Re: [PATCH v6 00/18] Add support for Clang CFI

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 11:28:25AM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> This series adds support for Clang's Control-Flow Integrity (CFI)
> checking. With CFI, the compiler injects a runtime check before each
> indirect function call to ensure the target is a valid function with
> the correct static type. This restricts possible call targets and
> makes it more difficult for an attacker to exploit bugs that allow the
> modification of stored function pointers. For more details, see:
> 
>   https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ControlFlowIntegrity.html
> 
> The first patch contains build system changes and error handling,
> and implements support for cross-module indirect call checking. The
> remaining patches address issues caused by the compiler
> instrumentation. These include fixing known type mismatches, as well
> as issues with address space confusion and cross-module function
> address equality.
> 
> These patches add support only for arm64, but I'll post patches also
> for x86_64 after we address the remaining issues there, including
> objtool support.
> 
> You can also pull this series from
> 
>   https://github.com/samitolvanen/linux.git cfi-v6

This is working quite well for me and it looks like there are
good reviews. I'm going to toss it in linux-next unless anyone has
objections. I'm very excited to start using this. :)

-Kees

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Kees Cook