linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] start_kernel: add no_stack

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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:32:12 -0700
From:   ndesaulniers@...gle.com
To:     "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] start_kernel: add no_stack_protector fn attr

Back during the discussion of
commit a9a3ed1eff36 ("x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, third try")
we discussed the need for a function attribute to control the omission
of stack protectors on a per-function basis; at the time Clang had
support for no_stack_protector but GCC did not. This was fixed in
gcc-11. Now that the function attribute is available, let's start using
it.

Callers of boot_init_stack_canary need to use this function attribute
unless they're compiled with -fno-stack-protector, otherwise the canary
stored in the stack slot of the caller will differ upon the call to
boot_init_stack_canary. This will lead to a call to __stack_chk_fail
then panic.

Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94722
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200316130414.GC12561@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net/
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c           |  1 +
 include/linux/compiler_attributes.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 init/main.c                         |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 6b90f10a6c81..7d4c12b1abb7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -1603,6 +1603,7 @@ static void add_cpu_to_masks(int cpu)
 }
 
 /* Activate a secondary processor. */
+__no_stack_protector
 void start_secondary(void *unused)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index e659cb6fded3..84864767a56a 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -255,6 +255,18 @@
  */
 #define __noreturn                      __attribute__((__noreturn__))
 
+/*
+ * Optional: only supported since GCC >= 11.1, clang >= 7.0.
+ *
+ *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-no_005fstack_005fprotector-function-attribute
+ *   clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#no-stack-protector-safebuffers
+ */
+#if __has_attribute(__no_stack_protector__)
+# define __no_stack_protector		__attribute__((__no_stack_protector__))
+#else
+# define __no_stack_protector
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Optional: not supported by gcc.
  *
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index bb87b789c543..213baf7b8cb1 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -941,7 +941,8 @@ static void __init print_unknown_bootoptions(void)
 	memblock_free(unknown_options, len);
 }
 
-asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sanitize_address start_kernel(void)
+asmlinkage __visible __init __no_sanitize_address __no_stack_protector
+void start_kernel(void)
 {
 	char *command_line;
 	char *after_dashes;

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