From: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Peter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>,
James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
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linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 32/36] x86/boot/compressed: Reorganize zero-size section asserts
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 21:47:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200801014755.GA2700342@rani.riverdale.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200731230820.1742553-33-keescook@chromium.org>
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 04:08:16PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> For readability, move the zero-sized sections to the end after DISCARDS
> and mark them NOLOAD for good measure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S | 42 +++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> index 3c2ee9a5bf43..42dea70a5091 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -42,18 +42,16 @@ SECTIONS
> *(.rodata.*)
> _erodata = . ;
> }
> - .rel.dyn : {
> - *(.rel.*)
> - }
> - .rela.dyn : {
> - *(.rela.*)
> - }
> - .got : {
> - *(.got)
> - }
> .got.plt : {
> *(.got.plt)
> }
> + ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 ||
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> + SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18,
> +#else
> + SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0xc,
> +#endif
> + "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
>
> .data : {
> _data = . ;
> @@ -85,13 +83,23 @@ SECTIONS
> ELF_DETAILS
>
> DISCARDS
> -}
>
> -ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got) == 0, "Unexpected GOT entries detected!")
> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> -ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18, "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
> -#else
> -ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0xc, "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
> -#endif
> + /*
> + * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to
> + * explicitly check instead of blindly discarding.
> + */
> + .got (NOLOAD) : {
> + *(.got)
> + }
> + ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got) == 0, "Unexpected GOT entries detected!")
>
> -ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rel.dyn) == 0 && SIZEOF(.rela.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations detected!")
> + /* ld.lld does not like .rel* sections being made "NOLOAD". */
> + .rel.dyn : {
> + *(.rel.*)
> + }
> + ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rel.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations (.rel) detected!")
> + .rela.dyn : {
> + *(.rela.*)
> + }
> + ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rela.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations (.rela) detected!")
> +}
> --
> 2.25.1
>
There's no point in marking zero-size sections NOLOAD -- if the ASSERT's
passed, they won't be present in the file at all anyway.
The only section for which there might be a point is .got.plt, which is
non-empty on 32-bit, and only if it is first moved to the end. That
saves a few bytes.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-01 1:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-31 23:07 [PATCH v5 00/36] Warn on orphan section placement Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 01/36] x86/boot/compressed: Move .got.plt entries out of the .got section Kees Cook
2020-08-14 15:23 ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 02/36] x86/boot/compressed: Force hidden visibility for all symbol references Kees Cook
2020-08-14 15:23 ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 03/36] x86/boot/compressed: Get rid of GOT fixup code Kees Cook
2020-08-14 15:23 ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Ard Biesheuvel
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 04/36] x86/boot: Add .text.* to setup.ld Kees Cook
2020-08-14 15:23 ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 05/36] x86/boot: Remove run-time relocations from .head.text code Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:42 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-08-14 15:23 ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 06/36] x86/boot: Remove run-time relocations from head_{32,64}.S Kees Cook
2020-08-07 18:12 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-08-07 20:20 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-08-14 15:23 ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 07/36] x86/boot: Check that there are no run-time relocations Kees Cook
2020-08-14 15:23 ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 08/36] vmlinux.lds.h: Create COMMON_DISCARDS Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 09/36] vmlinux.lds.h: Add .gnu.version* to COMMON_DISCARDS Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 10/36] vmlinux.lds.h: Avoid KASAN and KCSAN's unwanted sections Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 11/36] vmlinux.lds.h: Split ELF_DETAILS from STABS_DEBUG Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 12/36] vmlinux.lds.h: Add .symtab, .strtab, and .shstrtab to ELF_DETAILS Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 13/36] vmlinux.lds.h: add PGO and AutoFDO input sections Kees Cook
2020-08-01 3:51 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-08-01 6:18 ` Kees Cook
2020-08-01 17:27 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-08-03 19:05 ` Andi Kleen
2020-08-03 20:15 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-08-04 1:19 ` Fāng-ruì Sòng
2020-08-04 4:45 ` Andi Kleen
2020-08-04 5:32 ` Fāng-ruì Sòng
2020-08-04 16:06 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-08-21 19:18 ` Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 14/36] efi/libstub: Disable -mbranch-protection Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:07 ` [PATCH v5 15/36] arm64/mm: Remove needless section quotes Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 16/36] arm64/kernel: Remove needless Call Frame Information annotations Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 17/36] arm64/build: Remove .eh_frame* sections due to unwind tables Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 18/36] arm64/build: Use common DISCARDS in linker script Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 19/36] arm64/build: Add missing DWARF sections Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 20/36] arm64/build: Assert for unwanted sections Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 21/36] arm64/build: Warn on orphan section placement Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 22/36] arm/build: Refactor linker script headers Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 23/36] arm/build: Explicitly keep .ARM.attributes sections Kees Cook
2020-08-03 19:02 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-08-17 22:06 ` Fangrui Song
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 24/36] arm/build: Add missing sections Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 25/36] arm/build: Warn on orphan section placement Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 26/36] arm/boot: Handle all sections explicitly Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 27/36] arm/boot: Warn on orphan section placement Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 28/36] x86/asm: Avoid generating unused kprobe sections Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 29/36] x86/build: Enforce an empty .got.plt section Kees Cook
2020-08-01 2:12 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-08-01 5:32 ` Kees Cook
2020-08-21 17:49 ` Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 30/36] x86/build: Assert for unwanted sections Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 31/36] x86/build: Warn on orphan section placement Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 32/36] x86/boot/compressed: Reorganize zero-size section asserts Kees Cook
2020-08-01 1:47 ` Arvind Sankar [this message]
2020-08-01 2:53 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-08-01 5:36 ` Kees Cook
2020-08-01 17:12 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-08-21 18:24 ` Kees Cook
2020-08-01 5:35 ` Kees Cook
2020-08-01 17:00 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-08-21 18:19 ` Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 33/36] x86/boot/compressed: Remove, discard, or assert for unwanted sections Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 34/36] x86/boot/compressed: Add missing debugging sections to output Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 35/36] x86/boot/compressed: Warn on orphan section placement Kees Cook
2020-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH v5 36/36] arm/build: Assert for unwanted sections Kees Cook
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