Re: [PATCH v5 23/36] arm/build: Explicitly keep .ARM.attributes sections

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 4:18 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In preparation for adding --orphan-handling=warn, explicitly keep the
> .ARM.attributes section by expanding the existing ELF_DETAILS macro into
> ARM_DETAILS.
>
> Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAKwvOdk-racgq5pxsoGS6Vtifbtrk5fmkmnoLxrQMaOvV0nPWw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h | 4 ++++
>  arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S  | 2 +-
>  arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S      | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
> index a08f4301b718..c4af5182ab48 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
> @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
>                 ARM_MMU_DISCARD(*(__ex_table))                          \
>                 COMMON_DISCARDS
>
> +#define ARM_DETAILS                                                    \
> +               ELF_DETAILS                                             \
> +               .ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }

I had to look up what the `0` meant:
https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Output-Section-Attributes.html#Output-Section-Attributes
mentions it's an "address" and
https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/ld-2.9.1/html_chapter/ld_3.html#SEC21
mentions it as "start" (an address).
Unless we need those, can we drop them? (Sorry for the resulting churn
that would cause).  I think the NO_LOAD stuff makes more sense, but
I'm curious if the kernel checks for that.

> +
>  #define ARM_STUBS_TEXT                                                 \
>                 *(.gnu.warning)                                         \
>                 *(.glue_7)                                              \
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
> index 904c31fa20ed..57fcbf55f913 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ SECTIONS
>         _end = .;
>
>         STABS_DEBUG
> -       ELF_DETAILS
> +       ARM_DETAILS
>  }
>
>  /*
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index bb950c896a67..1d3d3b599635 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ SECTIONS
>         _end = .;
>
>         STABS_DEBUG
> -       ELF_DETAILS
> +       ARM_DETAILS
>  }
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
> --
> 2.25.1
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers