Re: [PATCH V4 Resend] ZBOOT: fix stack protector in compressed boot phase

[Kees Cook]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 8:21 AM, James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 04:48:53PM +0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
>> index fdf99e9..81df904 100644
>> --- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
>> +++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/decompress.c
>> @@ -76,12 +76,7 @@ void error(char *x)
>>  #include "../../../../lib/decompress_unxz.c"
>>  #endif
>>
>> -unsigned long __stack_chk_guard;
>> -
>> -void __stack_chk_guard_setup(void)
>> -{
>> -     __stack_chk_guard = 0x000a0dff;
>> -}
>> +const unsigned long __stack_chk_guard = 0x000a0dff;
>>
>>  void __stack_chk_fail(void)
>>  {
>> @@ -92,8 +87,6 @@ void decompress_kernel(unsigned long boot_heap_start)
>>  {
>>       unsigned long zimage_start, zimage_size;
>>
>> -     __stack_chk_guard_setup();
>> -
>>       zimage_start = (unsigned long)(&__image_begin);
>>       zimage_size = (unsigned long)(&__image_end) -
>>           (unsigned long)(&__image_begin);
>
> This looks good to me, though I've Cc'd Kees as apparently the original
> author from commit 8779657d29c0 ("stackprotector: Introduce

I wonder what changed in the compiler -- I regularly boot
stack-protected ARM images. Regardless, this is fine. :)

> CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG") in case there was a particular reason
> this wasn't done in the first place.

I think I was copying from other places? It's been long enough that I
don't remember, actually. :)

> Acked-by: James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> (Happy to apply with acks from Kees and ARM, SH maintainers if nobody
> else does).

That'd be fine by me, FWIW. Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security