[PATCH 4.14 010/164] task_struct: only use anon struct under randstruct plugin

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Apr 22 2018 - 10:03:53 EST


4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 2cfe0d3009418a132b93d78642a8059a38fe5944 upstream.

The original intent for always adding the anonymous struct in
task_struct was to make sure we had compiler coverage.

However, this caused pathological padding of 40 bytes at the start of
task_struct. Instead, move the anonymous struct to being only used when
struct layout randomization is enabled.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180327213609.GA2964@beast
Fixes: 29e48ce87f1e ("task_struct: Allow randomized")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
include/linux/compiler-clang.h | 3 ---
include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 12 +++---------
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
*/
#define __UNIQUE_ID(prefix) __PASTE(__PASTE(__UNIQUE_ID_, prefix), __COUNTER__)

-#define randomized_struct_fields_start struct {
-#define randomized_struct_fields_end };
-
/* Clang doesn't have a way to turn it off per-function, yet. */
#ifdef __noretpoline
#undef __noretpoline
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@
#ifdef RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN
#define __randomize_layout __attribute__((randomize_layout))
#define __no_randomize_layout __attribute__((no_randomize_layout))
+/* This anon struct can add padding, so only enable it under randstruct. */
+#define randomized_struct_fields_start struct {
+#define randomized_struct_fields_end } __randomize_layout;
#endif

#endif /* GCC_VERSION >= 40500 */
@@ -243,15 +246,6 @@
*/
#define __visible __attribute__((externally_visible))

-/*
- * RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN wants to use an anonymous struct, but it is only
- * possible since GCC 4.6. To provide as much build testing coverage
- * as possible, this is used for all GCC 4.6+ builds, and not just on
- * RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN builds.
- */
-#define randomized_struct_fields_start struct {
-#define randomized_struct_fields_end } __randomize_layout;
-
#endif /* GCC_VERSION >= 40600 */