[PATCH 5.4 09/71] arm64: link with -z norelro for LLD or aarch64-elf

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Mon Jun 28 2021 - 10:45:36 EST


From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 311bea3cb9ee20ef150ca76fc60a592bf6b159f5 upstream.

With GNU binutils 2.35+, linking with BFD produces warnings for vmlinux:
aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: -z norelro ignored

BFD can produce this warning when the target emulation mode does not
support RELRO program headers, and -z relro or -z norelro is passed.

Alan Modra clarifies:
The default linker emulation for an aarch64-linux ld.bfd is
-maarch64linux, the default for an aarch64-elf linker is
-maarch64elf. They are not equivalent. If you choose -maarch64elf
you get an emulation that doesn't support -z relro.

The ARCH=arm64 kernel prefers -maarch64elf, but may fall back to
-maarch64linux based on the toolchain configuration.

LLD will always create RELRO program header regardless of target
emulation.

To avoid the above warning when linking with BFD, pass -z norelro only
when linking with LLD or with -maarch64linux.

Fixes: 3b92fa7485eb ("arm64: link with -z norelro regardless of CONFIG_RELOCATABLE")
Fixes: 3bbd3db86470 ("arm64: relocatable: fix inconsistencies in linker script and options")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 5.0.x-
Reported-by: kernelci.org bot <bot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Modra <amodra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Fāng-ruì Sòng <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201218002432.788499-1-ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/Makefile | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index cd8f3cdabfd0..d227cf87c48f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
#
# Copyright (C) 1995-2001 by Russell King

-LDFLAGS_vmlinux :=--no-undefined -X -z norelro
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux :=--no-undefined -X
CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds = -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
GZFLAGS :=-9

@@ -82,17 +82,21 @@ CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EB__
AS += -EB
# Prefer the baremetal ELF build target, but not all toolchains include
# it so fall back to the standard linux version if needed.
-KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EB $(call ld-option, -maarch64elfb, -maarch64linuxb)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EB $(call ld-option, -maarch64elfb, -maarch64linuxb -z norelro)
UTS_MACHINE := aarch64_be
else
KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -mlittle-endian
CHECKFLAGS += -D__AARCH64EL__
AS += -EL
# Same as above, prefer ELF but fall back to linux target if needed.
-KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL $(call ld-option, -maarch64elf, -maarch64linux)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -EL $(call ld-option, -maarch64elf, -maarch64linux -z norelro)
UTS_MACHINE := aarch64
endif

+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD), y)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -z norelro
+endif
+
CHECKFLAGS += -D__aarch64__

ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS),y)
--
2.30.2