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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2024-02-27 20:51:12 +0300
committerSasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>2024-03-27 01:19:35 +0300
commitaf2a9f98d884205145fd155304a6955822ccca1c (patch)
tree94350fd6ccb977bc64545c62aa08f3068f03dc9f /arch/x86
parent1cbdc6f36850e091e6604862d74e106ddaed08fe (diff)
downloadlinux-af2a9f98d884205145fd155304a6955822ccca1c.tar.xz
x86, relocs: Ignore relocations in .notes section
[ Upstream commit aaa8736370db1a78f0e8434344a484f9fd20be3b ] When building with CONFIG_XEN_PV=y, .text symbols are emitted into the .notes section so that Xen can find the "startup_xen" entry point. This information is used prior to booting the kernel, so relocations are not useful. In fact, performing relocations against the .notes section means that the KASLR base is exposed since /sys/kernel/notes is world-readable. To avoid leaking the KASLR base without breaking unprivileged tools that are expecting to read /sys/kernel/notes, skip performing relocations in the .notes section. The values readable in .notes are then identical to those found in System.map. Reported-by: Guixiong Wei <guixiongwei@gmail.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240218073501.54555-1-guixiongwei@gmail.com/ Fixes: 5ead97c84fa7 ("xen: Core Xen implementation") Fixes: da1a679cde9b ("Add /sys/kernel/notes") Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/tools/relocs.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index d30949e25ebd..e7013283640f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -653,6 +653,14 @@ static void print_absolute_relocs(void)
if (!(sec_applies->shdr.sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC)) {
continue;
}
+ /*
+ * Do not perform relocations in .notes section; any
+ * values there are meant for pre-boot consumption (e.g.
+ * startup_xen).
+ */
+ if (sec_applies->shdr.sh_type == SHT_NOTE) {
+ continue;
+ }
sh_symtab = sec_symtab->symtab;
sym_strtab = sec_symtab->link->strtab;
for (j = 0; j < sec->shdr.sh_size/sizeof(Elf_Rel); j++) {