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

From: tip-bot2 for Kees Cook
Date: Tue Sep 01 2020 - 10:50:01 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:42:54 -07:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200821194310.3089815-14-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
---
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"