linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 050e9baa9d Kbuild: rename CC_STACKPROTECTOR[_STRONG] config variables
The changes to automatically test for working stack protector compiler
support in the Kconfig files removed the special STACKPROTECTOR_AUTO
option that picked the strongest stack protector that the compiler
supported.

That was all a nice cleanup - it makes no sense to have the AUTO case
now that the Kconfig phase can just determine the compiler support
directly.

HOWEVER.

It also meant that doing "make oldconfig" would now _disable_ the strong
stackprotector if you had AUTO enabled, because in a legacy config file,
the sane stack protector configuration would look like

  CONFIG_HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR=y
  # CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE is not set
  # CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR is not set
  # CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG is not set
  CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_AUTO=y

and when you ran this through "make oldconfig" with the Kbuild changes,
it would ask you about the regular CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR (that had
been renamed from CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR to just
CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR), but it would think that the STRONG version
used to be disabled (because it was really enabled by AUTO), and would
disable it in the new config, resulting in:

  CONFIG_HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR=y
  CONFIG_CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE=y
  CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR=y
  # CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG is not set
  CONFIG_CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR=y

That's dangerously subtle - people could suddenly find themselves with
the weaker stack protector setup without even realizing.

The solution here is to just rename not just the old RECULAR stack
protector option, but also the strong one.  This does that by just
removing the CC_ prefix entirely for the user choices, because it really
is not about the compiler support (the compiler support now instead
automatially impacts _visibility_ of the options to users).

This results in "make oldconfig" actually asking the user for their
choice, so that we don't have any silent subtle security model changes.
The end result would generally look like this:

  CONFIG_HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR=y
  CONFIG_CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE=y
  CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR=y
  CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y
  CONFIG_CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR=y

where the "CC_" versions really are about internal compiler
infrastructure, not the user selections.

Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-06-14 12:21:18 +09:00
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bpf treewide: Use array_size() in vzalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
cgroup treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
configs Kbuild: rename CC_STACKPROTECTOR[_STRONG] config variables 2018-06-14 12:21:18 +09:00
debug treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
events treewide: kzalloc_node() -> kcalloc_node() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
gcov gcov: remove CONFIG_GCOV_FORMAT_AUTODETECT 2018-06-08 18:56:02 +09:00
irq Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-10 09:44:53 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Allow to call a custom callback when freeing shadow variables 2018-04-17 13:42:48 +02:00
locking treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
power treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
printk Printk changes for 4.18 2018-06-06 16:04:55 -07:00
rcu treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
sched treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
time Power management updates for 4.18-rc1 2018-06-05 09:38:39 -07:00
trace treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c kernel/acct.c: fix the acct->needcheck check in check_free_space() 2018-01-04 16:45:09 -08:00
async.c kernel/async.c: revert "async: simplify lowest_in_progress()" 2018-02-06 18:32:44 -08:00
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c audit: track the owner of the command mutex ourselves 2018-02-23 11:22:22 -05:00
audit_watch.c audit: use inline function to get audit context 2018-05-14 17:24:18 -04:00
audit.c audit: use inline function to get audit context 2018-05-14 17:24:18 -04:00
audit.h audit: track the owner of the command mutex ourselves 2018-02-23 11:22:22 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit: use existing session info function 2018-05-18 15:47:54 -04:00
auditsc.c audit: Fix wrong task in comparison of session ID 2018-05-21 14:27:43 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
compat.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-04 20:27:54 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Fix unused function warning 2018-03-15 20:34:40 +01:00
crash_core.c mm: split page_type out from _mapcount 2018-06-07 17:34:37 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c delayacct: Use raw_spinlocks 2018-04-27 14:34:51 +02:00
dma.c proc: introduce proc_create_single{,_data} 2018-05-16 07:23:35 +02:00
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c proc: introduce proc_create_single{,_data} 2018-05-16 07:23:35 +02:00
exit.c kernel: use kernel_wait4() instead of sys_wait4() 2018-04-02 20:14:51 +02:00
extable.c extable: Make init_kernel_text() global 2018-02-21 16:54:06 +01:00
fail_function.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
fork.c Kbuild: rename CC_STACKPROTECTOR[_STRONG] config variables 2018-06-14 12:21:18 +09:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c pids: introduce find_get_task_by_vpid() helper 2018-02-06 18:32:46 -08:00
groups.c kernel: make groups_sort calling a responsibility group_info allocators 2017-12-14 16:00:49 -08:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: show all hung tasks before panic 2018-06-07 17:34:39 -07:00
iomem.c memremap: split devm_memremap_pages() and memremap() infrastructure 2018-05-15 23:08:33 -07:00
irq_work.c irq/work: Improve the flag definitions 2018-01-08 19:43:15 +01:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Disable jump labels in __exit code 2018-03-20 08:57:17 +01:00
kallsyms.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2018-02-01 13:36:15 -08:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: detect double association with a single task 2018-02-06 18:32:46 -08:00
kexec_core.c
kexec_file.c treewide: Use array_size() in vzalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c kexec: call do_kexec_load() in compat syscall directly 2018-04-02 20:15:01 +02:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Fix random address output of blacklist file 2018-04-25 10:27:56 -04:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread: Allow kthread_park() on a parked kthread 2018-05-25 08:03:51 +02:00
latencytop.c
Makefile Merge branch 'core-rseq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-10 10:17:09 -07:00
memremap.c mm: introduce MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX and CONFIG_DEV_PAGEMAP_OPS 2018-05-22 06:59:39 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c - Introduce arithmetic overflow test helper functions (Rasmus) 2018-06-06 17:27:14 -07:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: add SPDX identifier 2018-01-05 18:43:00 +11:00
panic.c Kbuild: rename CC_STACKPROTECTOR[_STRONG] config variables 2018-06-14 12:21:18 +09:00
params.c kernel/params.c: downgrade warning for unsafe parameters 2018-04-11 10:28:37 -07:00
pid_namespace.c Merge branch 'userns-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-04-03 19:15:32 -07:00
pid.c xarray: add the xa_lock to the radix_tree_root 2018-04-11 10:28:39 -07:00
profile.c
ptrace.c pids: introduce find_get_task_by_vpid() helper 2018-02-06 18:32:46 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
resource.c libnvdimm for 4.18 2018-06-08 17:21:52 -07:00
rseq.c rseq: Introduce restartable sequences system call 2018-06-06 11:58:31 +02:00
seccomp.c audit/stable-4.18 PR 20180605 2018-06-06 16:34:00 -07:00
signal.c signal: Remove no longer required irqsave/restore 2018-06-10 06:14:01 +02:00
smp.c
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-04 19:59:22 -07:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c Linux 4.17-rc5 2018-05-15 08:10:50 +02:00
sys_ni.c Merge branch 'core-rseq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-10 10:17:09 -07:00
sys.c mm: introduce arg_lock to protect arg_start|end and env_start|end in mm_struct 2018-06-07 17:34:34 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c staging: irda: remove remaining remants of irda code removal 2018-04-16 11:26:49 +02:00
sysctl.c treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
task_work.c locking/barriers: Convert users of lockless_dereference() to READ_ONCE() 2017-12-17 13:57:15 +01:00
taskstats.c pids: introduce find_get_task_by_vpid() helper 2018-02-06 18:32:46 -08:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c rcu: Rename cond_resched_rcu_qs() to cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() 2018-05-15 10:27:29 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracepoints: Fix the descriptions of tracepoint_probe_register{_prio} 2018-05-28 12:49:51 -04:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c headers: untangle kmemleak.h from mm.h 2018-04-05 21:36:27 -07:00
uid16.c fs: add do_fchownat(), ksys_fchown() helpers and ksys_{,l}chown() wrappers 2018-04-02 20:15:59 +02:00
uid16.h kernel: provide ksys_*() wrappers for syscalls called by kernel/uid16.c 2018-04-02 20:15:30 +02:00
umh.c umh: fix race condition 2018-06-07 16:56:28 -04:00
up.c
user_namespace.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c efivarfs: Limit the rate for non-root to read files 2018-02-22 10:21:02 -08:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c uts: create "struct uts_namespace" from kmem_cache 2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
watchdog_hld.c
watchdog.c
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Set worker->desc to workqueue name by default 2018-05-18 08:47:13 -07:00
workqueue.c treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00