[PATCH v5 16/22] objtool: Preserve special st_shndx indexes in elf_update_symbol

From: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	x86@kernel.org,  Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	 Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	Joao Moreira <joao@overdrivepizza.com>,
	 Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	 linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,  llvm@lists.linux.dev,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 16/22] objtool: Preserve special st_shndx indexes in elf_update_symbol
Date: Thu,  8 Sep 2022 14:54:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220908215504.3686827-17-samitolvanen@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220908215504.3686827-1-samitolvanen@google.com>

elf_update_symbol fails to preserve the special st_shndx values
between [SHN_LORESERVE, SHN_HIRESERVE], which results in it
converting SHN_ABS entries into SHN_UNDEF, for example. Explicitly
check for the special indexes and ensure these symbols are not
marked undefined.

Fixes: ead165fa1042 ("objtool: Fix symbol creation")
Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
---
 tools/objtool/elf.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index c25e957c1e52..7e24b09b1163 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -619,6 +619,11 @@ static int elf_update_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct section *symtab,
 	Elf64_Xword entsize = symtab->sh.sh_entsize;
 	int max_idx, idx = sym->idx;
 	Elf_Scn *s, *t = NULL;
+	bool is_special_shndx = sym->sym.st_shndx >= SHN_LORESERVE &&
+				sym->sym.st_shndx != SHN_XINDEX;
+
+	if (is_special_shndx)
+		shndx = sym->sym.st_shndx;
 
 	s = elf_getscn(elf->elf, symtab->idx);
 	if (!s) {
@@ -704,7 +709,7 @@ static int elf_update_symbol(struct elf *elf, struct section *symtab,
 	}
 
 	/* setup extended section index magic and write the symbol */
-	if (shndx >= SHN_UNDEF && shndx < SHN_LORESERVE) {
+	if ((shndx >= SHN_UNDEF && shndx < SHN_LORESERVE) || is_special_shndx) {
 		sym->sym.st_shndx = shndx;
 		if (!shndx_data)
 			shndx = 0;
-- 
2.37.2.789.g6183377224-goog

