[PATCH v6] rust: support for shadow call stack sanitizer

[Sami Tolvanen]

Hi Alice,

On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 7:23 AM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl at google.com> wrote:
>
> This patch adds all of the flags that are needed to support the shadow
> call stack (SCS) sanitizer with Rust, and updates Kconfig to allow only
> configurations that work.
>
> The -Zfixed-x18 flag is required to use SCS on arm64, and requires rustc
> version 1.80.0 or greater. This restriction is reflected in Kconfig.
>
> When CONFIG_DYNAMIC_SCS is enabled, the build will be configured to
> include unwind tables in the build artifacts. Dynamic SCS uses the
> unwind tables at boot to find all places that need to be patched. The
> -Cforce-unwind-tables=y flag ensures that unwind tables are available
> for Rust code.
>
> In non-dynamic mode, the -Zsanitizer=shadow-call-stack flag is what
> enables the SCS sanitizer. Using this flag requires rustc version 1.82.0
> or greater on the targets used by Rust in the kernel. This restriction
> is reflected in Kconfig.
>
> It is possible to avoid the requirement of rustc 1.80.0 by using
> -Ctarget-feature=+reserve-x18 instead of -Zfixed-x18. However, this flag
> emits a warning during the build, so this patch does not add support for
> using it and instead requires 1.80.0 or greater.
>
> The dependency is placed on `select HAVE_RUST` to avoid a situation
> where enabling Rust silently turns off the sanitizer. Instead, turning
> on the sanitizer results in Rust being disabled. We generally do not
> want changes to CONFIG_RUST to result in any mitigations being changed
> or turned off.
>
> At the time of writing, rustc 1.82.0 only exists via the nightly release
> channel. There is a chance that the -Zsanitizer=shadow-call-stack flag
> will end up needing 1.83.0 instead, but I think it is small.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl at google.com>

Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen at google.com>

Sami