linux.git/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S, branch v7.0 Linux kernel source tree kbuild: Split .modinfo out from ELF_DETAILS 2026-02-26T18:50:19+00:00 Nathan Chancellor nathan@kernel.org 2026-02-25T22:02:51+00:00 8678591b47469fe16357234efef9b260317b8be4 Commit 3e86e4d74c04 ("kbuild: keep .modinfo section in vmlinux.unstripped") added .modinfo to ELF_DETAILS while removing it from COMMON_DISCARDS, as it was needed in vmlinux.unstripped and ELF_DETAILS was present in all architecture specific vmlinux linker scripts. While this shuffle is fine for vmlinux, ELF_DETAILS and COMMON_DISCARDS may be used by other linker scripts, such as the s390 and x86 compressed boot images, which may not expect to have a .modinfo section. In certain circumstances, this could result in a bootloader failing to load the compressed kernel [1]. Commit ddc6cbef3ef1 ("s390/boot/vmlinux.lds.S: Ensure bzImage ends with SecureBoot trailer") recently addressed this for the s390 bzImage but the same bug remains for arm, parisc, and x86. The presence of .modinfo in the x86 bzImage was the root cause of the issue worked around with commit d50f21091358 ("kbuild: align modinfo section for Secureboot Authenticode EDK2 compat"). misc.c in arch/x86/boot/compressed includes lib/decompress_unzstd.c, which in turn includes lib/xxhash.c and its MODULE_LICENSE / MODULE_DESCRIPTION macros due to the STATIC definition. Split .modinfo out from ELF_DETAILS into its own macro and handle it in all vmlinux linker scripts. Discard .modinfo in the places where it was previously being discarded from being in COMMON_DISCARDS, as it has never been necessary in those uses. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 3e86e4d74c04 ("kbuild: keep .modinfo section in vmlinux.unstripped") Reported-by: Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/587f25e0-a80e-46a5-9f01-87cb40cfa377@wildgooses.com/ [1] Tested-by: Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com> # x86_64 Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260225-separate-modinfo-from-elf-details-v1-1-387ced6baf4b@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> 
Commit 3e86e4d74c04 ("kbuild: keep .modinfo section in
vmlinux.unstripped") added .modinfo to ELF_DETAILS while removing it
from COMMON_DISCARDS, as it was needed in vmlinux.unstripped and
ELF_DETAILS was present in all architecture specific vmlinux linker
scripts. While this shuffle is fine for vmlinux, ELF_DETAILS and
COMMON_DISCARDS may be used by other linker scripts, such as the s390
and x86 compressed boot images, which may not expect to have a .modinfo
section. In certain circumstances, this could result in a bootloader
failing to load the compressed kernel [1].

Commit ddc6cbef3ef1 ("s390/boot/vmlinux.lds.S: Ensure bzImage ends with
SecureBoot trailer") recently addressed this for the s390 bzImage but
the same bug remains for arm, parisc, and x86. The presence of .modinfo
in the x86 bzImage was the root cause of the issue worked around with
commit d50f21091358 ("kbuild: align modinfo section for Secureboot
Authenticode EDK2 compat"). misc.c in arch/x86/boot/compressed includes
lib/decompress_unzstd.c, which in turn includes lib/xxhash.c and its
MODULE_LICENSE / MODULE_DESCRIPTION macros due to the STATIC definition.

Split .modinfo out from ELF_DETAILS into its own macro and handle it in
all vmlinux linker scripts. Discard .modinfo in the places where it was
previously being discarded from being in COMMON_DISCARDS, as it has
never been necessary in those uses.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 3e86e4d74c04 ("kbuild: keep .modinfo section in vmlinux.unstripped")
Reported-by: Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/587f25e0-a80e-46a5-9f01-87cb40cfa377@wildgooses.com/ [1]
Tested-by: Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com> # x86_64
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260225-separate-modinfo-from-elf-details-v1-1-387ced6baf4b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
parisc: Make RO_DATA page aligned in vmlinux.lds.S 2024-01-28T08:49:46+00:00 Helge Deller deller@gmx.de 2023-12-01T20:20:50+00:00 2751153b9945c31eb905deb9fbe2d7f127b4b34c The rodata_test program for CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST=y complains if read-only data does not start at page boundary. Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> 
The rodata_test program for CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST=y complains if
read-only data does not start at page boundary.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
parisc: Ensure 32-bit alignment on parisc unwind section 2023-11-25T08:43:17+00:00 Helge Deller deller@gmx.de 2023-11-25T08:16:02+00:00 c9fcb2b65c2849e8ff3be23fd8828312fb68dc19 Make sure the .PARISC.unwind section will be 32-bit aligned. Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.0+ 
Make sure the .PARISC.unwind section will be 32-bit aligned.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org   # v6.0+
parisc: BTLB: _edata symbol has to be page aligned for BTLB support 2023-09-07T07:12:20+00:00 Helge Deller deller@gmx.de 2023-09-07T06:07:55+00:00 4695e45ec0cd4d422694b69e9f39c742bb1f35fc Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> 
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
objtool/idle: Validate __cpuidle code as noinstr 2023-01-13T10:48:15+00:00 Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org 2023-01-12T19:43:31+00:00 2b5a0e425e6e319b1978db1e9564f6af4228a567 Idle code is very like entry code in that RCU isn't available. As such, add a little validation. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Tested-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230112195540.373461409@infradead.org 
Idle code is very like entry code in that RCU isn't available. As
such, add a little validation.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Tested-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230112195540.373461409@infradead.org
Revert "parisc: Fix backtrace to always include init funtion names" 2021-11-22T06:37:31+00:00 Helge Deller deller@gmx.de 2021-11-21T10:10:55+00:00 98400ad75e95860e9a10ec78b0b90ab66184a2ce This reverts commit 279917e27edc293eb645a25428c6ab3f3bca3f86. With the CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY option enabled, this patch triggers kernel bugs at runtime: usercopy: Kernel memory overwrite attempt detected to kernel text (offset 2084839, size 6)! kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:99! Backtrace: IAOQ[0]: usercopy_abort+0xc4/0xe8 [<00000000406ed1c8>] __check_object_size+0x174/0x238 [<00000000407086d4>] copy_strings.isra.0+0x3e8/0x708 [<0000000040709a20>] do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x1bc/0x328 [<000000004070b760>] compat_sys_execve+0x7c/0xb8 [<0000000040303eb8>] syscall_exit+0x0/0x14 The problem is, that we have an init section of at least 2MB size which starts at _stext and is freed after bootup. If then later some kernel data is (temporarily) stored in this free memory, check_kernel_text_object() will trigger a bug since the data appears to be inside the kernel text (>=_stext) area: if (overlaps(ptr, len, _stext, _etext)) usercopy_abort("kernel text"); Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: stable@kernel.org # 5.4+ 
This reverts commit 279917e27edc293eb645a25428c6ab3f3bca3f86.

With the CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY option enabled, this patch triggers
kernel bugs at runtime:

  usercopy: Kernel memory overwrite attempt detected to kernel text (offset 2084839, size 6)!
  kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:99!
 Backtrace:
  IAOQ[0]: usercopy_abort+0xc4/0xe8
  [<00000000406ed1c8>] __check_object_size+0x174/0x238
  [<00000000407086d4>] copy_strings.isra.0+0x3e8/0x708
  [<0000000040709a20>] do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x1bc/0x328
  [<000000004070b760>] compat_sys_execve+0x7c/0xb8
  [<0000000040303eb8>] syscall_exit+0x0/0x14

The problem is, that we have an init section of at least 2MB size which
starts at _stext and is freed after bootup.

If then later some kernel data is (temporarily) stored in this free
memory, check_kernel_text_object() will trigger a bug since the data
appears to be inside the kernel text (>=_stext) area:
        if (overlaps(ptr, len, _stext, _etext))
                usercopy_abort("kernel text");

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: stable@kernel.org # 5.4+
parisc: Fix backtrace to always include init funtion names 2021-11-13T21:10:56+00:00 Helge Deller deller@gmx.de 2021-11-04T19:19:00+00:00 279917e27edc293eb645a25428c6ab3f3bca3f86 I noticed that sometimes at kernel startup the backtraces did not included the function names of init functions. Their address were not resolved to function names and instead only the address was printed. Debugging shows that the culprit is is_ksym_addr() which is called by the backtrace functions to check if an address belongs to a function in the kernel. The problem occurs only for CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y. When looking at is_ksym_addr() one can see that for CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y the function only tries to resolve the address via is_kernel() function, which checks like this: if (addr >= _stext && addr <= _end) return 1; On parisc the init functions are located before _stext, so this check fails. Other platforms seem to have all functions (including init functions) behind _stext. The following patch moves the _stext symbol at the beginning of the kernel and thus includes the init section. This fixes the check and does not seem to have any negative side effects on where the kernel mapping happens in the map_pages() function in arch/parisc/mm/init.c. Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: stable@kernel.org # 5.4+ 
I noticed that sometimes at kernel startup the backtraces did not
included the function names of init functions. Their address were not
resolved to function names and instead only the address was printed.

Debugging shows that the culprit is is_ksym_addr() which is called
by the backtrace functions to check if an address belongs to a function in
the kernel. The problem occurs only for CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y.

When looking at is_ksym_addr() one can see that for CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
the function only tries to resolve the address via is_kernel() function,
which checks like this:
	if (addr >= _stext && addr <= _end)
                return 1;
On parisc the init functions are located before _stext, so this check fails.
Other platforms seem to have all functions (including init functions)
behind _stext.

The following patch moves the _stext symbol at the beginning of the
kernel and thus includes the init section. This fixes the check and does
not seem to have any negative side effects on where the kernel mapping
happens in the map_pages() function in arch/parisc/mm/init.c.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: stable@kernel.org # 5.4+
vmlinux.lds.h: Split ELF_DETAILS from STABS_DEBUG 2020-09-01T07:50:35+00:00 Kees Cook keescook@chromium.org 2020-08-21T19:42:45+00:00 c604abc3f6e3030f3a3022b184ed7d3780c34d30 The .comment section doesn't belong in STABS_DEBUG. Split it out into a new macro named ELF_DETAILS. This will gain other non-debug sections that need to be accounted for when linking with --orphan-handling=warn. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200821194310.3089815-5-keescook@chromium.org 
The .comment section doesn't belong in STABS_DEBUG. Split it out into a
new macro named ELF_DETAILS. This will gain other non-debug sections
that need to be accounted for when linking with --orphan-handling=warn.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200821194310.3089815-5-keescook@chromium.org
parisc: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment 2019-11-04T17:22:10+00:00 Kees Cook keescook@chromium.org 2019-10-29T21:13:45+00:00 6e85e23ef2d004def8e1acd36eb155411499b7cc Since the EXCEPTION_TABLE is read-only, collapse it into RO_DATA. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu> Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-24-keescook@chromium.org 
Since the EXCEPTION_TABLE is read-only, collapse it into RO_DATA.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-24-keescook@chromium.org
vmlinux.lds.h: Replace RW_DATA_SECTION with RW_DATA 2019-11-04T14:57:41+00:00 Kees Cook keescook@chromium.org 2019-10-29T21:13:35+00:00 c9174047b48d700a785b633319dd7d27288b86be Rename RW_DATA_SECTION to RW_DATA. (Calling this a "section" is a lie, since it's multiple sections and section flags cannot be applied to the macro.) Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> # s390 Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> # m68k Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu> Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-14-keescook@chromium.org 
Rename RW_DATA_SECTION to RW_DATA. (Calling this a "section" is a lie,
since it's multiple sections and section flags cannot be applied to
the macro.)

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> # s390
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> # m68k
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-14-keescook@chromium.org