MdeModulePkg/SmmLockBox: [CVE-2017-5753] Fix bounds check bypass

REF:https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194

Speculative execution is used by processor to avoid having to wait for
data to arrive from memory, or for previous operations to finish, the
processor may speculate as to what will be executed.

If the speculation is incorrect, the speculatively executed instructions
might leave hints such as which memory locations have been brought into
cache. Malicious actors can use the bounds check bypass method (code
gadgets with controlled external inputs) to infer data values that have
been used in speculative operations to reveal secrets which should not
otherwise be accessed.

This commit will focus on the SMI handler(s) registered within the
SmmLockBox driver and insert AsmLfence API to mitigate the
bounds check bypass issue.

For SMI handler SmmLockBoxHandler():

Under "case EFI_SMM_LOCK_BOX_COMMAND_SAVE:", the 'CommBuffer' (controlled
external inputs) is passed to function SmmLockBoxSave().

'TempLockBoxParameterSave.Length' can be a potential cross boundary access
of the 'CommBuffer' during speculative execution. This cross boundary
access is later passed as parameter 'Length' into function SaveLockBox().

Within function SaveLockBox(), the value of 'Length' can be inferred by
code:
"CopyMem ((VOID *)(UINTN)SmramBuffer, (VOID *)(UINTN)Buffer, Length);".
One can observe which part of the content within 'Buffer' was brought into
cache to possibly reveal the value of 'Length'.

Hence, this commit adds a AsmLfence() after the boundary/range checks of
'CommBuffer' to prevent the speculative execution.

And there is a similar case under "case EFI_SMM_LOCK_BOX_COMMAND_UPDATE:"
function SmmLockBoxUpdate() as well. This commits also handles it.

A more detailed explanation of the purpose of commit is under the
'Bounds check bypass mitigation' section of the below link:
https://software.intel.com/security-software-guidance/insights/host-firmware-speculative-execution-side-channel-mitigation

And the document at:
https://software.intel.com/security-software-guidance/api-app/sites/default/files/337879-analyzing-potential-bounds-Check-bypass-vulnerabilities.pdf

Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
Signed-off-by: Hao Wu <hao.a.wu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiewen Yao <jiewen.yao@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Star Zeng <star.zeng@intel.com>
Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Regression-tested-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit ee65b84e7663d12c1f950a418a0ed63776a80e4f)

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/LockBox/SmmLockBox/SmmLockBox.c b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/LockBox/SmmLockBox/SmmLockBox.c
index 2dc8815f2e..20f45247f6 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/LockBox/SmmLockBox/SmmLockBox.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/LockBox/SmmLockBox/SmmLockBox.c
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ SmmLockBoxSave (
     LockBoxParameterSave->Header.ReturnStatus = (UINT64)EFI_ACCESS_DENIED;

     return ;

   }

+  //

+  // The AsmLfence() call here is to ensure the above range check for the

+  // CommBuffer have been completed before calling into SaveLockBox().

+  //

+  AsmLfence ();

 

   //

   // Save data

@@ -160,6 +165,11 @@ SmmLockBoxUpdate (
     LockBoxParameterUpdate->Header.ReturnStatus = (UINT64)EFI_ACCESS_DENIED;

     return ;

   }

+  //

+  // The AsmLfence() call here is to ensure the above range check for the

+  // CommBuffer have been completed before calling into UpdateLockBox().

+  //

+  AsmLfence ();

 

   //

   // Update data