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Advisory TFV-7 (CVE-2018-3639)
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| Title | Trusted Firmware-A exposure to cache speculation |
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| | vulnerability Variant 4 |
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| CVE ID | `CVE-2018-3639`_ |
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| Date | 21 May 2018 (Updated 7 June 2018) |
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| Versions | All, up to and including v1.5 |
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| Configurations | All |
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| Impact | Leakage of secure world data to normal world |
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| Fix Version | `Pull Request #1392`_, `Pull Request #1397`_ |
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| Credit | Google |
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This security advisory describes the current understanding of the Trusted
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Firmware-A (TF-A) exposure to Variant 4 of the cache speculation vulnerabilities
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identified by `Google Project Zero`_. To understand the background and wider
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impact of these vulnerabilities on Arm systems, please refer to the `Arm
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Processor Security Update`_.
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At the time of writing, the TF-A project is not aware of a Variant 4 exploit
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that could be used against TF-A. It is likely to be very difficult to achieve an
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exploit against current standard configurations of TF-A, due to the limited
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interfaces into the secure world with attacker-controlled inputs. However, this
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is becoming increasingly difficult to guarantee with the introduction of complex
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new firmware interfaces, for example the `Software Delegated Exception Interface
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(SDEI)`_. Also, the TF-A project does not have visibility of all
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vendor-supplied interfaces. Therefore, the TF-A project takes a conservative
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approach by mitigating Variant 4 in hardware wherever possible during secure
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world execution. The mitigation is enabled by setting an implementation defined
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control bit to prevent the re-ordering of stores and loads.
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For each affected CPU type, TF-A implements one of the two following mitigation
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approaches in `Pull Request #1392`_ and `Pull Request #1397`_. Both approaches
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have a system performance impact, which varies for each CPU type and use-case.
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The mitigation code is enabled by default, but can be disabled at compile time
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for platforms that are unaffected or where the risk is deemed low enough.
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Arm CPUs not mentioned below are unaffected.
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Static mitigation
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For affected CPUs, this approach enables the mitigation during EL3
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initialization, following every PE reset. No mechanism is provided to disable
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the mitigation at runtime.
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This approach permanently mitigates the entire software stack and no additional
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mitigation code is required in other software components.
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TF-A implements this approach for the following affected CPUs:
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- Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A72, by setting bit 55 (Disable load pass store) of
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``CPUACTLR_EL1`` (``S3_1_C15_C2_0``).
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- Cortex-A73, by setting bit 3 of ``S3_0_C15_C0_0`` (not documented in the
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Technical Reference Manual (TRM)).
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- Cortex-A75, by setting bit 35 (reserved in TRM) of ``CPUACTLR_EL1``
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(``S3_0_C15_C1_0``).
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Dynamic mitigation
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For affected CPUs, this approach also enables the mitigation during EL3
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initialization, following every PE reset. In addition, this approach implements
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``SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2`` in the Arm architectural range to allow callers at
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lower exception levels to temporarily disable the mitigation in their execution
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context, where the risk is deemed low enough. This approach enables mitigation
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on entry to EL3, and restores the mitigation state of the lower exception level
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on exit from EL3. For more information on this approach, see `Firmware
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interfaces for mitigating cache speculation vulnerabilities`_.
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This approach may be complemented by additional mitigation code in other
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software components, for example code that calls ``SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2``.
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However, even without any mitigation code in other software components, this
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approach will effectively permanently mitigate the entire software stack, since
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the default mitigation state for firmware-managed execution contexts is enabled.
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Since the expectation in this approach is that more software executes with the
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mitigation disabled, this may result in better system performance than the
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static approach for some systems or use-cases. However, for other systems or
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use-cases, this performance saving may be outweighed by the additional overhead
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of ``SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2`` calls and TF-A exception handling.
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TF-A implements this approach for the following affected CPU:
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- Cortex-A76, by setting and clearing bit 16 (reserved in TRM) of
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``CPUACTLR2_EL1`` (``S3_0_C15_C1_1``).
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.. _Google Project Zero: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1528
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.. _Arm Processor Security Update: http://www.arm.com/security-update
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.. _CVE-2018-3639: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3639
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.. _Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI): http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0054a/ARM_DEN0054A_Software_Delegated_Exception_Interface.pdf
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.. _Firmware interfaces for mitigating cache speculation vulnerabilities: https://developer.arm.com/cache-speculation-vulnerability-firmware-specification
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.. _Pull Request #1392: https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/pull/1392
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.. _Pull Request #1397: https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/pull/1397
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