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Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 21:35:04 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH] gcc-plugins: force initialize auto variables
whose addresses are taken
On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 4:09 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Ard Biesheuvel
>>> <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote:
>>>> To prevent leaking stack contents in cases where it is not possible
>>>> for the compiler to figure out whether an automatic variable has been
>>>> initialized or not, add a plugin that forcibly initializes all automatic
>>>> variables of struct/union types if their address is taken at any point.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
>>
>> Ard, I'd be curious what you see for "size" difference between builds
>> and if it's visible with hackbench or other things?
>
> Hm, not all that bad on the size front:
>
> text data bss dec
> hex filename
> 10950705 5592525 13955072 30498302 1d15dfe vmlinux
> 11048035 5592365 13955072 30595472 1d2d990
> vmlinux.initautobyref
>
> And yes, as expected, wow there are a lot of notices in verbose mode. ;)
>
> My pet favorite, from the NAKed patch I sent forever ago, is covered
> (as expected):
>
> net/socket.c: In function ‘SYSC_getsockname’:
> net/socket.c:1605:26: note: auto variable will be forcibly initialized
> struct sockaddr_storage address;
> ^~~~~~~
While this was an RFC, it seems to work well and, as Daniel mentioned,
provides another benchmark for future optimizations of this kind of
protection. Besides the COMPILE_TEST change already discussed, any
other changes or objections before I carry this in -next?
-Kees
--
Kees Cook
Pixel Security
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