MIPS: initial stack protector support
Implements basic stack protector support based on ARM version in
c743f38013aeff58ef6252601e397b5ba281c633 , with Kconfig option,
constant canary value set at boot time, and script to check if
compiler actually supports stack protector.
Tested by creating a kernel module that writes past end of char[].
Signed-off-by: Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: Filippo Arcidiacono <filippo.arcidiacono@st.com>
Cc: Carmelo Amoroso <carmelo.amoroso@st.com>
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/5448/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 69bf310..6dbeb27 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2367,6 +2367,19 @@
If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
+config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
+ bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ help
+ This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
+ feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
+ the stack just before the return address, and validates
+ the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
+ overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
+ overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
+ neutralized via a kernel panic.
+
+ This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above.
+
config USE_OF
bool
select OF