[RFC 17/17] arm64: compile the kernel with ptrauth -msign-return-address

From: Kristina Martsenko
Date: Fri Oct 05 2018 - 04:51:06 EST


Compile all functions with two ptrauth instructions: paciasp in the
prologue to sign the return address, and autiasp in the epilogue to
authenticate the return address. This should help protect the kernel
against attacks using return-oriented programming.

CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH enables pointer auth for both userspace and the
kernel.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kristina Martsenko <kristina.martsenko@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/Makefile | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 106039d25e2f..dbcd43ea99d8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(lseinstr) $(brokengasinst)
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mabi=lp64)
KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mabi=lp64)

+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH),y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -msign-return-address=all
+endif
+
ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN), y)
KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mbig-endian
CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EB__
--
2.11.0