linux-kernel - [tip: core/build] arm64/build: Assert for unwanted sections

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Message-ID: <159896087672.20229.3309776280520089538.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:47:56 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Kees Cook" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: core/build] arm64/build: Assert for unwanted sections

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

Commit-ID:     be2881824ae9eb92a35b094f734f9ca7339ddf6d
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/be2881824ae9eb92a35b094f734f9ca7339ddf6d
Author:        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:42:54 -07:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:50:37 +02:00

arm64/build: Assert for unwanted sections

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

Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200821194310.3089815-14-keescook@chromium.org
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 16eb2ef..e8847ca 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.got)			/* Global offset table		*/
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that the .got.plt is either completely empty or it
+	 * contains only the lazy dispatch entries.
+	 */
+	.got.plt : { *(.got.plt) }
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18,
+	       "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
+
 	. = ALIGN(SEGMENT_ALIGN);
 	_etext = .;			/* End of text section */
 
@@ -243,6 +251,18 @@ SECTIONS
 	ELF_DETAILS
 
 	HEAD_SYMBOLS
+
+	/*
+	 * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to
+	 * explicitly check instead of blindly discarding.
+	 */
+	.plt : {
+		*(.plt) *(.plt.*) *(.iplt) *(.igot)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0, "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
+
+	.data.rel.ro : { *(.data.rel.ro) }
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.data.rel.ro) == 0, "Unexpected RELRO detected!")
 }
 
 #include "image-vars.h"