[PATCH-next v5 7/7] x86/boot: Check that there are no run-time relocations

From: Arvind Sankar
Date: Fri Jul 17 2020 - 16:18:21 EST


Add a linker script check that there are no run-time relocations, and
remove the old one that tries to check via looking for specially-named
sections in the object files.

Drop the tests for -fPIE compiler option and -pie linker option, as they
are available in all supported gcc and binutils versions (as well as
clang and lld).

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 28 +++-----------------------
arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 4a3953a596e0..271cc933c59c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma \
vmlinux.bin.xz vmlinux.bin.lzo vmlinux.bin.lz4

KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -O2
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing $(call cc-option, -fPIE, -fPIC)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIE
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := -march=i386
cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := -mcmodel=small
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ UBSAN_SANITIZE :=n
KBUILD_LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
# Compressed kernel should be built as PIE since it may be loaded at any
# address by the bootloader.
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux := $(call ld-option, -pie) $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -pie $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -T

hostprogs := mkpiggy
@@ -86,30 +86,8 @@ vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += $(obj)/acpi.o
vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED) += $(obj)/efi_thunk_$(BITS).o

-# The compressed kernel is built with -fPIC/-fPIE so that a boot loader
-# can place it anywhere in memory and it will still run. However, since
-# it is executed as-is without any ELF relocation processing performed
-# (and has already had all relocation sections stripped from the binary),
-# none of the code can use data relocations (e.g. static assignments of
-# pointer values), since they will be meaningless at runtime. This check
-# will refuse to link the vmlinux if any of these relocations are found.
-quiet_cmd_check_data_rel = DATAREL $@
-define cmd_check_data_rel
- for obj in $(filter %.o,$^); do \
- $(READELF) -S $$obj | grep -qF .rel.local && { \
- echo "error: $$obj has data relocations!" >&2; \
- exit 1; \
- } || true; \
- done
-endef
-
-# We need to run two commands under "if_changed", so merge them into a
-# single invocation.
-quiet_cmd_check-and-link-vmlinux = LD $@
- cmd_check-and-link-vmlinux = $(cmd_check_data_rel); $(cmd_ld)
-
$(obj)/vmlinux: $(vmlinux-objs-y) FORCE
- $(call if_changed,check-and-link-vmlinux)
+ $(call if_changed,ld)

OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinux.bin := -R .comment -S
$(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index a4a4a59a2628..29df99b6cc64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ SECTIONS
*(.rodata.*)
_erodata = . ;
}
+ .rel.dyn : {
+ *(.rel.*)
+ }
+ .rela.dyn : {
+ *(.rela.*)
+ }
.got : {
*(.got)
}
@@ -85,3 +91,5 @@ ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0x18, "Unexpected GOT/PLT en
#else
ASSERT(SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0 || SIZEOF(.got.plt) == 0xc, "Unexpected GOT/PLT entries detected!")
#endif
+
+ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rel.dyn) == 0 && SIZEOF(.rela.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations detected!")
--
2.26.2