On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 03:00:43PM -0700, Fangrui Song wrote:
> On 2020-06-22, Kees Cook wrote:
> > For vmlinux linking, no architecture uses the .gnu.version* section,
> > so remove it via the common DISCARDS macro in preparation for adding
> > --orphan-handling=warn more widely.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > index db600ef218d7..6fbe9ed10cdb 100644
> > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > @@ -934,6 +934,7 @@
> > *(.discard) \
> > *(.discard.*) \
> > *(.modinfo) \
> > + *(.gnu.version*) \
> > }
> >
> > /**
> > --
> > 2.25.1
>
> I wonder what lead to .gnu.version{,_d,_r} sections in the kernel.
This looks like a bug in bfd.ld? There are no versioned symbols in any
of the input files (and no output section either!)
The link command is:
$ ld -m elf_x86_64 --no-ld-generated-unwind-info -z noreloc-overflow -pie \
--no-dynamic-linker --orphan-handling=warn -T \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/error.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr_64.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem_encrypt.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.o \
-o arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
None of the inputs have the section:
$ for i in arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/error.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr_64.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem_encrypt.o \
arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.o \
; do echo -n $i": "; readelf -Vs $i | grep 'version'; done
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/error.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr_64.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem_encrypt.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.o: No version information found in this file.
arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.o: No version information found in this file.
And it's not in the output:
$ readelf -Vs arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux | grep version
No version information found in this file.
So... for the kernel we need to silence it right now.
--
Kees Cook
