This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
gcc-plugins/stackleak: Avoid .head.text section
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
gcc-plugins-stackleak-avoid-.head.text-section.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From e7d24c0aa8e678f41457d1304e2091cac6fd1a2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:42:57 +0100
Subject: gcc-plugins/stackleak: Avoid .head.text section
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit e7d24c0aa8e678f41457d1304e2091cac6fd1a2e upstream.
The .head.text section carries the startup code that runs with the MMU
off or with a translation of memory that deviates from the ordinary one.
So avoid instrumentation with the stackleak plugin, which already avoids
init.text and .noinstr.text entirely.
Fixes: 48204aba801f1b51 ("x86/sme: Move early SME kernel encryption handling into .head.text")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202403221630.2692c998-oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240328064256.2358634-2-ardb+git@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/gcc-plugins/stackleak_plugin.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/stackleak_plugin.c
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/stackleak_plugin.c
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ static bool stackleak_gate(void)
return false;
if (STRING_EQUAL(section, ".entry.text"))
return false;
+ if (STRING_EQUAL(section, ".head.text"))
+ return false;
}
return track_frame_size >= 0;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ardb@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.1/gcc-plugins-stackleak-avoid-.head.text-section.patch
