This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/build: Build compressed x86 kernels as PIE
to the 4.4-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:
x86-build-build-compressed-x86-kernels-as-pie.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 6d92bc9d483aa1751755a66fee8fb39dffb088c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 20:04:35 -0700
Subject: x86/build: Build compressed x86 kernels as PIE
From: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 6d92bc9d483aa1751755a66fee8fb39dffb088c0 upstream.
The 32-bit x86 assembler in binutils 2.26 will generate R_386_GOT32X
relocation to get the symbol address in PIC. When the compressed x86
kernel isn't built as PIC, the linker optimizes R_386_GOT32X relocations
to their fixed symbol addresses. However, when the compressed x86
kernel is loaded at a different address, it leads to the following
load failure:
Failed to allocate space for phdrs
during the decompression stage.
If the compressed x86 kernel is relocatable at run-time, it should be
compiled with -fPIE, instead of -fPIC, if possible and should be built as
Position Independent Executable (PIE) so that linker won't optimize
R_386_GOT32X relocation to its fixed symbol address.
Older linkers generate R_386_32 relocations against locally defined
symbols, _bss, _ebss, _got and _egot, in PIE. It isn't wrong, just less
optimal than R_386_RELATIVE. But the x86 kernel fails to properly handle
R_386_32 relocations when relocating the kernel. To generate
R_386_RELATIVE relocations, we mark _bss, _ebss, _got and _egot as
hidden in both 32-bit and 64-bit x86 kernels.
To build a 64-bit compressed x86 kernel as PIE, we need to disable the
relocation overflow check to avoid relocation overflow errors. We do
this with a new linker command-line option, -z noreloc-overflow, which
got added recently:
commit 4c10bbaa0912742322f10d9d5bb630ba4e15dfa7
Author: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Mar 15 11:07:06 2016 -0700
Add -z noreloc-overflow option to x86-64 ld
Add -z noreloc-overflow command-line option to the x86-64 ELF linker to
disable relocation overflow check. This can be used to avoid relocation
overflow check if there will be no dynamic relocation overflow at
run-time.
The 64-bit compressed x86 kernel is built as PIE only if the linker supports
-z noreloc-overflow. So far 64-bit relocatable compressed x86 kernel
boots fine even when it is built as a normal executable.
Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ Edited the changelog and comments. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 14 +++++++++++++-
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ targets := vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.b
vmlinux.bin.xz vmlinux.bin.lzo vmlinux.bin.lz4
KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing $(call cc-option, -fPIE, -fPIC)
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := -march=i386
cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := -mcmodel=small
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__A
GCOV_PROFILE := n
LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE),y)
+# If kernel is relocatable, build compressed kernel as PIE.
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
+LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -pie) $(call ld-option, --no-dynamic-linker)
+else
+# To build 64-bit compressed kernel as PIE, we disable relocation
+# overflow check to avoid relocation overflow error with a new linker
+# command-line option, -z noreloc-overflow.
+LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LD) --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\-z noreloc-overflow" \
+ && echo "-z noreloc-overflow -pie --no-dynamic-linker")
+endif
+endif
LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
hostprogs-y := mkpiggy
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
@@ -31,6 +31,34 @@
#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
#include <asm/bootparam.h>
+/*
+ * The 32-bit x86 assembler in binutils 2.26 will generate R_386_GOT32X
+ * relocation to get the symbol address in PIC. When the compressed x86
+ * kernel isn't built as PIC, the linker optimizes R_386_GOT32X
+ * relocations to their fixed symbol addresses. However, when the
+ * compressed x86 kernel is loaded at a different address, it leads
+ * to the following load failure:
+ *
+ * Failed to allocate space for phdrs
+ *
+ * during the decompression stage.
+ *
+ * If the compressed x86 kernel is relocatable at run-time, it should be
+ * compiled with -fPIE, instead of -fPIC, if possible and should be built as
+ * Position Independent Executable (PIE) so that linker won't optimize
+ * R_386_GOT32X relocation to its fixed symbol address. Older
+ * linkers generate R_386_32 relocations against locally defined symbols,
+ * _bss, _ebss, _got and _egot, in PIE. It isn't wrong, just less
+ * optimal than R_386_RELATIVE. But the x86 kernel fails to properly handle
+ * R_386_32 relocations when relocating the kernel. To generate
+ * R_386_RELATIVE relocations, we mark _bss, _ebss, _got and _egot as
+ * hidden:
+ */
+ .hidden _bss
+ .hidden _ebss
+ .hidden _got
+ .hidden _egot
+
__HEAD
ENTRY(startup_32)
#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_STUB
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@
#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
#include <asm/bootparam.h>
+/*
+ * Locally defined symbols should be marked hidden:
+ */
+ .hidden _bss
+ .hidden _ebss
+ .hidden _got
+ .hidden _egot
+
__HEAD
.code32
ENTRY(startup_32)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/x86-build-build-compressed-x86-kernels-as-pie.patch
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