Re: [PATCH v19 7/7] x86/vdso: Insert endbr32/endbr64 to vDSO

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Feb 04 2021 - 14:57:42 EST


On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 02:59:02PM -0800, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> When Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) is enabled, vDSO functions may be
> called indirectly, and must have ENDBR32 or ENDBR64 as the first
> instruction. The compiler must support -fcf-protection=branch so that it
> can be used to compile vDSO.
>
> Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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