From 52018aa146e3cf76569a9b1e6e49a2b7c8d4a088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:51:12 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] x86, relocs: Ignore relocations in .notes section [ Upstream commit aaa8736370db1a78f0e8434344a484f9fd20be3b ] 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 Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240218073501.54555-1-guixiongwei@gmail.com/ Fixes: 5ead97c84fa7 ("xen: Core Xen implementation") Fixes: da1a679cde9b ("Add /sys/kernel/notes") Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- arch/x86/tools/relocs.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c index 1c3a1962cade..0043fd374a62 100644 --- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c +++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c @@ -596,6 +596,14 @@ static void print_absolute_relocs(void) if (!(sec_applies->shdr.sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC)) { continue; } + /* + * Do not perform relocations in .notes section; any + * values there are meant for pre-boot consumption (e.g. + * startup_xen). + */ + if (sec_applies->shdr.sh_type == SHT_NOTE) { + continue; + } sh_symtab = sec_symtab->symtab; sym_strtab = sec_symtab->link->strtab; for (j = 0; j < sec->shdr.sh_size/sizeof(Elf_Rel); j++) {