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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-07-05 11:46:59 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-07-05 11:46:59 -0700
commit59005b0c59a164101b0273e4bda212c809dc2246 (patch)
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Merge tag 'gcc-plugins-v4.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull GCC plugin updates from Kees Cook: "The big part is the randstruct plugin infrastructure. This is the first of two expected pull requests for randstruct since there are dependencies in other trees that would be easier to merge once those have landed. Notably, the IPC allocation refactoring in -mm, and many trivial merge conflicts across several trees when applying the __randomize_layout annotation. As a result, it seemed like I should send this now since it is relatively self-contained, and once the rest of the trees have landed, send the annotation patches. I'm expecting the final phase of randstruct (automatic struct selection) will land for v4.14, but if its other tree dependencies actually make it for v4.13, I can send that merge request too. Summary: - typo fix in Kconfig (Jean Delvare) - randstruct infrastructure" * tag 'gcc-plugins-v4.13-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: ARM: Prepare for randomized task_struct randstruct: Whitelist NIU struct page overloading randstruct: Whitelist big_key path struct overloading randstruct: Whitelist UNIXCB cast randstruct: Whitelist struct security_hook_heads cast gcc-plugins: Add the randstruct plugin Fix English in description of GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK compiler: Add __designated_init annotation gcc-plugins: Detail c-common.h location for GCC 4.6
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diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index f76b214cf7ad..dc26b6d9175e 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
bool "Force initialization of variables containing userspace addresses"
depends on GCC_PLUGINS
help
- This plugin zero-initializes any structures that containing a
+ This plugin zero-initializes any structures containing a
__user attribute. This can prevent some classes of information
exposures.
@@ -443,6 +443,45 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE
initialized. Since not all existing initializers are detected
by the plugin, this can produce false positive warnings.
+config GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT
+ bool "Randomize layout of sensitive kernel structures"
+ depends on GCC_PLUGINS
+ select MODVERSIONS if MODULES
+ help
+ If you say Y here, the layouts of structures explicitly
+ marked by __randomize_layout will be randomized at
+ compile-time. This can introduce the requirement of an
+ additional information exposure vulnerability for exploits
+ targeting these structure types.
+
+ Enabling this feature will introduce some performance impact,
+ slightly increase memory usage, and prevent the use of forensic
+ tools like Volatility against the system (unless the kernel
+ source tree isn't cleaned after kernel installation).
+
+ The seed used for compilation is located at
+ scripts/gcc-plgins/randomize_layout_seed.h. It remains after
+ a make clean to allow for external modules to be compiled with
+ the existing seed and will be removed by a make mrproper or
+ make distclean.
+
+ Note that the implementation requires gcc 4.7 or newer.
+
+ This plugin was ported from grsecurity/PaX. More information at:
+ * https://grsecurity.net/
+ * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
+
+config GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE
+ bool "Use cacheline-aware structure randomization"
+ depends on GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT
+ depends on !COMPILE_TEST
+ help
+ If you say Y here, the RANDSTRUCT randomization will make a
+ best effort at restricting randomization to cacheline-sized
+ groups of elements. It will further not randomize bitfields
+ in structures. This reduces the performance hit of RANDSTRUCT
+ at the cost of weakened randomization.
+
config HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
bool
help