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stack: Constrain and fix stack offset randomization with Clang builds
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All supported versions of Clang perform auto-init of __builtin_alloca()
when stack auto-init is on (CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_{ZERO,PATTERN}).

add_random_kstack_offset() uses __builtin_alloca() to add a stack
offset. This means, when CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_{ZERO,PATTERN} is
enabled, add_random_kstack_offset() will auto-init that unused portion
of the stack used to add an offset.

There are several problems with this:

	1. These offsets can be as large as 1023 bytes. Performing
	   memset() on them isn't exactly cheap, and this is done on
	   every syscall entry.

	2. Architectures adding add_random_kstack_offset() to syscall
	   entry implemented in C require them to be 'noinstr' (e.g. see
	   x86 and s390). The potential problem here is that a call to
	   memset may occur, which is not noinstr.

A x86_64 defconfig kernel with Clang 11 and CONFIG_VMLINUX_VALIDATION shows:

 | vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: do_syscall_64()+0x9d: call to memset() leaves .noinstr.text section
 | vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: do_int80_syscall_32()+0xab: call to memset() leaves .noinstr.text section
 | vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: __do_fast_syscall_32()+0xe2: call to memset() leaves .noinstr.text section
 | vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: fixup_bad_iret()+0x2f: call to memset() leaves .noinstr.text section

Clang 14 (unreleased) will introduce a way to skip alloca initialization
via __builtin_alloca_uninitialized() (https://reviews.llvm.org/D115440).

Constrain RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET to only be enabled if no stack
auto-init is enabled, the compiler is GCC, or Clang is version 14+. Use
__builtin_alloca_uninitialized() if the compiler provides it, as is done
by Clang 14.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YbHTKUjEejZCLyhX@elver.google.com
Fixes: 39218ff ("stack: Optionally randomize kernel stack offset each syscall")
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220131090521.1947110-2-elver@google.com
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions arch/Kconfig
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Expand Up @@ -1163,6 +1163,7 @@ config RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET
bool "Support for randomizing kernel stack offset on syscall entry" if EXPERT
default y
depends on HAVE_ARCH_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET
depends on INIT_STACK_NONE || !CC_IS_CLANG || CLANG_VERSION >= 140000
help
The kernel stack offset can be randomized (after pt_regs) by
roughly 5 bits of entropy, frustrating memory corruption
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16 changes: 14 additions & 2 deletions include/linux/randomize_kstack.h
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Expand Up @@ -17,8 +17,20 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(u32, kstack_offset);
* alignment. Also, since this use is being explicitly masked to a max of
* 10 bits, stack-clash style attacks are unlikely. For more details see
* "VLAs" in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
*
* The normal __builtin_alloca() is initialized with INIT_STACK_ALL (currently
* only with Clang and not GCC). Initializing the unused area on each syscall
* entry is expensive, and generating an implicit call to memset() may also be
* problematic (such as in noinstr functions). Therefore, if the compiler
* supports it (which it should if it initializes allocas), always use the
* "uninitialized" variant of the builtin.
*/
void *__builtin_alloca(size_t size);
#if __has_builtin(__builtin_alloca_uninitialized)
#define __kstack_alloca __builtin_alloca_uninitialized
#else
#define __kstack_alloca __builtin_alloca
#endif

/*
* Use, at most, 10 bits of entropy. We explicitly cap this to keep the
* "VLA" from being unbounded (see above). 10 bits leaves enough room for
Expand All @@ -37,7 +49,7 @@ void *__builtin_alloca(size_t size);
if (static_branch_maybe(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT, \
&randomize_kstack_offset)) { \
u32 offset = raw_cpu_read(kstack_offset); \
u8 *ptr = __builtin_alloca(KSTACK_OFFSET_MAX(offset)); \
u8 *ptr = __kstack_alloca(KSTACK_OFFSET_MAX(offset)); \
/* Keep allocation even after "ptr" loses scope. */ \
asm volatile("" :: "r"(ptr) : "memory"); \
} \
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