From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Justin Forbes <jforbes@redhat.com>,
Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] gcc-plugins: Handle GCC version mismatch for OOT modules
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:59:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202101261459.C90E9F97D@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210126184316.hpcy6gqp5vsq6ckq@treble>
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:43:16PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 09:56:10AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 04:19:53PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 02:03:07PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 02:42:10PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > > > > When a GCC version mismatch is detected, print a warning and disable the
> > > > > plugin. The only exception is the RANDSTRUCT plugin which needs all
> > > > > code to see the same struct layouts. In that case print an error.
> > > >
> > > > I prefer this patch as-is: only randstruct needs a hard failure. The
> > > > others likely work (in fact, randstruct likely works too).
> > >
> > > I'm curious about this last statement, why would randstruct likely work?
> > >
> > > Even struct module has '__randomize_layout', wouldn't basic module init
> > > go splat?
> >
> > No; the seed is part of the generate includes -- you'll get the same
> > layout with the same seed.
>
> Right, but don't you need the plugin enabled to make use of that seed,
> so the structs get interpreted properly by the module? Or am I
> completely misunderstanding how this plugin works?
Having the plugin enabled or not is part of the Kconfig ... you can't
build anything if you change Kconfig. I feel like I'm missing
something...
--
Kees Cook
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-27 10:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-25 20:42 [PATCH RFC] gcc-plugins: Handle GCC version mismatch for OOT modules Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-25 21:16 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-01-25 21:27 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-25 21:44 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-01-25 22:07 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-26 8:13 ` Greg KH
2021-01-26 12:44 ` Justin Forbes
2021-01-26 13:51 ` Greg KH
2021-01-26 14:51 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-26 15:00 ` Greg KH
2021-01-26 15:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-26 15:46 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-26 16:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-26 16:15 ` Justin Forbes
2021-01-26 16:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-26 17:06 ` Greg KH
2021-01-26 17:47 ` Justin Forbes
2021-01-26 16:22 ` David Laight
2021-01-27 18:03 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-26 8:12 ` Greg KH
2021-01-25 22:03 ` Kees Cook
2021-01-25 22:19 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-26 17:56 ` Kees Cook
2021-01-26 18:43 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-26 22:59 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2021-01-26 23:32 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-26 1:53 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-01-26 12:16 ` David Laight
2021-01-27 18:02 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-27 18:38 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-27 18:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-27 18:51 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-01-27 22:09 ` David Laight
2021-01-28 14:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-01-28 15:45 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-02 23:26 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-03 18:49 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-03-03 19:15 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-03 19:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-03-03 19:38 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-03 19:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-03-03 20:24 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-03 20:31 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-03 20:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-03-03 21:45 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-04 12:27 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-03-04 15:08 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-04 15:35 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-03-04 19:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-03-05 2:41 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-05 2:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-03-05 16:03 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-03-05 19:18 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-03-08 9:39 ` David Laight
2021-03-05 15:31 ` Masahiro Yamada
2021-03-03 21:52 ` Kees Cook
2021-03-04 12:26 ` Masahiro Yamada
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