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Provide support for randomized stack offsets per syscall to make stack-based attacks harder which rely on the deterministic stack layout. The feature is based on the original idea of PaX's RANDSTACK feature, but uses a significantly different implementation. The offset does not affect the pt_regs location on the task stack as this was agreed on to be of dubious value. The offset is applied before the actual syscall is invoked. The offset is stored per cpu and the randomization happens at the end of the syscall which is less predictable than on syscall entry. The mechanism to apply the offset is via alloca(), i.e. abusing the dispised VLAs. This comes with the drawback that stack-clash-protection has to be disabled for the affected compilation units and there is also a negative interaction with stack-protector. Those downsides are traded with the advantage that this approach does not require any intrusive changes to the low level assembly entry code, does not affect the unwinder and the correct stack alignment is handled automatically by the compiler. The feature is guarded with a static branch which avoids the overhead when disabled. Currently this is supported for X86 and ARM64. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQJHBAABCgAxFiEEQp8+kY+LLUocC4bMphj1TA10mKEFAmCGjz8THHRnbHhAbGlu dXRyb25peC5kZQAKCRCmGPVMDXSYoWsvD/4tGnPAurd6lbzxWzRjW7jOOVyzkODM UXtIxxICaj7o6MNcloaGe1QtJ8+QOCw3yPQfLG/SoWHse5+oUKQRL9dmWVeJyRSt JZ1pirkKqWrB+OmPbJKUiO3/TsZ2Z/vO41JVgVTL5/HWhOECSDzZsJkuvF/H+qYD ReDzd7FUNd76pwVOsXq/cxXclRa81/wMNZRVwmyAwFYE2XoPtQyTERTLrfj6aQKF P0txr9fEjYlPPwYOk1kjBAoJfDltNm48BBL7CGZtRlsqpNpdsJ1MkeGffhodb6F0 pJYQMlQJHXABZb5GF+v93+iASDpRFn0EvPmLkCxQUfZYLOkRsnuEF2S/fsYX/WPo uin/wQKwLVdeQq9d9BwlZUKEgsQuV7Q0GVN+JnEQerwD6cWTxv4a1RIUH+K/4Wo5 nTeJVRKcs6m7UkGQRm8JbqnUP0vCV+PSiWWB8J9CmjYeCPbkGjt6mBIsmPaDZ9VL 4i+UX5DJayoREF/rspOBcJftUmExize49p9860UI9N6fd7DsDt7Dq9Ai+ADtZa4C 9BPbF4NWzJq8IWLqBi+PpKBAT3JMX9qQi7s9sbrRxpxtew9Keu5qggKZJYumX71V qgUMk+xB86HZOrtF6F3oY0zxYv3haPvDydsDgqojtqNGk4PdAdgDYJQwMlb8QSly SwIWPHIfvP4R9w== =GMlJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'x86-entry-2021-04-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull entry code update from Thomas Gleixner: "Provide support for randomized stack offsets per syscall to make stack-based attacks harder which rely on the deterministic stack layout. The feature is based on the original idea of PaX's RANDSTACK feature, but uses a significantly different implementation. The offset does not affect the pt_regs location on the task stack as this was agreed on to be of dubious value. The offset is applied before the actual syscall is invoked. The offset is stored per cpu and the randomization happens at the end of the syscall which is less predictable than on syscall entry. The mechanism to apply the offset is via alloca(), i.e. abusing the dispised VLAs. This comes with the drawback that stack-clash-protection has to be disabled for the affected compilation units and there is also a negative interaction with stack-protector. Those downsides are traded with the advantage that this approach does not require any intrusive changes to the low level assembly entry code, does not affect the unwinder and the correct stack alignment is handled automatically by the compiler. The feature is guarded with a static branch which avoids the overhead when disabled. Currently this is supported for X86 and ARM64" * tag 'x86-entry-2021-04-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: arm64: entry: Enable random_kstack_offset support lkdtm: Add REPORT_STACK for checking stack offsets x86/entry: Enable random_kstack_offset support stack: Optionally randomize kernel stack offset each syscall init_on_alloc: Optimize static branches jump_label: Provide CONFIG-driven build state defaults |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.