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x86: link vdso and boot with -z noexecstack --no-warn-rwx-segments
authorNick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:24:41 +0000 (15:24 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:17:17 +0000 (11:17 +0200)
commitcf34f023c29c8e3ac2f5ba654062ac6d206e7f56
treead7a5ea41af8deb4726f3e585b91391d2766b305
parent6b793d534cd665cb5fd2ba8b2fd6b335876df0ee
x86: link vdso and boot with -z noexecstack --no-warn-rwx-segments

commit baf9500b22d5c76a85f0177afe453b2d40e689d9 upstream.

Users of GNU ld (BFD) from binutils 2.39+ will observe multiple
instances of a new warning when linking kernels in the form:

  ld: warning: arch/x86/boot/pmjump.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
  ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
  ld: warning: arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions

Generally, we would like to avoid the stack being executable.  Because
there could be a need for the stack to be executable, assembler sources
have to opt-in to this security feature via explicit creation of the
.note.GNU-stack feature (which compilers create by default) or command
line flag --noexecstack.  Or we can simply tell the linker the
production of such sections is irrelevant and to link the stack as
--noexecstack.

LLVM's LLD linker defaults to -z noexecstack, so this flag isn't
strictly necessary when linking with LLD, only BFD, but it doesn't hurt
to be explicit here for all linkers IMO.  --no-warn-rwx-segments is
currently BFD specific and only available in the current latest release,
so it's wrapped in an ld-option check.

While the kernel makes extensive usage of ELF sections, it doesn't use
permissions from ELF segments.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/3af4127a-f453-4cf7-f133-a181cce06f73@kernel.dk/
Link: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=ba951afb99912da01a6e8434126b8fac7aa75107
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/57009
Reported-and-tested-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Suggested-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/boot/Makefile
arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile