linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] arm64: elf: Enable BTI at exec based on ELF program properties

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Message-ID: <202002252146.7230873E@keescook>
Date:   Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:47:32 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Paul Elliott <paul.elliott@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>,
        Amit Kachhap <amit.kachhap@....com>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>,
        Szabolcs Nagy <szabolcs.nagy@....com>,
        "H . J . Lu " <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
        Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>,
        Kristina Martšenko <kristina.martsenko@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Sudakshina Das <sudi.das@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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        Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] arm64: elf: Enable BTI at exec based on ELF
 program properties

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 07:29:00PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
> index 1b6e8955c597..5d5b0321da0b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/elf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/elf.h
> @@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ extern int elf_coredump_extra_notes_size(void);
>  extern int elf_coredump_extra_notes_write(struct coredump_params *cprm);
>  #endif
>  
> -/* NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0 header */
> +/*
> + * NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0 header:
> + * Keep this internal until/unless there is an agreed UAPI definition.
> + * pr_type values (GNU_PROPERTY_*) are public and defined in the UAPI header.
> + */
>  struct gnu_property {
>  	u32 pr_type;
>  	u32 pr_datasz;

I think this hunk should be in patch 1.

-- 
Kees Cook