[tip: core/build] arm/build: Assert for unwanted sections

From: tip-bot2 for Kees Cook
Date: Tue Sep 01 2020 - 10:49:43 EST


The following commit has been merged into the core/build branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 0c918e753f8c03b0308a635c0721a8c24d738d4a
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/0c918e753f8c03b0308a635c0721a8c24d738d4a
Author: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:42:59 -07:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:03:18 +02:00

arm/build: Assert for unwanted sections

In preparation for warning on orphan sections, enforce
expected-to-be-zero-sized sections (since discarding them might hide
problems with them suddenly gaining unexpected entries).

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200821194310.3089815-19-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h | 11 +++++++++++
arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S | 2 ++
arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 ++
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
index 6624dd9..4a91428 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@
ARM_MMU_DISCARD(*(__ex_table)) \
COMMON_DISCARDS

+/*
+ * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to explicitly
+ * check instead of blindly discarding.
+ */
+#define ARM_ASSERTS \
+ .plt : { \
+ *(.iplt) *(.rel.iplt) *(.iplt) *(.igot.plt) \
+ } \
+ ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0, \
+ "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
+
#define ARM_DETAILS \
ELF_DETAILS \
.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 11ffa79..5013682 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ SECTIONS
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
ARM_DETAILS
+
+ ARM_ASSERTS
}

/*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index dc672fe..5f4922e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ SECTIONS
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
ARM_DETAILS
+
+ ARM_ASSERTS
}

#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX