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-rw-r--r--NEWS6
-rw-r--r--manual/threads.texi8
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/nptl/dl-tls_init_tp.c8
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h23
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-rseq.c10
5 files changed, 43 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 366ec7b..1159688 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Major new features:
configured on the current host i.e. as-if you had not passed
AI_ADDRCONFIG to getaddrinfo calls.
+Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
+
+* __rseq_size now denotes the size of the active rseq area (20 bytes
+ initially), not the size of struct rseq (32 bytes initially).
+
The following bugs are resolved with this release:
[12154] Do not fail DNS resolution for CNAMEs which are not host names
@@ -89,6 +94,7 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
[30843] potential use-after-free in getcanonname (CVE-2023-4806)
[31184] FAIL: elf/tst-tlsgap
[31185] Incorrect thread point access in _dl_tlsdesc_undefweak and _dl_tlsdesc_dynamic
+ [31965] rseq extension mechanism does not work as intended
Security related changes:
diff --git a/manual/threads.texi b/manual/threads.texi
index 48fd562..fcf9e2b 100644
--- a/manual/threads.texi
+++ b/manual/threads.texi
@@ -1020,8 +1020,12 @@ This variable is either zero (if restartable sequence registration
failed or has been disabled) or the size of the restartable sequence
registration. This can be different from the size of @code{struct rseq}
if the kernel has extended the size of the registration. If
-registration is successful, @code{__rseq_size} is at least 32 (the
-initial size of @code{struct rseq}).
+registration is successful, @code{__rseq_size} is at least 20 (the
+initially active size of @code{struct rseq}).
+
+Previous versions of @theglibc{} set this to 32 even if the kernel only
+supported the initial area of 20 bytes because the value included unused
+padding at the end of the restartable sequence area.
@end deftypevar
@deftypevar {unsigned int} __rseq_flags
diff --git a/sysdeps/nptl/dl-tls_init_tp.c b/sysdeps/nptl/dl-tls_init_tp.c
index 1e451a9..662bc01 100644
--- a/sysdeps/nptl/dl-tls_init_tp.c
+++ b/sysdeps/nptl/dl-tls_init_tp.c
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ rtld_mutex_dummy (pthread_mutex_t *lock)
const unsigned int __rseq_flags;
-/* The variables are in .data.relro but are not yet write-protected. */
-extern unsigned int _rseq_size attribute_hidden;
-extern ptrdiff_t _rseq_offset attribute_hidden;
-
void
__tls_pre_init_tp (void)
{
@@ -108,9 +104,7 @@ __tls_init_tp (void)
do_rseq = TUNABLE_GET (rseq, int, NULL);
#endif
if (rseq_register_current_thread (pd, do_rseq))
- {
- _rseq_size = sizeof (pd->rseq_area);
- }
+ _rseq_size = RSEQ_AREA_SIZE_INITIAL_USED;
#ifdef RSEQ_SIG
/* This should be a compile-time constant, but the current
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h
index 210f3ec..f08a70d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h
@@ -25,15 +25,34 @@
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/rseq.h>
+/* 32 is the initially required value for the area size. The
+ actually used rseq size may be less (20 bytes initially). */
+#define RSEQ_AREA_SIZE_INITIAL 32
+#define RSEQ_AREA_SIZE_INITIAL_USED 20
+
+/* The variables are in .data.relro but are not yet write-protected. */
+extern unsigned int _rseq_size attribute_hidden;
+extern ptrdiff_t _rseq_offset attribute_hidden;
+
#ifdef RSEQ_SIG
static inline bool
rseq_register_current_thread (struct pthread *self, bool do_rseq)
{
if (do_rseq)
{
+ unsigned int size;
+#if IS_IN (rtld)
+ /* Use the hidden symbol in ld.so. */
+ size = _rseq_size;
+#else
+ size = __rseq_size;
+#endif
+ if (size < RSEQ_AREA_SIZE_INITIAL)
+ /* The initial implementation used only 20 bytes out of 32,
+ but still expected size 32. */
+ size = RSEQ_AREA_SIZE_INITIAL;
int ret = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (rseq, &self->rseq_area,
- sizeof (self->rseq_area),
- 0, RSEQ_SIG);
+ size, 0, RSEQ_SIG);
if (!INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (ret))
return true;
}
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-rseq.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-rseq.c
index fa6a895..613593f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-rseq.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-rseq.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
# include <stdlib.h>
# include <string.h>
# include <syscall.h>
+# include <sys/auxv.h>
# include <thread_pointer.h>
# include <tls.h>
# include "tst-rseq.h"
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ do_rseq_main_test (void)
TEST_COMPARE (__rseq_flags, 0);
TEST_VERIFY ((char *) __thread_pointer () + __rseq_offset
== (char *) &pd->rseq_area);
- TEST_COMPARE (__rseq_size, sizeof (pd->rseq_area));
+ /* The current implementation only supports the initial size. */
+ TEST_COMPARE (__rseq_size, 20);
}
static void
@@ -52,6 +54,12 @@ do_rseq_test (void)
{
FAIL_UNSUPPORTED ("kernel does not support rseq, skipping test");
}
+ printf ("info: __rseq_size: %u\n", __rseq_size);
+ printf ("info: __rseq_offset: %td\n", __rseq_offset);
+ printf ("info: __rseq_flags: %u\n", __rseq_flags);
+ printf ("info: getauxval (AT_RSEQ_FEATURE_SIZE): %ld\n",
+ getauxval (AT_RSEQ_FEATURE_SIZE));
+ printf ("info: getauxval (AT_RSEQ_ALIGN): %ld\n", getauxval (AT_RSEQ_ALIGN));
do_rseq_main_test ();
}
#else /* RSEQ_SIG */