[PATCH v8 10/20] aarch64: Enable GCS in static linked exe

Adhemerval Zanella Netto adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Wed Jan 15 14:08:20 GMT 2025



On 14/01/25 13:03, Yury Khrustalev wrote:
> From: Szabolcs Nagy <szabolcs.nagy@arm.com>
> 
> Use the ARCH_SETUP_TLS hook to enable GCS in the static linked case.
> The system call must be inlined and then GCS is enabled on a top
> level stack frame that does not return and has no exception handlers
> above it.

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

> ---
>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc-start.h | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc-start.h
> 
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc-start.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc-start.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..2ea61bf272
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/libc-start.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
> +/* AArch64 definitions for libc main startup.
> +   Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
> +
> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +#ifndef _LIBC_START_H
> +#define _LIBC_START_H
> +
> +#ifndef SHARED
> +
> +# ifndef PR_SET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS
> +#  define PR_SET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS	75
> +#  define PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE	(1UL << 0)
> +# endif
> +
> +/* Must be on a top-level stack frame that does not return.  */
> +static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
> +aarch64_libc_setup_tls (void)
> +{
> +  __libc_setup_tls ();
> +  if (GL(dl_aarch64_gcs) != 0)
> +    {
> +      int ret = INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (prctl, PR_SET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS,
> +				     PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE, 0, 0, 0);
> +      if (ret)
> +        _dl_fatal_printf ("failed to enable GCS: %d\n", -ret);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +# define ARCH_SETUP_IREL() apply_irel ()
> +# define ARCH_SETUP_TLS() aarch64_libc_setup_tls ()
> +# define ARCH_APPLY_IREL()
> +#endif /* ! SHARED  */
> +
> +#endif /* _LIBC_START_H  */



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