[PATCH v2 00/17] Add support for Clang CFI

Sami Tolvanen samitolvanen at google.com
Thu Mar 18 17:10:54 GMT 2021


This series adds support for Clang's Control-Flow Integrity (CFI)
checking. With CFI, the compiler injects a runtime check before each
indirect function call to ensure the target is a valid function with
the correct static type. This restricts possible call targets and
makes it more difficult for an attacker to exploit bugs that allow the
modification of stored function pointers. For more details, see:

  https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ControlFlowIntegrity.html

The first patch contains build system changes and error handling,
and implements support for cross-module indirect call checking. The
remaining patches address issues caused by the compiler
instrumentation. These include fixing known type mismatches, as well
as issues with address space confusion and cross-module function
address equality.

These patches add support only for arm64, but I'll post patches also
for x86_64 after we address the remaining issues there, including
objtool support.

You can also pull this series from

  https://github.com/samitolvanen/linux.git cfi-v2

---
Changes in v2:
 - Fixed .text merging in module.lds.S.
 - Added WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH() and changed kernel/thread.c
   and kernel/workqueue.c to use the macro instead.


Sami Tolvanen (17):
  add support for Clang CFI
  cfi: add __cficanonical
  mm: add generic __va_function and __pa_function macros
  module: ensure __cfi_check alignment
  workqueue: use WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH
  kthread: use WARN_ON_FUNCTION_MISMATCH
  kallsyms: strip ThinLTO hashes from static functions
  bpf: disable CFI in dispatcher functions
  lib/list_sort: fix function type mismatches
  lkdtm: use __va_function
  psci: use __pa_function for cpu_resume
  arm64: implement __va_function
  arm64: use __pa_function
  arm64: add __nocfi to functions that jump to a physical address
  arm64: add __nocfi to __apply_alternatives
  KVM: arm64: Disable CFI for nVHE
  arm64: allow CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to be selected

 Makefile                                  |  17 ++
 arch/Kconfig                              |  45 +++
 arch/arm64/Kconfig                        |   1 +
 arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h           |  15 +
 arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h      |   4 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_parking_protocol.c |   2 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c           |   4 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpu-reset.h             |  10 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c            |   4 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/psci.c                  |   3 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/smp_spin_table.c        |   2 +-
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile          |   6 +-
 drivers/firmware/psci/psci.c              |   4 +-
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/usercopy.c             |   2 +-
 include/asm-generic/bug.h                 |  16 ++
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h         |  20 +-
 include/linux/bpf.h                       |   4 +-
 include/linux/cfi.h                       |  41 +++
 include/linux/compiler-clang.h            |   3 +
 include/linux/compiler_types.h            |   8 +
 include/linux/init.h                      |   6 +-
 include/linux/mm.h                        |   8 +
 include/linux/module.h                    |  13 +-
 include/linux/pci.h                       |   4 +-
 init/Kconfig                              |   2 +-
 kernel/Makefile                           |   4 +
 kernel/cfi.c                              | 329 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/kallsyms.c                         |  54 +++-
 kernel/kthread.c                          |   3 +-
 kernel/module.c                           |  43 +++
 kernel/workqueue.c                        |   2 +-
 lib/list_sort.c                           |   8 +-
 scripts/Makefile.modfinal                 |   2 +-
 scripts/module.lds.S                      |  18 +-
 34 files changed, 663 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/linux/cfi.h
 create mode 100644 kernel/cfi.c


base-commit: 6417f03132a6952cd17ddd8eaddbac92b61b17e0
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2.31.0.291.g576ba9dcdaf-goog




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