QEMU-8.2.2-CET: A Pseudo-Intel-CET Plugin of QEMU

Pseudo-Intel-CET functionality plugin based on QEMU 8.2.2 plugin system, with minor modifications to QEMU TCG to adapt to GLibc. The project is currently applicable to ELF emulation in user mode on x86_64 architecture.

1. compile

# Installing capstone to automated enable it in QEMU (must).
sudo apt install libcapstone-dev libcapstone4 capstone-tool

# Build entire QEMU (includes plugins)
mkdir build
cd build
../configure --enable-plugins --enable-seccomp --enable-tcg-interpreter --target-list=x86_64-linux-user
make -j`nporc`

Plugin location: ./build/tests/plugin/libcet.so

2. Usage

Prepare:

ln -s ./build/qemu-x86_64 /path/to/qemu-x86_64-cet
ln -s ./build/tests/plugin/libcet.so /path/to/plugin/libcet.so

Example:

• /path/to/qemu-x86_64-cet -plugin /path/to/plugin/libcet.so,mode=user,ibt=on,ss=on,cpu_slots=128 ./cet_test

or Example with plugin logs:

• /path/to/qemu-x86_64-cet -plugin /path/to/plugin/libcet.so,mode=user,ibt=on,ss=on,cpu_slots=128 -d plugin ./cet_test

Parameters:

• mode: This parameter can only be user, as testing has only been done in the user mode.

• ibt: Enable CET IBT (indirect branch tracker) function.

• ss: Enable CET SHSTK (shadow stack) funtion.

• cpu_slots: We use a separate slot to track and manage the implementation of CETs in each vCPU. The maximum number of vCPUs is usually the maximum number of currently running threads, so make sure that the number of slots is greater than or equal to the number of threads running at the same time.

Output

CET-IBT violation reports:

➜  ./qemu-x86_64-cet -plugin ./plugin/libcet.so,mode=user,ibt=on,ss=on,cpu_slots=128 -d plugin ./cet_test
[CET] CET plugin running...
[QEMU] QEMU mode: user
[CET] Physical CPU count: 6
[CET] CPU slots for CET: 128
[CET-IBT] Initialize CET-IBT
[CET-IBT] Initialize CET-SS
[QEMU] vCPU 0 init
Hello, World!
cpuid: eax=0x1, ebx=0x21dc47a9, ecx=0x8041028c, edx=0xa4100010
ibt_supported: 0x1, shstk_supported: 0x1
func_ptr: 0x55555555722d
new_func_ptr: 0x555555557231
target_function
[CET-ERR] !!! IBT violation (vCPU 0) 
        - caller: 0x555555557512        /* callq *%rdx */
        - callee: 0x555555557231        /* pushq %rbp */
[1]    54041 segmentation fault (core dumped)  ./qemu-x86_64-cet -plugin  -d plugin ./cet_test

CET-SHSTK violation reports:

➜  ./qemu-x86_64-cet -plugin ./plugin/libcet.so,mode=user,ibt=on,ss=on,cpu_slots=128 -d plugin ./cet_test
[CET] CET plugin running...
[QEMU] QEMU mode: user
[CET] Physical CPU count: 6
[CET] CPU slots for CET: 128
[CET-IBT] Initialize CET-IBT
[CET-IBT] Initialize CET-SS
[QEMU] vCPU 0 init
Hello, World!
cpuid: eax=0x1, ebx=0x21dc47a9, ecx=0x8041028c, edx=0xa4100010
ibt_supported: 0x1, shstk_supported: 0x1
func_ptr: 0x55555555722d
new_func_ptr: 0x555555557231
[CET-ERR] SHSTK violation - Mismatched (vCPU 0)
        - target(√): 0x555555557508     /* leaq 0xbd8(%rip), %rax */
        - actual(×): 0x55555555722d     /* endbr64  */
        - caller   : 0x555555557503     /* callq 0x555555557426 */
        *** DUMP SHSTK ***
        SSP =>  | 3 | 0x555555557508 |  /* leaq 0xbd8(%rip), %rax */
                | 2 | 0x2aaaab334d90 |  /* movl %eax, %edi */
                | 1 | 0x2aaaab334e40 |  /* movq 0x1f0159(%rip), %r15 */
                | 0 | 0x555555557125 |  /* hlt  */
[1]    53184 segmentation fault (core dumped)  ./qemu-x86_64-cet -plugin  -d plugin ./cet_test

3. Implementation

Major

Plugin code: cet.c

Adaptations for GLIBC

Maybe this isn't necessary? I just want glibc to normalize its behavior.

Add arch_prctl syscall handler for CET: syscall.c

Add IBT/SHSTK cpu features in CPUID for CET: cpu.c

4. About

Original README: README.rst

E-Mail: jwdong2000@qq.com