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Message-ID: <201910220929.ADF807CC@keescook>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:30:53 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>,
Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/18] add support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack (SCS)
On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 05:28:27PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 09:10:21AM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> > This change adds generic support for Clang's Shadow Call Stack, which
> > uses a shadow stack to protect return addresses from being overwritten
> > by an attacker. Details are available here:
> >
> > https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ShadowCallStack.html
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
> > ---
> > Makefile | 6 ++
> > arch/Kconfig | 39 ++++++++
> > include/linux/compiler-clang.h | 2 +
> > include/linux/compiler_types.h | 4 +
> > include/linux/scs.h | 88 ++++++++++++++++++
> > init/init_task.c | 6 ++
> > init/main.c | 3 +
> > kernel/Makefile | 1 +
> > kernel/fork.c | 9 ++
> > kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +
> > kernel/sched/sched.h | 1 +
> > kernel/scs.c | 162 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 12 files changed, 323 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 include/linux/scs.h
> > create mode 100644 kernel/scs.c
> >
> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > index ffd7a912fc46..e401fa500f62 100644
> > --- a/Makefile
> > +++ b/Makefile
> > @@ -846,6 +846,12 @@ ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
> > KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -flive-patching=inline-clone)
> > endif
> >
> > +ifdef CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
> > +KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fsanitize=shadow-call-stack
> > +DISABLE_SCS := -fno-sanitize=shadow-call-stack
> > +export DISABLE_SCS
> > +endif
>
> I think it would be preferable to follow the example of CC_FLAGS_FTRACE
> so that this can be filtered out, e.g.
>
> ifdef CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
> CFLAGS_SCS := -fsanitize=shadow-call-stack
^^^ was this meant to be CC_FLAGS_SCS here
> KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_SCS)
^^^ and here?
> export CC_FLAGS_SCS
> endif
>
> ... with removal being:
>
> CFLAGS_REMOVE := $(CC_FLAGS_SCS)
>
> ... or:
>
> CFLAGS_REMOVE_obj.o := $(CC_FLAGS_SCS)
>
> That way you only need to define the flags once, so the enable and
> disable falgs remain in sync by construction.
>
> [...]
--
Kees Cook
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