[PATCH] x86: Make protected symbols local for -shared

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Sun Jun 26 18:13:59 GMT 2022


On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 10:44 AM Fangrui Song <i@maskray.me> wrote:
>
> Call _bfd_elf_symbol_refs_local_p with local_protected==true.  This has
> 2 noticeable effects for -shared:
>
> * GOT-generating relocations referencing a protected data symbol no
>   longer lead to a GLOB_DAT (similar to a hidden symbol).
> * Direct access relocations (e.g. R_X86_64_PC32) no longer has the
>   confusing diagnostic below.
>
>     __attribute__((visibility("protected"))) void *foo() {
>       return (void *)foo;
>     }
>
>     // gcc -fpic -shared -fuse-ld=bfd
>     relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against protected symbol `foo' can not be used when making a shared object
>
> The new behavior matches arm, aarch64 (commit
> 83c325007c5599fa9b60b8d5f7b84842160e1d1b), and powerpc ports, and other
> linkers: gold and ld.lld.
>
> Note: if some code tries to use direct access relocations to take the
> address of foo, the pointer equality will break, but the error should be
> reported on the executable link, not on the innocent shared object link.
> glibc 2.36 will give a warning at relocation resolving time.

It should be controlled by -z [no]indirect-extern-access.   Can you enable
-z  indirect-extern-access with -shared by default instead?

> With this change, `#define elf_backend_extern_protected_data 1` is no
> longer effective.  Just remove it.
>
> Remove the test "Run protected-func-1 without PIE" since -fno-pic
> address taken operation in the executable doesn't work with protected
> symbol in a shared object by default.  Similarly, remove
> protected-data-1a and protected-data-1b.  protected-data-1b can be made
> working by removing HAVE_LD_PIE_COPYRELOC from GCC
> (https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2022-June/596678.html).
> ---
>  bfd/elf32-i386.c                      |  1 -
>  bfd/elf64-x86-64.c                    |  1 -
>  bfd/elfxx-x86.c                       |  2 +-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected1.d     |  4 +++-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected3.d     |  2 +-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected6a.d    |  4 +++-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a-x32.d |  4 +++-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a.d     |  4 +++-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected1.d   |  4 +++-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected3.d   |  2 +-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected6a.d  |  4 +++-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected7a.d  |  4 +++-
>  ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp     | 27 ---------------------------
>  13 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/bfd/elf32-i386.c b/bfd/elf32-i386.c
> index e4106d9fd3b..c3c46795731 100644
> --- a/bfd/elf32-i386.c
> +++ b/bfd/elf32-i386.c
> @@ -4424,7 +4424,6 @@ elf_i386_link_setup_gnu_properties (struct bfd_link_info *info)
>  #define elf_backend_got_header_size    12
>  #define elf_backend_plt_alignment      4
>  #define elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt 1
> -#define elf_backend_extern_protected_data 1
>  #define elf_backend_caches_rawsize     1
>  #define elf_backend_want_dynrelro      1
>
> diff --git a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
> index 6154a70bdd7..aaa5f1496b9 100644
> --- a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
> +++ b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
> @@ -5275,7 +5275,6 @@ elf_x86_64_special_sections[]=
>  #define elf_backend_got_header_size        (GOT_ENTRY_SIZE*3)
>  #define elf_backend_rela_normal                    1
>  #define elf_backend_plt_alignment          4
> -#define elf_backend_extern_protected_data   1
>  #define elf_backend_caches_rawsize         1
>  #define elf_backend_dtrel_excludes_plt     1
>  #define elf_backend_want_dynrelro          1
> diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-x86.c b/bfd/elfxx-x86.c
> index acb2cc8528d..18f3d335458 100644
> --- a/bfd/elfxx-x86.c
> +++ b/bfd/elfxx-x86.c
> @@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@ _bfd_x86_elf_link_symbol_references_local (struct bfd_link_info *info,
>       2. When building executable, there is no dynamic linker.  Or
>       3. or "-z nodynamic-undefined-weak" is used.
>     */
> -  if (SYMBOL_REFERENCES_LOCAL (info, h)
> +  if (_bfd_elf_symbol_refs_local_p (h, info, 1)
>        || (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak
>           && (ELF_ST_VISIBILITY (h->other) != STV_DEFAULT
>               || (bfd_link_executable (info)
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected1.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected1.d
> index a3cb5cef140..531645b8fe8 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected1.d
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected1.d
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
>  #as: --32
>  #ld: -shared -melf_i386
> -#error: .*relocation R_386_GOTOFF against protected function `foo' can not be used when making a shared object
> +#readelf: -rW
> +#...
> +There are no relocations in this file.
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected3.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected3.d
> index c3a6888d900..77367c4738f 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected3.d
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected3.d
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
>  Disassembly of section .text:
>
>  0+[a-f0-9]+ <bar>:
> -[      ]*[a-f0-9]+:    8b 81 [a-f0-9][a-f0-9] [a-f0-9][a-f0-9] ff ff           mov    -0x[a-f0-9]+\(%ecx\),%eax
> +[      ]*[a-f0-9]+:    8d 81 00 00 00 00       lea    0x0\(%ecx\),%eax
>  [      ]*[a-f0-9]+:    8b 00                   mov    \(%eax\),%eax
>  [      ]*[a-f0-9]+:    c3                      ret
>  #pass
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected6a.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected6a.d
> index 7dc350432f4..4d3873239f9 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected6a.d
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/protected6a.d
> @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
>  #source: protected6.s
>  #as: --32
>  #ld: -shared -melf_i386
> -#error: .*relocation R_386_GOTOFF against protected data `foo' can not be used when making a shared object
> +#readelf: -rW
> +#...
> +There are no relocations in this file.
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a-x32.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a-x32.d
> index 130611ddf49..1f49b655f7d 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a-x32.d
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a-x32.d
> @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
>  #source: pr24151a.s
>  #as: --x32
>  #ld: -shared -melf32_x86_64
> -#error: .*relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against protected symbol `foo' can not be used when making a shared object
> +#readelf: -rW
> +#...
> +There are no relocations in this file.
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a.d
> index 783b85a1a6f..6c48e383e01 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a.d
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24151a.d
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
>  #as: --64
>  #ld: -shared -melf_x86_64
> -#error: .*relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against protected symbol `foo' can not be used when making a shared object
> +#readelf: -rW
> +#...
> +There are no relocations in this file.
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected1.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected1.d
> index 783b85a1a6f..6c48e383e01 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected1.d
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected1.d
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
>  #as: --64
>  #ld: -shared -melf_x86_64
> -#error: .*relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against protected symbol `foo' can not be used when making a shared object
> +#readelf: -rW
> +#...
> +There are no relocations in this file.
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected3.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected3.d
> index 57950e4d6b6..ba63991582f 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected3.d
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected3.d
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
>  Disassembly of section .text:
>
>  0+[a-f0-9]+ <bar>:
> -[      ]*[a-f0-9]+:    48 8b 05 ([0-9a-f]{2} ){4} *    mov    0x[a-f0-9]+\(%rip\),%rax        # [a-f0-9]+ <.*>
> +[      ]*[a-f0-9]+:    48 8d 05 ([0-9a-f]{2} ){4} *    lea    0x[a-f0-9]+\(%rip\),%rax        # [a-f0-9]+ <.*>
>  [      ]*[a-f0-9]+:    8b 00                   mov    \(%rax\),%eax
>  [      ]*[a-f0-9]+:    c3                      ret
>  #pass
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected6a.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected6a.d
> index 3a7963ffd2f..50d6430b577 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected6a.d
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected6a.d
> @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
>  #source: protected6.s
>  #as: --64
>  #ld: -shared -melf_x86_64
> -#error: .*relocation R_X86_64_GOTOFF64 against protected data `foo' can not be used when making a shared object
> +#readelf: -rW
> +#...
> +There are no relocations in this file.
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected7a.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected7a.d
> index 3082084a7b8..3974246a2a8 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected7a.d
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/protected7a.d
> @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
>  #source: protected7.s
>  #as: --64
>  #ld: -shared -melf_x86_64
> -#error: .*relocation R_X86_64_GOTOFF64 against protected function `foo' can not be used when making a shared object
> +#readelf: -rW
> +#...
> +There are no relocations in this file.
> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp
> index 5e5636bcebe..a096c0b9d0f 100644
> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp
> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp
> @@ -1832,15 +1832,6 @@ if { [isnative] && [check_compiler_available] } {
>             "pr23997" \
>             "pass.out" \
>         ] \
> -       [list \
> -           "Run protected-func-1 without PIE" \
> -           "$NOPIE_LDFLAGS -Wl,--no-as-needed tmpdir/libprotected-func-1.so" \
> -           "-Wa,-mx86-used-note=yes" \
> -           { protected-func-1b.c } \
> -           "protected-func-1a" \
> -           "pass.out" \
> -           "$NOPIE_CFLAGS" \
> -       ] \
>         [list \
>             "Run protected-func-1 with PIE" \
>             "-Wl,--no-as-needed -pie tmpdir/libprotected-func-1.so" \
> @@ -1904,24 +1895,6 @@ if { [isnative] && [check_compiler_available] } {
>             "pass.out" \
>             "-fPIE" \
>         ] \
> -       [list \
> -           "Run protected-data-1a without PIE" \
> -           "$NOPIE_LDFLAGS -Wl,--no-as-needed tmpdir/libprotected-data-1a.so" \
> -           "-Wa,-mx86-used-note=yes" \
> -           { protected-data-1b.c } \
> -           "protected-data-1a" \
> -           "pass.out" \
> -           "$NOPIE_CFLAGS" \
> -       ] \
> -       [list \
> -           "Run protected-data-1b with PIE" \
> -           "-Wl,--no-as-needed -pie tmpdir/libprotected-data-1a.so" \
> -           "-Wa,-mx86-used-note=yes" \
> -           { protected-data-1b.c } \
> -           "protected-data-1b" \
> -           "pass.out" \
> -           "-fPIE" \
> -       ] \
>         [list \
>             "Run protected-data-2a without PIE" \
>             "$NOPIE_LDFLAGS -Wl,--no-as-needed tmpdir/libprotected-data-2a.so" \
> --
> 2.37
>


-- 
H.J.


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