[PATCH 1/1] x86: Add NT_X86_SHSTK note

Schimpe, Christina christina.schimpe@intel.com
Wed Dec 27 14:19:21 GMT 2023


Define NT_X86_SHSTK which is the note for x86 Shadow Stack (SHSTK) to
support Intel SHSTK in Linux kernel.
For now only userspace shadow stack and kernel IBT are supported by the
linux kernel.  This note should be used instead of NT_X86_CET introduced
in the commit "x86: Add NT_X86_CET note", as it is outdated and only
used by old binutils versions.
---
 binutils/readelf.c   | 2 ++
 include/elf/common.h | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 775106fb99c..a464692e1b7 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -20079,6 +20079,8 @@ get_note_type (Filedata * filedata, unsigned e_type)
 	return _("NT_X86_XSTATE (x86 XSAVE extended state)");
       case NT_X86_CET:
 	return _("NT_X86_CET (x86 CET state)");
+      case NT_X86_SHSTK:
+	return _("NT_X86_SHSTK (x86 SHSTK state)");
       case NT_S390_HIGH_GPRS:
 	return _("NT_S390_HIGH_GPRS (s390 upper register halves)");
       case NT_S390_TIMER:
diff --git a/include/elf/common.h b/include/elf/common.h
index 244b13361e5..690d78010c4 100644
--- a/include/elf/common.h
+++ b/include/elf/common.h
@@ -645,6 +645,9 @@
 					/*   note name must be "LINUX".  */
 #define NT_X86_CET	0x203		/* x86 CET state.  */
 					/*   note name must be "LINUX".  */
+#define NT_X86_SHSTK	0x204		/* x86 SHSTK state.  */
+					/* This replaces NT_X86_CET (0x203).  */
+					/*   note name must be "LINUX".  */
 #define NT_S390_HIGH_GPRS 0x300		/* S/390 upper halves of GPRs  */
 					/*   note name must be "LINUX".  */
 #define NT_S390_TIMER	0x301		/* S390 timer */
-- 
2.34.1

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