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elf: Extend glibc.rtld.execstack tunable to force executable stack (BZ 32653)
authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:02:38 +0000 (14:02 -0300)
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Tue, 8 Apr 2025 19:19:49 +0000 (16:19 -0300)
commit12a497c716f0a06be5946cabb8c3ec22a079771e
tree3187604dced4a2e132f77a1c56c743baf67985e8
parent5b132ec2b7712dbc055838b3b538b83ad1196414
elf: Extend glibc.rtld.execstack tunable to force executable stack (BZ 32653)

From the bug report [1], multiple programs still require to dlopen
shared libraries with either missing PT_GNU_STACK or with the executable
bit set.  Although, in some cases, it seems to be a hard-craft assembly
source without the required .note.GNU-stack marking (so the static linker
is forced to set the stack executable if the ABI requires it), other
cases seem that the library uses trampolines [2].

Unfortunately, READ_IMPLIES_EXEC is not an option since on some ABIs
(x86_64), the kernel clears the bit, making it unsupported.  To avoid
reinstating the broken code that changes stack permission on dlopen
(0ca8785a28), this patch extends the glibc.rtld.execstack tunable to
allow an option to force an executable stack at the program startup.

The tunable is a security issue because it defeats the PT_GNU_STACK
hardening.  It has the slight advantage of making it explicit by the
caller, and, as for other tunables, this is disabled for setuid binaries.
A tunable also allows us to eventually remove it, but from previous
experiences, it would require some time.

Checked on aarch64-linux-gnu, x86_64-linux-gnu, and i686-linux-gnu.

[1] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32653
[2] https://github.com/conda-forge/ctng-compiler-activation-feedstock/issues/143
Reviewed-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
NEWS
elf/Makefile
elf/dl-execstack-tunable.c [new file with mode: 0644]
elf/dl-support.c
elf/dl-tunables.list
elf/rtld.c
elf/tst-execstack-prog-static-tunable.c [new file with mode: 0644]
elf/tst-execstack-tunable.c [new file with mode: 0644]
elf/tst-rtld-list-tunables.exp
manual/tunables.texi
sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h