[PATCH v5 36/36] arm/build: Assert for unwanted sections

[Kees Cook]

In preparation for warning on orphan sections, enforce
expected-to-be-zero-sized sections (since discarding them might hide
problems with them suddenly gaining unexpected entries).

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h | 10 ++++++++++
 arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S  |  2 ++
 arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S      |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
index 6624dd97475c..e0d49fd756f7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@
 		ARM_MMU_DISCARD(*(__ex_table))				\
 		COMMON_DISCARDS
 
+/*
+ * Sections that should stay zero sized, which is safer to explicitly
+ * check instead of blindly discarding.
+ */
+#define ARM_ASSERTS							\
+	.plt (NOLOAD) : {						\
+		*(.iplt) *(.rel.iplt) *(.iplt) *(.igot.plt)		\
+	}								\
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0, "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
+
 #define ARM_DETAILS							\
 		ELF_DETAILS						\
 		.ARM.attributes 0 : { *(.ARM.attributes) }
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 11ffa79751da..50136828f5b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
 	ARM_DETAILS
+
+	ARM_ASSERTS
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index dc672fe35de3..5f4922e858d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	STABS_DEBUG
 	DWARF_DEBUG
 	ARM_DETAILS
+
+	ARM_ASSERTS
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
-- 
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