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* [PATCH] libgcc: Fix a broken call/return address prediction
@ 2022-01-06 18:05 Zhiyao Ma
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From: Zhiyao Ma @ 2022-01-06 18:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
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This patch fixed a broken call/return address prediction in
segmented stack implementation on x86_64 by leveraging the
red-zone under the stack pointer.

2022-01-06  Zhiyao Ma  <zhiyao.ma@yale.edu>

libgcc/ChangeLog:

                * config/i386/morestack.S: Modified instructions.
---
libgcc/config/i386/morestack.S | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libgcc/config/i386/morestack.S b/libgcc/config/i386/morestack.S
index f1cf32dec9f..61c91ce4a35 100644
--- a/libgcc/config/i386/morestack.S
+++ b/libgcc/config/i386/morestack.S
@@ -213,14 +213,19 @@ __morestack_non_split:
                cmpl      $0x185d8d4c,(%rax)
                je            2f

-               # This breaks call/return prediction, as described above.
-               incq        8(%rsp)                                 # Increment the return address.
+              movq     %rax,-8(%rsp)                    # Save the incremented return
+                                                                              # address to the red-zone below
+                                                                              # the stack pointer. It is
+                                                                              # guaranteed not to be corrupted.

               popq      %rax                                      # Restore register.

               .cfi_adjust_cfa_offset -8                # Adjust for popped register.

-               ret                                                          # Return to caller.
+              callq       *-16(%rsp)                          # Call into the caller's
+                                                                              # function body.
+
+              ret                                                          # Return to caller's prologue.

2:
                popq      %rax                                      # Restore register.
--
2.25.1


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