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<title>linux.git/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso, branch v6.0</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/'/>
<entry>
<title>arm64: vdso*: place got/plt sections in .rodata</title>
<updated>2022-06-28T16:41:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joey Gouly</name>
<email>joey.gouly@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-28T15:13:07+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=4274929c7ee6f442c3f89c5da64d112a9de4a6ba'/>
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The vDSO will not contain absolute relocations, so place these
sections in .rodata.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/00abb0c5-6360-0004-353f-e7a88b3bd22c@arm.com/
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220628151307.35561-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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The vDSO will not contain absolute relocations, so place these
sections in .rodata.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/00abb0c5-6360-0004-353f-e7a88b3bd22c@arm.com/
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220628151307.35561-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: vdso: enable orphan handling for VDSO</title>
<updated>2022-06-23T14:34:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joey Gouly</name>
<email>joey.gouly@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-05-10T09:58:32+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=e0ab20b20a1bb53d61feedb1fd6c23cbbed11d18'/>
<id>e0ab20b20a1bb53d61feedb1fd6c23cbbed11d18</id>
<content type='text'>
Like vmlinux, enable orphan-handling for the VDSO. This can catch
subtle errors that might arise from unexpected sections being included.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220510095834.32394-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Like vmlinux, enable orphan-handling for the VDSO. This can catch
subtle errors that might arise from unexpected sections being included.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220510095834.32394-3-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: vdso: put ELF related sections in the linker script</title>
<updated>2022-06-23T14:34:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joey Gouly</name>
<email>joey.gouly@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-05-10T09:58:31+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=b87d34ca60cedd6ad769da69c39c4329647fc6a9'/>
<id>b87d34ca60cedd6ad769da69c39c4329647fc6a9</id>
<content type='text'>
Use macros from vmlinux.lds.h to explicitly name sections that are included
in the VDSO output.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220510095834.32394-2-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Use macros from vmlinux.lds.h to explicitly name sections that are included
in the VDSO output.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220510095834.32394-2-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kernel-hardening-v5.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux</title>
<updated>2022-05-24T19:27:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-05-24T19:27:09+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=0bf13a84362e750a90008af259b098d7c0e0755b'/>
<id>0bf13a84362e750a90008af259b098d7c0e0755b</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull kernel hardening updates from Kees Cook:

 - usercopy hardening expanded to check other allocation types (Matthew
   Wilcox, Yuanzheng Song)

 - arm64 stackleak behavioral improvements (Mark Rutland)

 - arm64 CFI code gen improvement (Sami Tolvanen)

 - LoadPin LSM block dev API adjustment (Christoph Hellwig)

 - Clang randstruct support (Bill Wendling, Kees Cook)

* tag 'kernel-hardening-v5.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: (34 commits)
  loadpin: stop using bdevname
  mm: usercopy: move the virt_addr_valid() below the is_vmalloc_addr()
  gcc-plugins: randstruct: Remove cast exception handling
  af_unix: Silence randstruct GCC plugin warning
  niu: Silence randstruct warnings
  big_keys: Use struct for internal payload
  gcc-plugins: Change all version strings match kernel
  randomize_kstack: Improve docs on requirements/rationale
  lkdtm/stackleak: fix CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK=n
  arm64: entry: use stackleak_erase_on_task_stack()
  stackleak: add on/off stack variants
  lkdtm/stackleak: check stack boundaries
  lkdtm/stackleak: prevent unexpected stack usage
  lkdtm/stackleak: rework boundary management
  lkdtm/stackleak: avoid spurious failure
  stackleak: rework poison scanning
  stackleak: rework stack high bound handling
  stackleak: clarify variable names
  stackleak: rework stack low bound handling
  stackleak: remove redundant check
  ...
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<pre>
Pull kernel hardening updates from Kees Cook:

 - usercopy hardening expanded to check other allocation types (Matthew
   Wilcox, Yuanzheng Song)

 - arm64 stackleak behavioral improvements (Mark Rutland)

 - arm64 CFI code gen improvement (Sami Tolvanen)

 - LoadPin LSM block dev API adjustment (Christoph Hellwig)

 - Clang randstruct support (Bill Wendling, Kees Cook)

* tag 'kernel-hardening-v5.19-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: (34 commits)
  loadpin: stop using bdevname
  mm: usercopy: move the virt_addr_valid() below the is_vmalloc_addr()
  gcc-plugins: randstruct: Remove cast exception handling
  af_unix: Silence randstruct GCC plugin warning
  niu: Silence randstruct warnings
  big_keys: Use struct for internal payload
  gcc-plugins: Change all version strings match kernel
  randomize_kstack: Improve docs on requirements/rationale
  lkdtm/stackleak: fix CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK=n
  arm64: entry: use stackleak_erase_on_task_stack()
  stackleak: add on/off stack variants
  lkdtm/stackleak: check stack boundaries
  lkdtm/stackleak: prevent unexpected stack usage
  lkdtm/stackleak: rework boundary management
  lkdtm/stackleak: avoid spurious failure
  stackleak: rework poison scanning
  stackleak: rework stack high bound handling
  stackleak: clarify variable names
  stackleak: rework stack low bound handling
  stackleak: remove redundant check
  ...
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: vdso: fix makefile dependency on vdso.so</title>
<updated>2022-05-10T11:08:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joey Gouly</name>
<email>joey.gouly@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-05-10T10:27:21+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=205f3991a273cac6008ef4db3d1c0dc54d14fb56'/>
<id>205f3991a273cac6008ef4db3d1c0dc54d14fb56</id>
<content type='text'>
There is currently no dependency for vdso*-wrap.S on vdso*.so, which means that
you can get a build that uses a stale vdso*-wrap.o.

In commit a5b8ca97fbf8, the file that includes the vdso.so was moved and renamed
from arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S to arch/arm64/kernel/vdso-wrap.S, when this
happened the Makefile was not updated to force the dependcy on vdso.so.

Fixes: a5b8ca97fbf8 ("arm64: do not descend to vdso directories twice")
Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220510102721.50811-1-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
There is currently no dependency for vdso*-wrap.S on vdso*.so, which means that
you can get a build that uses a stale vdso*-wrap.o.

In commit a5b8ca97fbf8, the file that includes the vdso.so was moved and renamed
from arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S to arch/arm64/kernel/vdso-wrap.S, when this
happened the Makefile was not updated to force the dependcy on vdso.so.

Fixes: a5b8ca97fbf8 ("arm64: do not descend to vdso directories twice")
Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220510102721.50811-1-joey.gouly@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>randstruct: Split randstruct Makefile and CFLAGS</title>
<updated>2022-05-08T08:33:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>keescook@chromium.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-05-03T20:55:01+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=613f4b3ed7902d1dbbc6ade6401e452a63dfbc21'/>
<id>613f4b3ed7902d1dbbc6ade6401e452a63dfbc21</id>
<content type='text'>
To enable the new Clang randstruct implementation[1], move
randstruct into its own Makefile and split the CFLAGS from
GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS into RANDSTRUCT_CFLAGS.

[1] https://reviews.llvm.org/D121556

Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220503205503.3054173-5-keescook@chromium.org
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<pre>
To enable the new Clang randstruct implementation[1], move
randstruct into its own Makefile and split the CFLAGS from
GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS into RANDSTRUCT_CFLAGS.

[1] https://reviews.llvm.org/D121556

Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220503205503.3054173-5-keescook@chromium.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: vdso: Fix "no previous prototype" warning</title>
<updated>2022-01-24T12:08:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vincenzo Frascino</name>
<email>vincenzo.frascino@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-01-21T12:12:34+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=58cd4a088e8917b4092c7011d499e277e04a6644'/>
<id>58cd4a088e8917b4092c7011d499e277e04a6644</id>
<content type='text'>
If compiling the arm64 kernel with W=1 the following warning is produced:

| arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:9:5: error: no previous prototype for ‘__kernel_clock_gettime’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
|     9 | int __kernel_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock,
|       |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:15:5: error: no previous prototype for ‘__kernel_gettimeofday’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
|    15 | int __kernel_gettimeofday(struct __kernel_old_timeval *tv,
|       |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:21:5: error: no previous prototype for ‘__kernel_clock_getres’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
|    21 | int __kernel_clock_getres(clockid_t clock_id,
|       |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This patch removes "-Wmissing-prototypes" and "-Wmissing-declarations" compilers
flags from the compilation of vgettimeofday.c to make possible to build the
kernel with CONFIG_WERROR enabled.

Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Reported-by: Marc Kleine-Budde &lt;mkl@pengutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Marc Kleine-Budde &lt;mkl@pengutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220121121234.47273-1-vincenzo.frascino@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
If compiling the arm64 kernel with W=1 the following warning is produced:

| arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:9:5: error: no previous prototype for ‘__kernel_clock_gettime’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
|     9 | int __kernel_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock,
|       |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:15:5: error: no previous prototype for ‘__kernel_gettimeofday’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
|    15 | int __kernel_gettimeofday(struct __kernel_old_timeval *tv,
|       |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.c:21:5: error: no previous prototype for ‘__kernel_clock_getres’ [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
|    21 | int __kernel_clock_getres(clockid_t clock_id,
|       |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This patch removes "-Wmissing-prototypes" and "-Wmissing-declarations" compilers
flags from the compilation of vgettimeofday.c to make possible to build the
kernel with CONFIG_WERROR enabled.

Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Reported-by: Marc Kleine-Budde &lt;mkl@pengutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino &lt;vincenzo.frascino@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Marc Kleine-Budde &lt;mkl@pengutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220121121234.47273-1-vincenzo.frascino@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: Enable KCSAN</title>
<updated>2021-12-14T18:54:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kefeng Wang</name>
<email>wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-12-11T13:17:34+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=dd03762ab608e058c8f390ad9cf667e490089796'/>
<id>dd03762ab608e058c8f390ad9cf667e490089796</id>
<content type='text'>
This patch enables KCSAN for arm64, with updates to build rules
to not use KCSAN for several incompatible compilation units.

Recent GCC version(at least GCC10) made outline-atomics as the
default option(unlike Clang), which will cause linker errors
for kernel/kcsan/core.o. Disables the out-of-line atomics by
no-outline-atomics to fix the linker errors.

Meanwhile, as Mark said[1], some latent issues are needed to be
fixed which isn't just a KCSAN problem, we make the KCSAN depends
on EXPERT for now.

Tested selftest and kcsan_test(built with GCC11 and Clang 13),
and all passed.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YadiUPpJ0gADbiHQ@FVFF77S0Q05N

Acked-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt; # kernel/kcsan
Tested-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang &lt;wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211211131734.126874-1-wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: added comment to justify EXPERT]
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
This patch enables KCSAN for arm64, with updates to build rules
to not use KCSAN for several incompatible compilation units.

Recent GCC version(at least GCC10) made outline-atomics as the
default option(unlike Clang), which will cause linker errors
for kernel/kcsan/core.o. Disables the out-of-line atomics by
no-outline-atomics to fix the linker errors.

Meanwhile, as Mark said[1], some latent issues are needed to be
fixed which isn't just a KCSAN problem, we make the KCSAN depends
on EXPERT for now.

Tested selftest and kcsan_test(built with GCC11 and Clang 13),
and all passed.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YadiUPpJ0gADbiHQ@FVFF77S0Q05N

Acked-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt; # kernel/kcsan
Tested-by: Joey Gouly &lt;joey.gouly@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang &lt;wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211211131734.126874-1-wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: added comment to justify EXPERT]
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: vdso: remove -nostdlib compiler flag</title>
<updated>2021-11-08T10:02:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masahiro Yamada</name>
<email>masahiroy@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-11-07T16:18:02+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=34688c76911e4fe7d405ace8b42f565878922045'/>
<id>34688c76911e4fe7d405ace8b42f565878922045</id>
<content type='text'>
The -nostdlib option requests the compiler to not use the standard
system startup files or libraries when linking. It is effective only
when $(CC) is used as a linker driver.

Since commit 691efbedc60d ("arm64: vdso: use $(LD) instead of $(CC)
to link VDSO"), $(LD) is directly used, hence -nostdlib is unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211107161802.323125-1-masahiroy@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
The -nostdlib option requests the compiler to not use the standard
system startup files or libraries when linking. It is effective only
when $(CC) is used as a linker driver.

Since commit 691efbedc60d ("arm64: vdso: use $(LD) instead of $(CC)
to link VDSO"), $(LD) is directly used, hence -nostdlib is unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211107161802.323125-1-masahiroy@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64/vdso: Discard .note.gnu.property sections in vDSO</title>
<updated>2021-04-30T17:25:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bill Wendling</name>
<email>morbo@google.com</email>
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<published>2021-04-23T20:51:59+00:00</published>
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The arm64 assembler in binutils 2.32 and above generates a program
property note in a note section, .note.gnu.property, to encode used x86
ISAs and features. But the kernel linker script only contains a single
NOTE segment:

  PHDRS
  {
    text    PT_LOAD    FLAGS(5) FILEHDR PHDRS; /* PF_R|PF_X */
    dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4);               /* PF_R */
    note    PT_NOTE    FLAGS(4);               /* PF_R */
  }

The NOTE segment generated by the vDSO linker script is aligned to 4 bytes.
But the .note.gnu.property section must be aligned to 8 bytes on arm64.

  $ readelf -n vdso64.so

  Displaying notes found in: .note
    Owner                Data size      Description
    Linux                0x00000004     Unknown note type: (0x00000000)
     description data: 06 00 00 00
  readelf: Warning: note with invalid namesz and/or descsz found at offset 0x20
  readelf: Warning:  type: 0x78, namesize: 0x00000100, descsize: 0x756e694c, alignment: 8

Since the note.gnu.property section in the vDSO is not checked by the
dynamic linker, discard the .note.gnu.property sections in the vDSO.

Similar to commit 4caffe6a28d31 ("x86/vdso: Discard .note.gnu.property
sections in vDSO"), but for arm64.

Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling &lt;morbo@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210423205159.830854-1-morbo@google.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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The arm64 assembler in binutils 2.32 and above generates a program
property note in a note section, .note.gnu.property, to encode used x86
ISAs and features. But the kernel linker script only contains a single
NOTE segment:

  PHDRS
  {
    text    PT_LOAD    FLAGS(5) FILEHDR PHDRS; /* PF_R|PF_X */
    dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4);               /* PF_R */
    note    PT_NOTE    FLAGS(4);               /* PF_R */
  }

The NOTE segment generated by the vDSO linker script is aligned to 4 bytes.
But the .note.gnu.property section must be aligned to 8 bytes on arm64.

  $ readelf -n vdso64.so

  Displaying notes found in: .note
    Owner                Data size      Description
    Linux                0x00000004     Unknown note type: (0x00000000)
     description data: 06 00 00 00
  readelf: Warning: note with invalid namesz and/or descsz found at offset 0x20
  readelf: Warning:  type: 0x78, namesize: 0x00000100, descsize: 0x756e694c, alignment: 8

Since the note.gnu.property section in the vDSO is not checked by the
dynamic linker, discard the .note.gnu.property sections in the vDSO.

Similar to commit 4caffe6a28d31 ("x86/vdso: Discard .note.gnu.property
sections in vDSO"), but for arm64.

Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling &lt;morbo@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210423205159.830854-1-morbo@google.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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