[PATCH bpf-next v3 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add Spectre v4 tests
From: Luis Gerhorst
Date: Sat Jul 05 2025 - 15:18:08 EST
Add the following tests:
1. A test with an (unimportant) ldimm64 (16 byte insn) and a
Spectre-v4--induced nospec that clarifies and serves as a basic
Spectre v4 test.
2. Make sure a Spectre v4 nospec_result does not prevent a Spectre v1
nospec from being added before the dangerous instruction (tests that
[1] is fixed).
3. Combine the two, which is the combination that triggers the warning
in [2]. This is because the unanalyzed stack write has nospec_result
set, but the ldimm64 (which was just analyzed) had incremented
insn_idx by 2. That violates the assertion that nospec_result is only
used after insns that increment insn_idx by 1 (i.e., stack writes).
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/4266fd5de04092aa4971cbef14f1b4b96961f432.camel@xxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/685b3c1b.050a0220.2303ee.0010.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Luis Gerhorst <luis.gerhorst@xxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h | 4 +
.../selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_unpriv.c | 149 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 153 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
index 20dce508d8e0..530752ddde8e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
@@ -237,4 +237,8 @@
#define SPEC_V1
#endif
+#if defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86)
+#define SPEC_V4
+#endif
+
#endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_unpriv.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_unpriv.c
index 4470541b5e71..28b4f7035ceb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_unpriv.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_unpriv.c
@@ -801,4 +801,153 @@ l2_%=: \
: __clobber_all);
}
+SEC("socket")
+__description("unpriv: ldimm64 before Spectre v4 barrier")
+__success __success_unpriv
+__retval(0)
+#ifdef SPEC_V4
+__xlated_unpriv("r1 = 0x2020200005642020") /* should not matter */
+__xlated_unpriv("*(u64 *)(r10 -8) = r1")
+__xlated_unpriv("nospec")
+#endif
+__naked void unpriv_ldimm64_spectre_v4(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ r1 = 0x2020200005642020 ll; \
+ *(u64 *)(r10 -8) = r1; \
+ r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" ::: __clobber_all);
+}
+
+SEC("socket")
+__description("unpriv: Spectre v1 and v4 barrier")
+__success __success_unpriv
+__retval(0)
+#ifdef SPEC_V1
+#ifdef SPEC_V4
+/* starts with r0 == r8 == r9 == 0 */
+__xlated_unpriv("if r8 != 0x0 goto pc+1")
+__xlated_unpriv("goto pc+2")
+__xlated_unpriv("if r9 == 0x0 goto pc+4")
+__xlated_unpriv("r2 = r0")
+/* Following nospec required to prevent following dangerous `*(u64 *)(NOT_FP -64)
+ * = r1` iff `if r9 == 0 goto pc+4` was mispredicted because of Spectre v1. The
+ * test therefore ensures the Spectre-v4--induced nospec does not prevent the
+ * Spectre-v1--induced speculative path from being fully analyzed.
+ */
+__xlated_unpriv("nospec") /* Spectre v1 */
+__xlated_unpriv("*(u64 *)(r2 -64) = r1") /* could be used to leak r2 */
+__xlated_unpriv("nospec") /* Spectre v4 */
+#endif
+#endif
+__naked void unpriv_spectre_v1_and_v4(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ r1 = 0; \
+ *(u64*)(r10 - 8) = r1; \
+ r2 = r10; \
+ r2 += -8; \
+ r1 = %[map_hash_8b] ll; \
+ call %[bpf_map_lookup_elem]; \
+ r8 = r0; \
+ r2 = r10; \
+ r2 += -8; \
+ r1 = %[map_hash_8b] ll; \
+ call %[bpf_map_lookup_elem]; \
+ r9 = r0; \
+ r0 = r10; \
+ r1 = 0; \
+ r2 = r10; \
+ if r8 != 0 goto l0_%=; \
+ if r9 != 0 goto l0_%=; \
+ r0 = 0; \
+l0_%=: if r8 != 0 goto l1_%=; \
+ goto l2_%=; \
+l1_%=: if r9 == 0 goto l3_%=; \
+ r2 = r0; \
+l2_%=: *(u64 *)(r2 -64) = r1; \
+l3_%=: r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" :
+ : __imm(bpf_map_lookup_elem),
+ __imm_addr(map_hash_8b)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
+SEC("socket")
+__description("unpriv: Spectre v1 and v4 barrier (simple)")
+__success __success_unpriv
+__retval(0)
+#ifdef SPEC_V1
+#ifdef SPEC_V4
+__xlated_unpriv("if r8 != 0x0 goto pc+1")
+__xlated_unpriv("goto pc+2")
+__xlated_unpriv("goto pc-1") /* if r9 == 0 goto l3_%= */
+__xlated_unpriv("goto pc-1") /* r2 = r0 */
+__xlated_unpriv("nospec")
+__xlated_unpriv("*(u64 *)(r2 -64) = r1")
+__xlated_unpriv("nospec")
+#endif
+#endif
+__naked void unpriv_spectre_v1_and_v4_simple(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ r8 = 0; \
+ r9 = 0; \
+ r0 = r10; \
+ r1 = 0; \
+ r2 = r10; \
+ if r8 != 0 goto l0_%=; \
+ if r9 != 0 goto l0_%=; \
+ r0 = 0; \
+l0_%=: if r8 != 0 goto l1_%=; \
+ goto l2_%=; \
+l1_%=: if r9 == 0 goto l3_%=; \
+ r2 = r0; \
+l2_%=: *(u64 *)(r2 -64) = r1; \
+l3_%=: r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" ::: __clobber_all);
+}
+
+SEC("socket")
+__description("unpriv: ldimm64 before Spectre v1 and v4 barrier (simple)")
+__success __success_unpriv
+__retval(0)
+#ifdef SPEC_V1
+#ifdef SPEC_V4
+__xlated_unpriv("if r8 != 0x0 goto pc+1")
+__xlated_unpriv("goto pc+4")
+__xlated_unpriv("goto pc-1") /* if r9 == 0 goto l3_%= */
+__xlated_unpriv("goto pc-1") /* r2 = r0 */
+__xlated_unpriv("goto pc-1") /* r1 = 0x2020200005642020 ll */
+__xlated_unpriv("goto pc-1") /* second part of ldimm64 */
+__xlated_unpriv("nospec")
+__xlated_unpriv("*(u64 *)(r2 -64) = r1")
+__xlated_unpriv("nospec")
+#endif
+#endif
+__naked void unpriv_ldimm64_spectre_v1_and_v4_simple(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ r8 = 0; \
+ r9 = 0; \
+ r0 = r10; \
+ r1 = 0; \
+ r2 = r10; \
+ if r8 != 0 goto l0_%=; \
+ if r9 != 0 goto l0_%=; \
+ r0 = 0; \
+l0_%=: if r8 != 0 goto l1_%=; \
+ goto l2_%=; \
+l1_%=: if r9 == 0 goto l3_%=; \
+ r2 = r0; \
+ r1 = 0x2020200005642020 ll; \
+l2_%=: *(u64 *)(r2 -64) = r1; \
+l3_%=: r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" ::: __clobber_all);
+}
+
char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
--
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