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gcc-plugins/stackleak: Avoid .head.text section

PATCH Applied Ard Biesheuvel 2 participants 2 messages Mar 28, 2024 Gcc plugins

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PATCH 1/1 gcc-plugins/stackleak: Avoid .head.text section

From: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>

The .head.text section carries the startup code that runs with the MMU off or with a translation of memory that deviates from the ordinary one. So avoid instrumentation with the stackleak plugin, which already avoids .init.text and .noinstr.text entirely.

Fixes 48204aba801f1b51 ("x86/sme: Move early SME kernel encryption handling into .head.text")
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 scripts/gcc-plugins/stackleak_plugin.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
scripts/gcc-plugins/stackleak_plugin.c +2 -0
index c5c2ce113c92..d20c47d21ad8 100644
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ static bool stackleak_gate(void)
 			return false;
 		if (STRING_EQUAL(section, ".entry.text"))
 			return false;
+		if (STRING_EQUAL(section, ".head.text"))
+			return false;
 	}
 
 	return track_frame_size >= 0;
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Quoted 6 lines · Ard Biesheuvel

The .head.text section carries the startup code that runs with the MMU off or with a translation of memory that deviates from the ordinary one. So avoid instrumentation with the stackleak plugin, which already avoids .init.text and .noinstr.text entirely.

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] gcc-plugins/stackleak: Avoid .head.text section

      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/4ac9a796ada0

Take care,

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