +                      PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE | PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC | (0xfffe << PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT),
> +                      0, 0, 0)) {
> +                    perror("prctl() failed");
> +                    return -1;
> +            }
> +
> +            a = mmap(0, page_sz, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
> +                     MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
> +            if (a == MAP_FAILED) {
> +                    perror("mmap() failed");
> +                    return -1;
> +            }
> +
> +            /*
> +             * Enable MTE on the above anonymous mmap. The flag could be passed
> +             * directly to mmap() and skip this step.
> +             */
> +            if (mprotect(a, page_sz, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_MTE)) {
> +                    perror("mprotect() failed");
> +                    return -1;
> +            }
> +
> +            /* access with the default tag (0) */
> +            a[0] = 1;
> +            a[1] = 2;
> +
> +            printf("a[0] = %lu a[1] = %lu\n", a[0], a[1]);
> +
> +            /* set the logical and allocation tags */
> +            a = (unsigned long *)insert_random_tag(a);
> +            set_tag(a);
> +
> +            printf("%p\n", a);
> +
> +            /* non-zero tag access */
> +            a[0] = 3;
> +            printf("a[0] = %lu a[1] = %lu\n", a[0], a[1]);
> +
> +            /*
> +             * If MTE is enabled correctly the next instruction will generate an
> +             * exception.
> +             */
> +            printf("Expecting SIGSEGV...\n");
> +            a[2] = 0xdead;
> +
> +            /* this should not be printed in the PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC mode */
> +            printf("...done\n");
> +
> +            return 0;
> +    }

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