Re: [PATCH] randstruct: temporarily disable clang support

[Eric Biggers]

On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 10:01:21AM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 3:41 PM Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 11:06 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 11:42:01AM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Randstruct with clang is currently unsafe to use in any clang release
> > > > that supports it, due to a clang bug that is causing miscompilations:
> > > > "-frandomize-layout-seed inconsistently randomizes all-function-pointers
> > > > structs" (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/60349).  Disable
> > > > it temporarily until the bug is fixed and the fix is released in a clang
> > > > version that can be checked for.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 035f7f87b729 ("randstruct: Enable Clang support")
> > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  security/Kconfig.hardening | 3 ++-
> > > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
> > > > index 53baa95cb644..aad16187148c 100644
> > > > --- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
> > > > +++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
> > > > @@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ config ZERO_CALL_USED_REGS
> > > >  endmenu
> > > >
> > > >  config CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT
> > > > -     def_bool $(cc-option,-frandomize-layout-seed-file=/dev/null)
> > > > +     # Temporarily disabled due to https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/60349
> > > > +     def_bool n
> > > >
> > > >  choice
> > > >       prompt "Randomize layout of sensitive kernel structures"
> > > >
> > > > base-commit: 7b753a909f426f2789d9db6f357c3d59180a9354
> > > > --
> > > > 2.39.1
> > >
> > > This should be fixed with greater precision -- i.e. this is nearly fixed
> > > in Clang now, and is likely to be backported. So I think we'll need
> > > versioned checks here.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kees Cook
> > >
> >
> > Bill has requested cherry-pick the llvm-project fix into the
> > release/16.x branch [1].
> > https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project-release-prs/pull/276
> > It may take one day to land.
> >
> > [1]: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/tree/release/16.x
> >
> > --
> > 宋方睿
> >
> 
> All landed; the version check should be for 16+. (And the link to the
> issue report would be nice to retain).

Thanks!  Done in "[PATCH] randstruct: disable Clang 15 support"
(https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/20230208065133.220589-1-ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx).

- Eric