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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-07-28 17:16:12 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-07-28 17:16:12 -0700
commit8e736a2eeaf261213b4557778e015699da1e1c8c (patch)
tree333e87486066884a29d2fb0dc5bbb939211fd7df /kernel
parentMerge tag 'execve-v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kee... (diff)
parentsched/task_stack: Add missing const qualifier to end_of_stack() (diff)
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Merge tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull hardening updates from Kees Cook: - Introduce and start using TRAILING_OVERLAP() helper for fixing embedded flex array instances (Gustavo A. R. Silva) - mux: Convert mux_control_ops to a flex array member in mux_chip (Thorsten Blum) - string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts() (Andy Shevchenko) - Remove KCOV instrumentation from __init and __head (Ritesh Harjani, Kees Cook) - Refactor and rename stackleak feature to support Clang - Add KUnit test for seq_buf API - Fix KUnit fortify test under LTO * tag 'hardening-v6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: (22 commits) sched/task_stack: Add missing const qualifier to end_of_stack() kstack_erase: Support Clang stack depth tracking kstack_erase: Add -mgeneral-regs-only to silence Clang warnings init.h: Disable sanitizer coverage for __init and __head kstack_erase: Disable kstack_erase for all of arm compressed boot code x86: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches arm64: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches s390: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches arm: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches mips: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatch powerpc/mm/book3s64: Move kfence and debug_pagealloc related calls to __init section configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON configs/hardening: Enable CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE stackleak: Split KSTACK_ERASE_CFLAGS from GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS stackleak: Rename stackleak_track_stack to __sanitizer_cov_stack_depth stackleak: Rename STACKLEAK to KSTACK_ERASE seq_buf: Introduce KUnit tests string: Group str_has_prefix() and strstarts() kunit/fortify: Add back "volatile" for sizeof() constants acpi: nfit: intel: avoid multiple -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/Makefile11
-rw-r--r--kernel/configs/hardening.config6
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/kexec_handover.c4
-rw-r--r--kernel/kstack_erase.c (renamed from kernel/stackleak.c)22
5 files changed, 26 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 32e80dd626af..0ee9afd8b7cf 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -139,11 +139,12 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE) += watch_queue.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RESOURCE_KUNIT_TEST) += resource_kunit.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL_KUNIT_TEST) += sysctl-test.o
-CFLAGS_stackleak.o += $(DISABLE_STACKLEAK_PLUGIN)
-obj-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK) += stackleak.o
-KASAN_SANITIZE_stackleak.o := n
-KCSAN_SANITIZE_stackleak.o := n
-KCOV_INSTRUMENT_stackleak.o := n
+CFLAGS_kstack_erase.o += $(DISABLE_KSTACK_ERASE)
+CFLAGS_kstack_erase.o += $(call cc-option,-mgeneral-regs-only)
+obj-$(CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE) += kstack_erase.o
+KASAN_SANITIZE_kstack_erase.o := n
+KCSAN_SANITIZE_kstack_erase.o := n
+KCOV_INSTRUMENT_kstack_erase.o := n
obj-$(CONFIG_SCF_TORTURE_TEST) += scftorture.o
diff --git a/kernel/configs/hardening.config b/kernel/configs/hardening.config
index dd7c32fb5ac1..64caaf997fc0 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/hardening.config
+++ b/kernel/configs/hardening.config
@@ -60,9 +60,15 @@ CONFIG_LIST_HARDENED=y
# Initialize all heap variables to zero on allocation.
CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON=y
+# Initialize all heap variables to zero on free to reduce stale data lifetime.
+CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON=y
+
# Initialize all stack variables to zero on function entry.
CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO=y
+# Wipe kernel stack after syscall completion to reduce stale data lifetime.
+CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE=y
+
# Wipe RAM at reboot via EFI. For more details, see:
# https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-work-group-platform-reset-attack-mitigation-specification/
# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532058
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 1d8329aafe7f..115e2b5f628f 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
#include <linux/kcov.h>
#include <linux/livepatch.h>
#include <linux/thread_info.h>
-#include <linux/stackleak.h>
+#include <linux/kstack_erase.h>
#include <linux/kasan.h>
#include <linux/scs.h>
#include <linux/io_uring.h>
diff --git a/kernel/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/kexec_handover.c
index 5a21dbe17950..d3b13a909913 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_handover.c
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ err_free:
return -ENOMEM;
}
-static void deserialize_bitmap(unsigned int order,
- struct khoser_mem_bitmap_ptr *elm)
+static void __init deserialize_bitmap(unsigned int order,
+ struct khoser_mem_bitmap_ptr *elm)
{
struct kho_mem_phys_bits *bitmap = KHOSER_LOAD_PTR(elm->bitmap);
unsigned long bit;
diff --git a/kernel/stackleak.c b/kernel/kstack_erase.c
index bb65321761b4..e49bb88b4f0a 100644
--- a/kernel/stackleak.c
+++ b/kernel/kstack_erase.c
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
*
* Author: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
*
- * STACKLEAK reduces the information which kernel stack leak bugs can
+ * KSTACK_ERASE reduces the information which kernel stack leak bugs can
* reveal and blocks some uninitialized stack variable attacks.
*/
-#include <linux/stackleak.h>
+#include <linux/kstack_erase.h>
#include <linux/kprobes.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE
+#ifdef CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE_RUNTIME_DISABLE
#include <linux/jump_label.h>
#include <linux/string_choices.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ late_initcall(stackleak_sysctls_init);
#define skip_erasing() static_branch_unlikely(&stack_erasing_bypass)
#else
#define skip_erasing() false
-#endif /* CONFIG_STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE */
+#endif /* CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE_RUNTIME_DISABLE */
#ifndef __stackleak_poison
static __always_inline void __stackleak_poison(unsigned long erase_low,
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static __always_inline void __stackleak_erase(bool on_task_stack)
erase_low = stackleak_find_top_of_poison(task_stack_low,
current->lowest_stack);
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKLEAK_METRICS
+#ifdef CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE_METRICS
current->prev_lowest_stack = erase_low;
#endif
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static __always_inline void __stackleak_erase(bool on_task_stack)
else
erase_high = task_stack_high;
- __stackleak_poison(erase_low, erase_high, STACKLEAK_POISON);
+ __stackleak_poison(erase_low, erase_high, KSTACK_ERASE_POISON);
/* Reset the 'lowest_stack' value for the next syscall */
current->lowest_stack = task_stack_high;
@@ -156,16 +156,16 @@ asmlinkage void noinstr stackleak_erase_off_task_stack(void)
__stackleak_erase(false);
}
-void __used __no_caller_saved_registers noinstr stackleak_track_stack(void)
+void __used __no_caller_saved_registers noinstr __sanitizer_cov_stack_depth(void)
{
unsigned long sp = current_stack_pointer;
/*
- * Having CONFIG_STACKLEAK_TRACK_MIN_SIZE larger than
- * STACKLEAK_SEARCH_DEPTH makes the poison search in
+ * Having CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE_TRACK_MIN_SIZE larger than
+ * KSTACK_ERASE_SEARCH_DEPTH makes the poison search in
* stackleak_erase() unreliable. Let's prevent that.
*/
- BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_STACKLEAK_TRACK_MIN_SIZE > STACKLEAK_SEARCH_DEPTH);
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_KSTACK_ERASE_TRACK_MIN_SIZE > KSTACK_ERASE_SEARCH_DEPTH);
/* 'lowest_stack' should be aligned on the register width boundary */
sp = ALIGN(sp, sizeof(unsigned long));
@@ -174,4 +174,4 @@ void __used __no_caller_saved_registers noinstr stackleak_track_stack(void)
current->lowest_stack = sp;
}
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(stackleak_track_stack);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sanitizer_cov_stack_depth);