[PATCH v2 28/63] fortify: Explicitly disable Clang support

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Aug 18 2021 - 02:10:13 EST


Clang has never correctly compiled the FORTIFY_SOURCE defenses due to
a couple bugs:

Eliding inlines with matching __builtin_* names
https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50322

Incorrect __builtin_constant_p() of some globals
https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41459

In the process of making improvements to the FORTIFY_SOURCE defenses, the
first (silent) bug (coincidentally) becomes worked around, but exposes
the latter which breaks the build. As such, Clang must not be used with
CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE until at least latter bug is fixed (in Clang 13),
and the fortify routines have been rearranged.

Update the Kconfig to reflect the reality of the current situation.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/Kconfig | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index 0ced7fd33e4d..fe6c0395fa02 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ config HARDENED_USERCOPY_PAGESPAN
config FORTIFY_SOURCE
bool "Harden common str/mem functions against buffer overflows"
depends on ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+ # https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50322
+ # https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41459
+ depends on !CC_IS_CLANG
help
Detect overflows of buffers in common string and memory functions
where the compiler can determine and validate the buffer sizes.
--
2.30.2