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-rw-r--r--include/linux/randomize_kstack.h16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/randomize_kstack.h b/include/linux/randomize_kstack.h
index 91f1b990a3c3..1468caf001c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/randomize_kstack.h
+++ b/include/linux/randomize_kstack.h
@@ -17,8 +17,20 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(u32, kstack_offset);
* alignment. Also, since this use is being explicitly masked to a max of
* 10 bits, stack-clash style attacks are unlikely. For more details see
* "VLAs" in Documentation/process/deprecated.rst
+ *
+ * The normal __builtin_alloca() is initialized with INIT_STACK_ALL (currently
+ * only with Clang and not GCC). Initializing the unused area on each syscall
+ * entry is expensive, and generating an implicit call to memset() may also be
+ * problematic (such as in noinstr functions). Therefore, if the compiler
+ * supports it (which it should if it initializes allocas), always use the
+ * "uninitialized" variant of the builtin.
*/
-void *__builtin_alloca(size_t size);
+#if __has_builtin(__builtin_alloca_uninitialized)
+#define __kstack_alloca __builtin_alloca_uninitialized
+#else
+#define __kstack_alloca __builtin_alloca
+#endif
+
/*
* Use, at most, 10 bits of entropy. We explicitly cap this to keep the
* "VLA" from being unbounded (see above). 10 bits leaves enough room for
@@ -37,7 +49,7 @@ void *__builtin_alloca(size_t size);
if (static_branch_maybe(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_KSTACK_OFFSET_DEFAULT, \
&randomize_kstack_offset)) { \
u32 offset = raw_cpu_read(kstack_offset); \
- u8 *ptr = __builtin_alloca(KSTACK_OFFSET_MAX(offset)); \
+ u8 *ptr = __kstack_alloca(KSTACK_OFFSET_MAX(offset)); \
/* Keep allocation even after "ptr" loses scope. */ \
asm volatile("" :: "r"(ptr) : "memory"); \
} \