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Message-ID: <159896087511.20229.3683531986832107213.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:47:55 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Kees Cook" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: core/build] arm/build: Assert for unwanted sections

The following commit has been merged into the core/build branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     0c918e753f8c03b0308a635c0721a8c24d738d4a
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/0c918e753f8c03b0308a635c0721a8c24d738d4a
Author:        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:42:59 -07:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:03:18 +02:00

arm/build: Assert for unwanted sections

In preparation for warning on orphan sections, enforce
expected-to-be-zero-sized sections (since discarding them might hide
problems with them suddenly gaining unexpected entries).

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200821194310.3089815-19-keescook@chromium.org
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h | 11 +++++++++++
 arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S  |  2 ++
 arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S      |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
index 6624dd9..4a91428 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@
 		ARM_MMU_DISCARD(*(__ex_table))				\
 		COMMON_DISCARDS
 
+/*
+ * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to explicitly
+ * check instead of blindly discarding.
+ */
+#define ARM_ASSERTS							\
+	.plt : {							\
+		*(.iplt) *(.rel.iplt) *(.iplt) *(.igot.plt)		\
+	}								\
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0,					\
+	       "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
+
 #define ARM_DETAILS							\
 		ELF_DETAILS						\
 		.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 11ffa79..5013682 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
 	ARM_DETAILS
+
+	ARM_ASSERTS
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index dc672fe..5f4922e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
 	ARM_DETAILS
+
+	ARM_ASSERTS
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX