[Bug c/26457] New: -fstack-protector leaks the upper bits of RAX

["arjan at linux dot intel dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

The following code snippet, compiled with -Os -fstack-protector:
#include <string.h>


int  StringChecksum(char *s)
{
        char buffer[2048];
        int i;
        int checksum = 0;

        memset(buffer, 0, 2048);
        strcpy(buffer, s);

        for (i=0; i<2048; i++)
                checksum += buffer[i];

        return checksum;
}

leads to the following snippet of assembly for the part where gcc puts the
canary value on the stack: (part of the full assembly of the function)

        movq    %rsp, %rdi
        movq    %fs:40, %rax
        movq    %rax, 2056(%rsp)
        xorl    %eax, %eax
        call    memset

the key instruction for this bug is the "xorl %eax, %eax". The intent of that
instruction seems to be to not leak the canary value into the actual function
code; however the canary value is 64 bits and in RAX, while the XOR is only
zeroing the lower 32 bits. For consistency and information security, this XOR
should, I think, clear all of RAX (which is same-cost anyway both in size and
execution)


-- 
           Summary: -fstack-protector leaks the upper bits of RAX
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.1.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: arjan at linux dot intel dot com
  GCC host triplet: x86_64-redhat-linux


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26457