[PATCH 1/4] kselftests/arm64: add a basic Pointer Authentication test

Amit Kachhap amit.kachhap at arm.com
Mon Aug 31 04:05:39 EDT 2020


Hi Boyan,

On 8/28/20 6:46 PM, Boyan Karatotev wrote:
> PAuth signs and verifies return addresses on the stack. It does so by
> inserting a Pointer Authentication code (PAC) into some of the unused top
> bits of an address. This is achieved by adding paciasp/autiasp instructions
> at the beginning and end of a function.
> 
> This feature is partially backwards compatible with earlier versions of the
> ARM architecture. To coerce the compiler into emitting fully backwards
> compatible code the main file is compiled to target an earlier ARM version.
> This allows the tests to check for the feature and print meaningful error
> messages instead of crashing.
> 
> Add a test to verify that corrupting the return address results in a
> SIGSEGV on return.
> 
> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah at kernel.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Boyan Karatotev <boyan.karatotev at arm.com>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/arm64/Makefile        |  2 +-
>   .../testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/.gitignore  |  1 +
>   tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/Makefile  | 22 ++++++++++++
>   tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/helper.h  | 10 ++++++
>   tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/pac.c     | 32 +++++++++++++++++
>   .../selftests/arm64/pauth/pac_corruptor.S     | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
>   6 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>   create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/.gitignore
>   create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/Makefile
>   create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/helper.h
>   create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/pac.c
>   create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/pac_corruptor.S
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/Makefile
> index 93b567d23c8b..525506fd97b9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/Makefile
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>   ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
>   
>   ifneq (,$(filter $(ARCH),aarch64 arm64))
> -ARM64_SUBTARGETS ?= tags signal
> +ARM64_SUBTARGETS ?= tags signal pauth
>   else
>   ARM64_SUBTARGETS :=
>   endif
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/.gitignore
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..b557c916720a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/.gitignore
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +pac
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..785c775e5e41
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +# Copyright (C) 2020 ARM Limited
> +
> +CFLAGS += -mbranch-protection=pac-ret

There is no CFLAGS validation present which may give error with non 
supported compiler.

Can you add a check something like,

+#check if the compiler works well
+pauth_cc_support := $(shell if ($(CC) $(CFLAGS) -march=armv8.3-a -E -x 
c /dev/null -o /dev/null 2>&1) then echo "1"; fi)
+
+ifeq ($(pauth_cc_support),1)
  TEST_GEN_PROGS := pac
  TEST_GEN_FILES := pac_corruptor.o
+endif

  include ../../lib.mk

+ifeq ($(pauth_cc_support),1)
  # pac* and aut* instructions are not available on architectures berfore
  # ARMv8.3. Therefore target ARMv8.3 wherever they are used directly
  $(OUTPUT)/pac_corruptor.o: pac_corruptor.S
@@ -19,4 +25,4 @@ $(OUTPUT)/pac_corruptor.o: pac_corruptor.S
  # run on earlier targets and print a meaningful error messages
  $(OUTPUT)/pac: pac.c $(OUTPUT)/pac_corruptor.o
         $(CC) $^ -o $@ $(CFLAGS) -march=armv8.2-a
-
+endif

> +
> +TEST_GEN_PROGS := pac
> +TEST_GEN_FILES := pac_corruptor.o
> +
> +include ../../lib.mk
> +
> +# pac* and aut* instructions are not available on architectures berfore
> +# ARMv8.3. Therefore target ARMv8.3 wherever they are used directly
> +$(OUTPUT)/pac_corruptor.o: pac_corruptor.S
> +	$(CC) -c $^ -o $@ $(CFLAGS) -march=armv8.3-a
> +
> +# when -mbranch-protection is enabled and the target architecture is ARMv8.3 or
> +# greater, gcc emits pac* instructions which are not in HINT NOP space,
> +# preventing the tests from occurring at all. Compile for ARMv8.2 so tests can
> +# run on earlier targets and print a meaningful error messages
> +$(OUTPUT)/pac: pac.c $(OUTPUT)/pac_corruptor.o
> +	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(CFLAGS) -march=armv8.2-a
> +
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/helper.h b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/helper.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f777f88acf0a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/helper.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/* Copyright (C) 2020 ARM Limited */
> +
> +#ifndef _HELPER_H_
> +#define _HELPER_H_
> +
> +void pac_corruptor(void);
> +
> +#endif
> +

Please delete extra line at end of file here and other places too.

Other changes look fine for me. After the suggested changes please free 
to add,
Reviewed-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap at arm.com>

Thanks,
Amit Daniel


> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/pac.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/pac.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ed445050f621
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/pauth/pac.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +// Copyright (C) 2020 ARM Limited
> +
> +#include <sys/auxv.h>
> +#include <signal.h>
> +
>



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