linux-hardening - [PATCH] x86, relocs: Ignore relocations in .notes section

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:18:47 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Guixiong Wei <guixiongwei@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
	Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>,
	Guixiong Wei <weiguixiong@...edance.com>,
	Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86, relocs: Ignore relocations in .notes section

When building with CONFIG_XEN_PV=y, .text symbols are emitted into the
.notes section so that Xen can find the "startup_xen" entry point. This
information is used prior to booting the kernel, so relocations are not
useful. In fact, performing relocations against the .notes section means
that the KASLR base is exposed since /sys/kernel/notes is world-readable.

To avoid leaking the KASLR base without breaking unprivileged tools that
are expecting to read /sys/kernel/notes, skip performing relocations in
the .notes section. The values readable in .notes are then identical to
those found in System.map.

Reported-by: Guixiong Wei <guixiongwei@...il.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240218073501.54555-1-guixiongwei@gmail.com/
Fixes: 5ead97c84fa7 ("xen: Core Xen implementation")
Fixes: da1a679cde9b ("Add /sys/kernel/notes")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: "Jürgen Groß" <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Cc: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>
Cc: Guixiong Wei <weiguixiong@...edance.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/tools/relocs.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index a3bae2b24626..0811fff23b9c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -733,6 +733,16 @@ static void walk_relocs(int (*process)(struct section *sec, Elf_Rel *rel,
 		if (sec->shdr.sh_type != SHT_REL_TYPE) {
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Do not perform relocations in .notes section; any
+		 * values there are meant for pre-boot consumption (e.g.
+		 * startup_xen).
+		 */
+		if (strcmp(sec_name(sec->shdr.sh_info), ".notes") == 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		sec_symtab  = sec->link;
 		sec_applies = &secs[sec->shdr.sh_info];
 		if (!(sec_applies->shdr.sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC)) {
-- 
2.34.1