[PATCH v8 11/20] aarch64: Enable GCS in dynamic linked exe

Adhemerval Zanella Netto adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Wed Jan 15 14:15:33 GMT 2025



On 14/01/25 13:03, Yury Khrustalev wrote:
> From: Szabolcs Nagy <szabolcs.nagy@arm.com>
> 
> Use the dynamic linker start code to enable GCS in the dynamic linked
> case after _dl_start returns and before _dl_start_user which marks
> the point after which user code may run.
> 
> Like in the static linked case this ensures that GCS is enabled on a
> top level stack frame.

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

> ---
>  sysdeps/aarch64/Makefile                |  8 ++++--
>  sysdeps/aarch64/dl-gcs.c                | 25 ++++++++++++++++++
>  sysdeps/aarch64/dl-start.S              | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  sysdeps/aarch64/rtld-global-offsets.sym |  5 ++++
>  4 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 sysdeps/aarch64/dl-gcs.c
> 
> diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/Makefile b/sysdeps/aarch64/Makefile
> index 141d7d9cc2..74479604f2 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/aarch64/Makefile
> +++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/Makefile
> @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ LDFLAGS-rtld += -Wl,-z,force-bti,--fatal-warnings
>  endif
>  
>  ifeq ($(subdir),elf)
> -sysdep-dl-routines += dl-bti
> +sysdep-dl-routines += \
> +  dl-bti \
> +  dl-gcs
>  
>  tests += tst-audit26 \
>  	 tst-audit27
> @@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ endif
>  ifeq ($(subdir),elf)
>  sysdep-rtld-routines += dl-start
>  sysdep-dl-routines += tlsdesc dl-tlsdesc
> -gen-as-const-headers += dl-link.sym
> +gen-as-const-headers += \
> +  dl-link.sym \
> +  rtld-global-offsets.sym
>  
>  tests-internal += tst-ifunc-arg-1 tst-ifunc-arg-2
>  
> diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/dl-gcs.c b/sysdeps/aarch64/dl-gcs.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..870336f2bb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/dl-gcs.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> +/* AArch64 GCS functions.
> +   Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
> +
> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +#include <ldsodefs.h>
> +
> +/* Used to report error when prctl system call to enabled GCS fails.  */
> +
> +void _dl_gcs_enable_failed (int code)
> +{
> +  _dl_fatal_printf ("failed to enable GCS: %d\n", -code);
> +}
> diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/dl-start.S b/sysdeps/aarch64/dl-start.S
> index 3b8eff0acd..a249fda21c 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/aarch64/dl-start.S
> +++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/dl-start.S
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>     <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
>  
>  #include <sysdep.h>
> +#include <rtld-global-offsets.h>
>  
>  ENTRY (_start)
>  	/* Create an initial frame with 0 LR and FP */
> @@ -25,11 +26,33 @@ ENTRY (_start)
>  	mov	x29, #0
>  	mov	x30, #0
>  
> +	/* Load and relocate all library dependencies.  */
>  	mov	x0, sp
>  	PTR_ARG (0)
>  	bl	_dl_start
>  	/* Returns user entry point in x0.  */
>  	mov	PTR_REG (21), PTR_REG (0)
> +
> +	/* Use GL(dl_aarch64_gcs) to set the shadow stack status.  */
> +	adrp	x16, _rtld_local
> +	add	PTR_REG (16), PTR_REG (16), :lo12:_rtld_local
> +	ldr	x1, [x16, GL_DL_AARCH64_GCS_OFFSET]
> +	cbz	x1, L(skip_gcs_enable)
> +
> +	/* Enable GCS before user code runs.  Note that IFUNC resolvers and
> +	   LD_AUDIT hooks may run before, but should not create threads.  */

We don't really prevent audit hooks to create threads, so we might revise this
placement later.

> +#define PR_SET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS  75
> +#define PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE      (1UL << 0)
> +	mov	x0, PR_SET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS
> +	mov	x1, PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE
> +	mov	x2, 0
> +	mov	x3, 0
> +	mov	x4, 0
> +	mov	x8, #SYS_ify(prctl)
> +	svc	0x0
> +	cbnz	w0, L(failed_gcs_enable)
> +L(skip_gcs_enable):
> +
>  .globl _dl_start_user
>  .type _dl_start_user, %function
>  _dl_start_user:
> @@ -40,14 +63,17 @@ _dl_start_user:
>  	/* Compute envp.  */
>  	add	PTR_REG (3), PTR_REG (2), PTR_REG (1), lsl PTR_LOG_SIZE
>  	add	PTR_REG (3), PTR_REG (3), PTR_SIZE
> -	adrp	x16, _rtld_local
> -	add	PTR_REG (16), PTR_REG (16), :lo12:_rtld_local
> +	/* Run the init functions of the loaded modules.  */
>  	ldr	PTR_REG (0), [x16]
>  	bl	_dl_init
>  	/* Load the finalizer function.  */
>  	adrp	x0, _dl_fini
>  	add	PTR_REG (0), PTR_REG (0), :lo12:_dl_fini
>  	/* Jump to the user's entry point.  */
> -	mov     x16, x21
> -	br      x16
> +	mov	x16, x21
> +	br	x16
> +
> +L(failed_gcs_enable):
> +	b	_dl_gcs_enable_failed
> +
>  END (_start)
> diff --git a/sysdeps/aarch64/rtld-global-offsets.sym b/sysdeps/aarch64/rtld-global-offsets.sym
> index 23cdaf7d9e..6c0690bb95 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/aarch64/rtld-global-offsets.sym
> +++ b/sysdeps/aarch64/rtld-global-offsets.sym
> @@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
>  #include <ldsodefs.h>
>  
>  #define GLRO_offsetof(name) offsetof (struct rtld_global_ro, _##name)
> +#define GL_offsetof(name) offsetof (struct rtld_global, _##name)
>  
>  -- Offsets of _rtld_global_ro in libc.so
>  
>  GLRO_DL_HWCAP_OFFSET	GLRO_offsetof (dl_hwcap)
>  GLRO_DL_HWCAP2_OFFSET	GLRO_offsetof (dl_hwcap2)
> +
> +-- Offsets of _rtld_global in libc.so
> +
> +GL_DL_AARCH64_GCS_OFFSET	GL_offsetof (dl_aarch64_gcs)



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