An ELF file's .note.gnu.property indicates features the file supports. The property is parsed at loading time and passed to arch_setup_elf_ property(). Update it for Indirect Branch Tracking. Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v27: - Remove selecting of ARCH_USE_GNU_PROPERTY and ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_STATE, since they are already selected by X86_64. arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c index 1742c16945ef..607b782afe2c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c @@ -860,6 +860,14 @@ int arch_setup_elf_property(struct arch_elf_state *state) if (state->gnu_property & GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK) r = shstk_setup(); } + + if (r < 0) + return r; + + if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_IBT)) { + if (state->gnu_property & GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT) + r = ibt_setup(); + } #endif return r; -- 2.21.0