/* Test program for making nonexecutable stacks executable
on load of a DSO that requires executable stacks.
Copyright (C) 2003-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
. */
#include
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/* The DEFAULT_RWX_STACK controls whether the toolchain enables an executable
stack for the testcase (which does not contain features that might require
an executable stack, such as nested function).
Some ABIs do require an executable stack, even if the toolchain supports
non-executable stack. In this cases the DEFAULT_RWX_STACK can be
overridden. */
#ifndef DEFAULT_RWX_STACK
# define DEFAULT_RWX_STACK 0
#else
static void
deeper (void (*f) (void))
{
char stack[1100 * 1024];
explicit_bzero (stack, sizeof stack);
(*f) ();
memfrob (stack, sizeof stack);
}
#endif
#if USE_PTHREADS
# if DEFAULT_RWX_STACK
static void *
tryme_thread (void *f)
{
(*((void (*) (void)) f)) ();
return 0;
}
# endif
static pthread_barrier_t startup_barrier, go_barrier;
static void *
waiter_thread (void *arg)
{
xpthread_barrier_wait (&startup_barrier);
xpthread_barrier_wait (&go_barrier);
# if DEFAULT_RWX_STACK
void **f = arg;
(*((void (*) (void)) *f)) ();
# else
abort ();
# endif
return 0;
}
#endif
static bool allow_execstack = true;
static int
do_test (void)
{
/* Check whether SELinux is enabled and disallows executable stacks. */
FILE *fp = fopen ("/selinux/enforce", "r");
if (fp != NULL)
{
char *line = NULL;
size_t linelen = 0;
bool enabled = false;
ssize_t n = getline (&line, &linelen, fp);
if (n > 0 && line[0] != '0')
enabled = true;
fclose (fp);
if (enabled)
{
fp = fopen ("/selinux/booleans/allow_execstack", "r");
if (fp != NULL)
{
n = getline (&line, &linelen, fp);
if (n > 0 && line[0] == '0')
allow_execstack = false;
}
fclose (fp);
}
}
printf ("executable stacks %sallowed\n", allow_execstack ? "" : "not ");
#if USE_PTHREADS || DEFAULT_RWX_STACK
static void *f; /* Address of this is used in other threads. */
#endif
#if USE_PTHREADS
/* Create some threads while stacks are nonexecutable. */
#define N 5
xpthread_barrier_init (&startup_barrier, NULL, N + 1);
xpthread_barrier_init (&go_barrier, NULL, N + 1);
for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
xpthread_create (NULL, &waiter_thread, &f);
/* Make sure they are all there using their stacks. */
xpthread_barrier_wait (&startup_barrier);
puts ("threads waiting");
#endif
#if USE_PTHREADS && DEFAULT_RWX_STACK
void *old_stack_addr, *new_stack_addr;
size_t stack_size;
pthread_t me = pthread_self ();
pthread_attr_t attr;
TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (pthread_getattr_np (me, &attr) == 0);
TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (pthread_attr_getstack (&attr, &old_stack_addr,
&stack_size) == 0);
# if _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
old_stack_addr += stack_size;
# else
old_stack_addr -= stack_size;
# endif
#endif
/* Loading this module should force stacks to become executable. */
#if USE_PTHREADS
const char *soname = "tst-execstack-threads-mod.so";
#else
const char *soname = "tst-execstack-mod.so";
#endif
void *h = dlopen (soname, RTLD_LAZY);
#if !DEFAULT_RWX_STACK
TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (h == NULL);
#else
TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (h != NULL);
f = xdlsym (h, "tryme");
/* Test if that really made our stack executable.
The `tryme' function should crash if not. */
(*((void (*) (void)) f)) ();
#if USE_PTHREADS
TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (pthread_getattr_np (me, &attr) == 0);
TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (pthread_attr_getstack (&attr, &new_stack_addr,
&stack_size) == 0);
# if _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
new_stack_addr += stack_size;
# else
new_stack_addr -= stack_size;
# endif
/* It is possible that the dlopen'd module may have been mmapped just below
the stack. The stack size is taken as MIN(stack rlimit size, end of last
vma) in pthread_getattr_np. If rlimit is set high enough, it is possible
that the size may have changed. A subsequent call to
pthread_attr_getstack returns the size and (bottom - size) as the
stacksize and stackaddr respectively. If the size changes due to the
above, then both stacksize and stackaddr can change, but the stack bottom
should remain the same, which is computed as stackaddr + stacksize. */
TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (old_stack_addr == new_stack_addr);
printf ("Stack address remains the same: %p\n", old_stack_addr);
# endif
/* Test that growing the stack region gets new executable pages too. */
deeper ((void (*) (void)) f);
# if USE_PTHREADS
/* Test that a fresh thread now gets an executable stack. */
xpthread_create (NULL, &tryme_thread, f);
puts ("threads go");
/* The existing threads' stacks should have been changed.
Let them run to test it. */
xpthread_barrier_wait (&go_barrier);
pthread_exit ((void *) (long int) (! allow_execstack));
# endif
#endif
return ! allow_execstack;
}
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