[PATCH 02/17] cfi: add __cficanonical

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Fri Mar 12 02:40:23 GMT 2021


On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 04:49:04PM -0800, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, the compiler replaces a function address taken
> in C code with the address of a local jump table entry, which passes
> runtime indirect call checks. However, the compiler won't replace
> addresses taken in assembly code, which will result in a CFI failure
> if we later jump to such an address in instrumented C code. The code
> generated for the non-canonical jump table looks this:
> 
>   <noncanonical.cfi_jt>: /* In C, &noncanonical points here */
> 	jmp noncanonical
>   ...
>   <noncanonical>:        /* function body */
> 	...
> 
> This change adds the __cficanonical attribute, which tells the
> compiler to use a canonical jump table for the function instead. This
> means the compiler will rename the actual function to <function>.cfi
> and points the original symbol to the jump table entry instead:
> 
>   <canonical>:           /* jump table entry */
> 	jmp canonical.cfi
>   ...
>   <canonical.cfi>:       /* function body */
> 	...
> 
> As a result, the address taken in assembly, or other non-instrumented
> code always points to the jump table and therefore, can be used for
> indirect calls in instrumented code without tripping CFI checks.

Thanks for this changelog! Having the explicit examples helps keep this
clear.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>

-Kees

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen at google.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/compiler-clang.h | 1 +
>  include/linux/compiler_types.h | 4 ++++
>  include/linux/init.h           | 4 ++--
>  include/linux/pci.h            | 4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
> index 1ff22bdad992..c275f23ce023 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
> @@ -57,3 +57,4 @@
>  #endif
>  
>  #define __nocfi		__attribute__((__no_sanitize__("cfi")))
> +#define __cficanonical	__attribute__((__cfi_canonical_jump_table__))
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> index 796935a37e37..d29bda7f6ebd 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> @@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
>  # define __nocfi
>  #endif
>  
> +#ifndef __cficanonical
> +# define __cficanonical
> +#endif
> +
>  #ifndef asm_volatile_goto
>  #define asm_volatile_goto(x...) asm goto(x)
>  #endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
> index b3ea15348fbd..045ad1650ed1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/init.h
> +++ b/include/linux/init.h
> @@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
>  	__initcall_name(initstub, __iid, id)
>  
>  #define __define_initcall_stub(__stub, fn)			\
> -	int __init __stub(void);				\
> -	int __init __stub(void)					\
> +	int __init __cficanonical __stub(void);			\
> +	int __init __cficanonical __stub(void)			\
>  	{ 							\
>  		return fn();					\
>  	}							\
> diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
> index 86c799c97b77..39684b72db91 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pci.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pci.h
> @@ -1944,8 +1944,8 @@ enum pci_fixup_pass {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
>  #define __DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_SECTION(sec, name, vendor, device, class,	\
>  				  class_shift, hook, stub)		\
> -	void stub(struct pci_dev *dev);					\
> -	void stub(struct pci_dev *dev)					\
> +	void __cficanonical stub(struct pci_dev *dev);			\
> +	void __cficanonical stub(struct pci_dev *dev)			\
>  	{ 								\
>  		hook(dev); 						\
>  	}								\
> -- 
> 2.31.0.rc2.261.g7f71774620-goog
> 

-- 
Kees Cook



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