linux-hardening - [PATCH v4 07/26] x86/build: Check W^X of vmlinux during build

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Message-Id: <3ca525852ce14a8e04949ff115cb6ec28c8f120b.1671098103.git.baskov@ispras.ru>
Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:37:58 +0300
From:   Evgeniy Baskov <baskov@...ras.ru>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Evgeniy Baskov <baskov@...ras.ru>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        "Limonciello, Mario" <mario.limonciello@....com>,
        joeyli <jlee@...e.com>, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 07/26] x86/build: Check W^X of vmlinux during build

Check if there are simultaneously writable and executable
program segments in vmlinux ELF image and fail build if there are any.

This would prevent accidental introduction of RWX segments.

Tested-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
Tested-by: Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Baskov <baskov@...ras.ru>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 1acff356d97a..4dcab38f5a38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -112,11 +112,17 @@ vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI) += $(obj)/efi.o
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED) += $(obj)/efi_mixed.o
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
 
+quiet_cmd_wx_check = WXCHK   $<
+cmd_wx_check = if $(OBJDUMP) -p $< | grep "flags .wx" > /dev/null; \
+	       then (echo >&2 "$<: Simultaneously writable and executable sections are prohibited"; \
+		     /bin/false); fi
+
 $(obj)/vmlinux: $(vmlinux-objs-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinux.bin :=  -R .comment -S
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
+	$(call cmd,wx_check)
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
 targets += $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$(vmlinux-objs-y)) vmlinux.bin.all vmlinux.relocs
-- 
2.37.4