From 544838989ab6143242108ddc39e8ea47e4fa8c4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Modra Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 17:10:36 +0930 Subject: [GOLD] Make powerpc64 .branch_lt relro Better security beats better placement for code optimization. * powerpc.cc (Target_powerpc::make_brlt_section): Make .branch_lt relro. --- gold/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ gold/powerpc.cc | 13 +++++-------- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog index bba5942..0e6ec0c 100644 --- a/gold/ChangeLog +++ b/gold/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2018-04-05 Alan Modra + + * powerpc.cc (Target_powerpc::make_brlt_section): Make .branch_lt relro. + 2018-04-04 Nick Clifton * po/es.po: Updated Spanish translation. diff --git a/gold/powerpc.cc b/gold/powerpc.cc index 39bda35..bddc2b8 100644 --- a/gold/powerpc.cc +++ b/gold/powerpc.cc @@ -4034,9 +4034,8 @@ Target_powerpc::make_brlt_section(Layout* layout) bool is_pic = parameters->options().output_is_position_independent(); if (is_pic) { - // When PIC we can't fill in .branch_lt (like .plt it can be - // a bss style section) but must initialise at runtime via - // dynamic relocations. + // When PIC we can't fill in .branch_lt but must initialise at + // runtime via dynamic relocations. this->rela_dyn_section(layout); brlt_rel = new Reloc_section(false); if (this->rela_dyn_->output_section()) @@ -4050,13 +4049,11 @@ Target_powerpc::make_brlt_section(Layout* layout) ->add_output_section_data(this->brlt_section_); else layout->add_output_section_data(".branch_lt", - (is_pic ? elfcpp::SHT_NOBITS - : elfcpp::SHT_PROGBITS), + elfcpp::SHT_PROGBITS, elfcpp::SHF_ALLOC | elfcpp::SHF_WRITE, this->brlt_section_, - (is_pic ? ORDER_SMALL_BSS - : ORDER_SMALL_DATA), - false); + ORDER_RELRO, + true); } } -- cgit v1.1