RFC: Update x86 psABI to support shadow stac
H.J. Lu
hjl.tools@gmail.com
Sun Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT 2017
Any comments?
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H.J.
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To support shadow stack (SHSTK) in Intel Control-flow Enforcement
Technology (CET) instructions:
https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/4d/2a/control-flow-enforc
ement-technology-preview.pdf
following changes to x86 psABI are required.
To program properties, add
#define GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK (1U << 1)
to the GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_AND property to indicate that all
executable sections are compatible with SHSTK where return address
popped from shadow stack always matches return address popped from
normal stack.
GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK is set on output only if it is set on
all relocatable inputs, which means that the C library must be compiled
with SHSTK-enabled compiler.
Load-time processing
On a SHSTK capable processor, the following steps should be taken:
1. When loading an executable, if GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK is
set on the executable as well as all shared objects loaded via the
DT_NEEDED tag, enable SHSTK.
2. After SHSTK is enabled, it is an error to load a shared object
without GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK.
gnu-6:pts/8[8]> cat shstk.txt /export/gnu/import/git/properties
Update x86 psABI to support shadow stack
To support shadow stack (SHSTK) in Intel Control-flow Enforcement
Technology (CET) instructions:
https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/4d/2a/control-flow-enforcement-technology-preview.pdf
following changes to x86 psABI are required.
To program properties, add
#define GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK (1U << 1)
to the GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_AND property to indicate that all
executable sections are compatible with SHSTK where return address
popped from shadow stack always matches return address popped from
normal stack.
GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK is set on output only if it is set on
all relocatable inputs, which means that the C library must be compiled
with SHSTK-enabled compiler.
Load-time processing
On a SHSTK capable processor, the following steps should be taken:
1. When loading an executable, if GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK is
set on the executable as well as all shared objects loaded via the
DT_NEEDED tag, enable SHSTK.
2. After SHSTK is enabled, it is an error to load a shared object
without GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK.
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