Merge tag 'meminit-v5.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull structleak fix from Kees Cook:
"Disable gcc-based stack variable auto-init under KASAN (Arnd
Bergmann).
This fixes a bunch of build warnings under KASAN and the
gcc-plugin-based stack auto-initialization features (which are
arguably redundant, so better to let KASAN control this)"
* tag 'meminit-v5.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
structleak: disable STRUCTLEAK_BYREF in combination with KASAN_STACK
diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index a1ffe2e..af4c979b 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF
bool "zero-init structs passed by reference (strong)"
depends on GCC_PLUGINS
+ depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK=1)
select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
help
Zero-initialize any structures on the stack that may
@@ -70,9 +71,15 @@
exposures, like CVE-2017-1000410:
https://git.kernel.org/linus/06e7e776ca4d3654
+ As a side-effect, this keeps a lot of variables on the
+ stack that can otherwise be optimized out, so combining
+ this with CONFIG_KASAN_STACK can lead to a stack overflow
+ and is disallowed.
+
config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
bool "zero-init anything passed by reference (very strong)"
depends on GCC_PLUGINS
+ depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK=1)
select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
help
Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed
