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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2021-02-25 12:10:57 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2021-02-25 12:13:02 +0100
commit035c012e32c11e84d64905efaf55e74f704d3668 (patch)
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Reduce the statically linked startup code [BZ #23323]
It turns out the startup code in csu/elf-init.c has a perfect pair of
ROP gadgets (see Marco-Gisbert and Ripoll-Ripoll, "return-to-csu: A
New Method to Bypass 64-bit Linux ASLR").  These functions are not
needed in dynamically-linked binaries because DT_INIT/DT_INIT_ARRAY
are already processed by the dynamic linker.  However, the dynamic
linker skipped the main program for some reason.  For maximum
backwards compatibility, this is not changed, and instead, the main
map is consulted from __libc_start_main if the init function argument
is a NULL pointer.

For statically linked binaries, the old approach based on linker
symbols is still used because there is nothing else available.

A new symbol version __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 is introduced because
new binaries running on an old libc would not run their ELF
constructors, leading to difficult-to-debug issues.
Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps/mips')
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/mips/start.S18
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/start.S b/sysdeps/mips/start.S
index 28e2ed17ad..4ec42a2a7f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mips/start.S
+++ b/sysdeps/mips/start.S
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ ENTRY_POINT:
 # if _MIPS_SIM == _ABIO32
 	PTR_SUBIU $29, 32
 # endif
-	PTR_LA $7, __libc_csu_init		/* init */
-	PTR_LA $8, __libc_csu_fini
+	move  $7, $0			/* Used to be init.  */
 # if _MIPS_SIM == _ABIO32
-	PTR_S $8, 16($29)		/* fini */
+	PTR_S $0, 16($29)		/* Used to be fini.  */
 	PTR_S $2, 20($29)		/* rtld_fini */
 	PTR_S $29, 24($29)		/* stack_end */
 # else
+	move $8, $0		/* Used to be fini.  */
 	move $9, $2		/* rtld_fini */
 	move $10, $29		/* stack_end */
 # endif
@@ -143,19 +143,17 @@ ENTRY_POINT:
 	/* Lay out last arguments, and call __libc_start_main().  */
 # ifdef __PIC__
 	sw	$7, 24($sp)			/* stack_end */
-	lw	$4, %got(__libc_csu_fini)($3)
-	lw	$7, %got(__libc_csu_init)($3)	/* init */
-	sw	$4, 16($sp)			/* fini */
+	move	$4, $0				/* Used to be ini.  */
+	sw	$0, 16($sp)			/* Used to be fini.  */
 	lw	$4, %got(main)($3)		/* main */
 	lw	$3, %call16(__libc_start_main)($3)
 	sw	$2, 20($sp)			/* rtld_fini */
 	move	$25, $3
 	jalr	$3
 # else
-	lw	$4, 1f
 	sw	$7, 24($sp)			/* stack_end */
-	lw	$7, 2f				/* init */
-	sw	$4, 16($sp)			/* fini */
+	move	$7, $0				/* Used to be init.  */
+	sw	$0, 16($sp)			/* Used to be fini.  */
 	lw	$4, 3f				/* main */
 	sw	$2, 20($sp)			/* rtld_fini */
 	/* Load and call __libc_start_main().  */
@@ -165,8 +163,6 @@ ENTRY_POINT:
 hlt:	b	hlt		/* Crash if somehow it does return.  */
 # ifndef __PIC__
 	.align	2
-1:	.word	__libc_csu_fini
-2:	.word	__libc_csu_init
 3:	.word	main
 4:	.word	__libc_start_main
 # endif