linux-hardening - [PATCH v5 08/32] ARM: decompressor: disable stack protector

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:47:20 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     linux@...linux.org.uk, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Keith Packard <keithpac@...zon.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@....com>,
        Jesse Taube <mr.bossman075@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 08/32] ARM: decompressor: disable stack protector

Enabling the stack protector in the decompressor is of dubious value,
given that it uses a fixed value for the canary, cannot print any output
unless CONFIG_DEBUG_LL is enabled (which relies on board specific build
time settings), and is already disabled for a good chunk of the code
(libfdt).

So let's just disable it in the decompressor. This will make it easier
in the future to manage the command line options that would need to be
removed again in this context for the TLS register based stack
protector.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 6 +-----
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c   | 7 -------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 954eee8a785a..187a187706cb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -92,17 +92,13 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_OF),y)
 OBJS	+= $(libfdt_objs) fdt_check_mem_start.o
 endif
 
-# -fstack-protector-strong triggers protection checks in this code,
-# but it is being used too early to link to meaningful stack_chk logic.
-$(foreach o, $(libfdt_objs) atags_to_fdt.o fdt_check_mem_start.o, \
-	$(eval CFLAGS_$(o) := -I $(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt -fno-stack-protector))
-
 targets       := vmlinux vmlinux.lds piggy_data piggy.o \
 		 head.o $(OBJS)
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 
 ccflags-y := -fpic $(call cc-option,-mno-single-pic-base,) -fno-builtin \
+	     -I$(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt -fno-stack-protector \
 	     -I$(obj) $(DISABLE_ARM_SSP_PER_TASK_PLUGIN)
 ccflags-remove-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) += -pg
 asflags-y := -DZIMAGE
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c
index e1e9a5dde853..c3c66ff2d696 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -128,13 +128,6 @@ asmlinkage void __div0(void)
 	error("Attempting division by 0!");
 }
 
-const unsigned long __stack_chk_guard = 0x000a0dff;
-
-void __stack_chk_fail(void)
-{
-	error("stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted\n");
-}
-
 extern int do_decompress(u8 *input, int len, u8 *output, void (*error)(char *x));
 
 
-- 
2.30.2