Re: [PATCH] compiler, clang: handle randomizable anonymous structs

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 06:18:08PM -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2017 at 12:16:45PM +0530, Sandipan Das wrote:
> > The GCC randomize layout plugin can randomize the member
> > offsets of sensitive kernel data structures. To use this
> > feature, certain annotations and members are added to the
> > structures which affect the member offsets even if this
> > plugin is not used.
> > 
> > All of these structures are completely randomized, except
> > for task_struct which leaves out some of its members. All
> > the other members are wrapped within an anonymous struct
> > with the __randomize_layout attribute. This is done using
> > the randomized_struct_fields_start and
> > randomized_struct_fields_end defines. When the plugin is
> > disabled, the behaviour of this attribute can vary based
> > on the GCC version. For GCC 5.1+, this attribute maps to
> > __designated_init otherwise it is just an empty define
> > but the anonymous structure is still present. For other
> > compilers, both randomized_struct_fields_start and
> > randomized_struct_fields_end default to empty defines
> > meaning the anonymous structure is not introduced at all.
> > So, if a module compiled with Clang, such as a BPF program,
> > needs to access task_struct fields such as pid and comm,
> > the offsets of these members as recognized by Clang are
> > different from those recognized by modules compiled with
> > GCC. If GCC 4.6+ is used to build the kernel, this can be
> > solved by introducing appropriate defines for Clang so
> > that the anonymous structure is seen when determining the
> > offsets for the members.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/compiler-clang.h | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
> > index 54dfef70a072..780b1242bf24 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
> > @@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
> >   * with any version that can compile the kernel
> >   */
> >  #define __UNIQUE_ID(prefix) __PASTE(__PASTE(__UNIQUE_ID_, prefix), __COUNTER__)
> > +
> > +#define randomized_struct_fields_start	struct {
> > +#define randomized_struct_fields_end	};
> > -- 
> > 2.13.6
> 
> Andrew or Greg,
> could you please pull this patch into 4.13 and 4.14 releases as well ?
> Sorry we missed the stable tag when submitting it originally.
> It is commit 4ca59b14e588 ("include/linux/compiler-clang.h: handle randomizable anonymous structs")

4.13 is end-of-life, but 4.14 is not, so I've queued it up for that one.

thanks,

greg k-h