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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-03-02 14:24:27 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2020-03-02 14:25:20 +0100
commit0499a353a6e196f468e7ec554cb13c82011f0e36 (patch)
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elf: Add elf/check-wx-segment, a test for the presence of WX segments
Writable, executable segments defeat security hardening.  The
existing check for DT_TEXTREL does not catch this.

hppa and SPARC currently keep the PLT in an RWX load segment.
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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/Makefile9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/Makefile
index e1637f54f5..c89ec83182 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ ifeq ($(subdir),stdlib)
 gen-as-const-headers += ucontext_i.sym
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(subdir),elf)
 # Supporting non-executable stacks on HPPA requires changes to both
 # the Linux kernel and glibc. The kernel currently needs an executable
 # stack for syscall restarts and signal returns.
-ifeq ($(subdir),elf)
 test-xfail-check-execstack = yes
-endif
+
+# On hppa, the PLT is executable because it contains an executable
+# trampoline used during lazy binding.
+test-xfail-check-wx-segment = *
+
+endif # $(subdir) == elf