i386: Generate lfence with load/indirect branch/ret [CVE-2020-0551]
Add 3 command-line options to generate lfence for load, indirect near branch and ret to help mitigate: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00334.html http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0551 1. -mlfence-after-load=[no|yes]: -mlfence-after-load=yes generates lfence after load instructions. 2. -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=[none|all|memory|register]: a. -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=all generates lfence before indirect near branches via register and a warning before indirect near branches via memory. b. -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=memory issue a warning before indirect near branches via memory. c. -mlfence-before-indirect-branch=register generates lfence before indirect near branches via register. Note that lfence won't be generated before indirect near branches via register with -mlfence-after-load=yes since lfence will be generated after loading branch target register. 3. -mlfence-before-ret=[none|or|not] a. -mlfence-before-ret=or generates or with lfence before ret. b. -mlfence-before-ret=not generates not with lfence before ret. A warning will be issued and lfence won't be generated before indirect near branch and ret if the previous item is a prefix or a constant directive, which may be used to hardcode an instruction, since there is no clear instruction boundary. * config/tc-i386.c (lfence_after_load): New. (lfence_before_indirect_branch_kind): New. (lfence_before_indirect_branch): New. (lfence_before_ret_kind): New. (lfence_before_ret): New. (last_insn): New. (load_insn_p): New. (insert_lfence_after): New. (insert_lfence_before): New. (md_assemble): Call insert_lfence_before and insert_lfence_after. Set last_insn. (OPTION_MLFENCE_AFTER_LOAD): New. (OPTION_MLFENCE_BEFORE_INDIRECT_BRANCH): New. (OPTION_MLFENCE_BEFORE_RET): New. (md_longopts): Add -mlfence-after-load=, -mlfence-before-indirect-branch= and -mlfence-before-ret=. (md_parse_option): Handle -mlfence-after-load=, -mlfence-before-indirect-branch= and -mlfence-before-ret=. (md_show_usage): Display -mlfence-after-load=, -mlfence-before-indirect-branch= and -mlfence-before-ret=. (i386_cons_align): New. * config/tc-i386.h (i386_cons_align): New. (md_cons_align): New. * doc/c-i386.texi: Document -mlfence-after-load=, -mlfence-before-indirect-branch= and -mlfence-before-ret=.
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