From ffcf9c5700e49c0aee42dcba9a12ba21338e8136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Desaulniers Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:24:41 -0700 Subject: x86: link vdso and boot with -z noexecstack --no-warn-rwx-segments Users of GNU ld (BFD) from binutils 2.39+ will observe multiple instances of a new warning when linking kernels in the form: ld: warning: arch/x86/boot/pmjump.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker ld: warning: arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions Generally, we would like to avoid the stack being executable. Because there could be a need for the stack to be executable, assembler sources have to opt-in to this security feature via explicit creation of the .note.GNU-stack feature (which compilers create by default) or command line flag --noexecstack. Or we can simply tell the linker the production of such sections is irrelevant and to link the stack as --noexecstack. LLVM's LLD linker defaults to -z noexecstack, so this flag isn't strictly necessary when linking with LLD, only BFD, but it doesn't hurt to be explicit here for all linkers IMO. --no-warn-rwx-segments is currently BFD specific and only available in the current latest release, so it's wrapped in an ld-option check. While the kernel makes extensive usage of ELF sections, it doesn't use permissions from ELF segments. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/3af4127a-f453-4cf7-f133-a181cce06f73@kernel.dk/ Link: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=ba951afb99912da01a6e8434126b8fac7aa75107 Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/57009 Reported-and-tested-by: Jens Axboe Suggested-by: Fangrui Song Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/x86/boot/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/boot/Makefile') diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile index b5aecb524a8a..ffec8bb01ba8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile +++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ $(obj)/zoffset.h: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE AFLAGS_header.o += -I$(objtree)/$(obj) $(obj)/header.o: $(obj)/zoffset.h -LDFLAGS_setup.elf := -m elf_i386 -T +LDFLAGS_setup.elf := -m elf_i386 -z noexecstack -T $(obj)/setup.elf: $(src)/setup.ld $(SETUP_OBJS) FORCE $(call if_changed,ld) -- cgit v1.2.3