linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/3] x86/boot: Warn on orphan section placement

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Date:   Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:53:41 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] x86/boot: Warn on orphan section placement

We don't want to depend on the linker's orphan section placement
heuristics as these can vary between linkers, and may change between
versions. All sections need to be explicitly named in the linker
script.

Add the common debugging sections. Discard the unused note, rel, plt,
dyn, and hash sections that are not needed in the compressed vmlinux.
Disable .eh_frame generation in the linker and enable orphan section
warnings.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile      |  3 ++-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 7619742f91c9..646720a05f89 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ GCOV_PROFILE := n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE :=n
 
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option,--no-ld-generated-unwind-info)
 # Compressed kernel should be built as PIE since it may be loaded at any
 # address by the bootloader.
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ else
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LD) --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\-z noreloc-overflow" \
 	&& echo "-z noreloc-overflow -pie --no-dynamic-linker")
 endif
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --orphan-handling=warn -T
 
 hostprogs	:= mkpiggy
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index 8f1025d1f681..6fe3ecdfd685 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -75,5 +75,16 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);	/* keep ZO size page aligned */
 	_end = .;
 
+	STABS_DEBUG
+	DWARF_DEBUG
+
 	DISCARDS
+	/DISCARD/ : {
+		*(.note.*)
+		*(.rela.*) *(.rela_*)
+		*(.rel.*) *(.rel_*)
+		*(.plt) *(.plt.*)
+		*(.dyn*)
+		*(.hash) *(.gnu.hash)
+	}
 }
-- 
2.25.1