linux/kernel
Emese Revfy 38addce8b6 gcc-plugins: Add latent_entropy plugin
This adds a new gcc plugin named "latent_entropy". It is designed to
extract as much possible uncertainty from a running system at boot time as
possible, hoping to capitalize on any possible variation in CPU operation
(due to runtime data differences, hardware differences, SMP ordering,
thermal timing variation, cache behavior, etc).

At the very least, this plugin is a much more comprehensive example for
how to manipulate kernel code using the gcc plugin internals.

The need for very-early boot entropy tends to be very architecture or
system design specific, so this plugin is more suited for those sorts
of special cases. The existing kernel RNG already attempts to extract
entropy from reliable runtime variation, but this plugin takes the idea to
a logical extreme by permuting a global variable based on any variation
in code execution (e.g. a different value (and permutation function)
is used to permute the global based on loop count, case statement,
if/then/else branching, etc).

To do this, the plugin starts by inserting a local variable in every
marked function. The plugin then adds logic so that the value of this
variable is modified by randomly chosen operations (add, xor and rol) and
random values (gcc generates separate static values for each location at
compile time and also injects the stack pointer at runtime). The resulting
value depends on the control flow path (e.g., loops and branches taken).

Before the function returns, the plugin mixes this local variable into
the latent_entropy global variable. The value of this global variable
is added to the kernel entropy pool in do_one_initcall() and _do_fork(),
though it does not credit any bytes of entropy to the pool; the contents
of the global are just used to mix the pool.

Additionally, the plugin can pre-initialize arrays with build-time
random contents, so that two different kernel builds running on identical
hardware will not have the same starting values.

Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>
[kees: expanded commit message and code comments]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
2016-10-10 14:51:44 -07:00
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bpf bpf: fix bpf_skb_in_cgroup helper naming 2016-08-12 21:53:33 -07:00
configs kconfig: tinyconfig: provide whole choice blocks to avoid warnings 2016-09-01 17:52:01 -07:00
debug mm/init: Add 'rodata=off' boot cmdline parameter to disable read-only kernel mappings 2016-02-22 08:51:37 +01:00
events perf/core: Limit matching exclusive events to one PMU 2016-09-22 14:56:09 +02:00
gcov gcov: add support for gcc version >= 6 2016-07-15 14:54:27 +09:00
irq genirq: Skip chained interrupt trigger setup if type is IRQ_TYPE_NONE 2016-09-19 11:31:36 +02:00
livepatch modules: add ro_after_init support 2016-08-04 10:16:55 +09:30
locking locking/pvqspinlock: Fix a bug in qstat_read() 2016-08-10 14:13:29 +02:00
power PM / QoS: avoid calling cancel_delayed_work_sync() during early boot 2016-09-05 15:07:53 +02:00
printk printk/nmi: avoid direct printk()-s from __printk_nmi_flush() 2016-09-01 17:52:01 -07:00
rcu Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-07-29 13:55:30 -07:00
sched sched/core: Fix a race between try_to_wake_up() and a woken up task 2016-09-05 11:57:53 +02:00
time tick/nohz: Fix softlockup on scheduler stalls in kvm guest 2016-09-02 10:25:40 +02:00
trace Al Viro has been looking at the tracefs code, and has pointed out 2016-09-25 18:40:13 -07:00
.gitignore certs: add .gitignore to stop git nagging about x509_certificate_list 2015-10-21 15:18:35 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
Makefile ELF/MIPS build fix 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
acct.c
async.c async: export current_is_async() 2015-11-19 17:51:48 +01:00
audit.c Merge branch 'stable-4.8' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-07-29 17:54:17 -07:00
audit.h Merge branch 'stable-4.8' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-07-29 17:54:17 -07:00
audit_fsnotify.c wrappers for ->i_mutex access 2016-01-22 18:04:28 -05:00
audit_tree.c audit: cleanup prune_tree_thread 2016-04-04 09:46:47 -04:00
audit_watch.c Merge branch 'stable-4.8' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-09-01 15:55:56 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit: add fields to exclude filter by reusing user filter 2016-06-27 11:01:00 -04:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'stable-4.8' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-07-29 17:54:17 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c kernel: Add noaudit variant of ns_capable() 2016-06-06 20:16:18 +10:00
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-4.8-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2016-09-27 16:43:11 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: kill cgrp_ss_priv[CGROUP_CANFORK_COUNT] and friends 2015-12-03 10:24:08 -05:00
cgroup_pids.c cgroup: Use lld instead of ld when printing pids controller events_limit 2016-06-21 15:03:36 -04:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Switch to new static_branch API 2015-11-24 09:56:43 +01:00
cpu.c timers/core: Correct callback order during CPU hot plug 2016-07-28 18:56:22 +02:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm: fix cpu_cluster_pm_exit comment 2015-09-03 02:42:20 +02:00
cpuset.c cpuset: fix non static symbol warning 2016-09-16 11:31:17 -04:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c cred: Reject inodes with invalid ids in set_create_file_as() 2016-06-30 18:05:09 -05:00
delayacct.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c mm, mempolicy: task->mempolicy must be NULL before dropping final reference 2016-09-01 17:52:01 -07:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: remove duplicated include 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
fork.c gcc-plugins: Add latent_entropy plugin 2016-10-10 14:51:44 -07:00
freezer.c freezer, oom: check TIF_MEMDIE on the correct task 2016-07-28 16:07:41 -07:00
futex.c futex: Assume all mappings are private on !MMU systems 2016-07-29 18:44:14 +02:00
futex_compat.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: use timeout diff when timeout is updated 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
irq_work.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
jump_label.c powerpc updates for 4.8 #2 2016-08-05 09:00:54 -04:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: add support for relative offsets in kallsyms address table 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
kcmp.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
kcov.c kernel/kcov: unproxify debugfs file's fops 2016-06-15 04:56:35 -07:00
kexec.c kexec: allow architectures to override boot mapping 2016-08-02 19:35:27 -04:00
kexec_core.c kexec: add restriction on kexec_load() segment sizes 2016-08-02 19:35:31 -04:00
kexec_file.c kexec: fix double-free when failing to relocate the purgatory 2016-09-01 17:52:01 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: move some memembers and definitions within the scope of CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
kmod.c kmod: don't run async usermode helper as a child of kworker thread 2015-10-23 17:55:10 +09:00
kprobes.c perf/x86/hw_breakpoints: Disallow kernel breakpoints unless kprobe-safe 2015-08-04 10:16:54 +02:00
ksysfs.c kexec: add a kexec_crash_loaded() function 2016-08-02 19:35:30 -04:00
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c:kthread_create_on_node(): clarify documentation 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
latencytop.c sched/debug: Make schedstats a runtime tunable that is disabled by default 2016-02-09 11:54:23 +01:00
membarrier.c sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
memremap.c mm: fix cache mode of dax pmd mappings 2016-09-09 17:34:46 -07:00
module-internal.h
module.c Removed the MODULE_SIG_FORCE-means-no-MODULE_FORCE_LOAD patch. 2016-08-04 09:14:38 -04:00
module_signing.c KEYS: Move the point of trust determination to __key_link() 2016-04-11 22:43:43 +01:00
notifier.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-01 08:40:25 -07:00
nsproxy.c cgroup: introduce cgroup namespaces 2016-02-16 13:04:58 -05:00
padata.c kernel/padata.c: hide unused functions 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
panic.c kexec: use core_param for crash_kexec_post_notifiers boot option 2016-08-02 19:35:29 -04:00
params.c Nothing exciting, minor tweaks and cleanups. 2015-11-09 15:53:39 -08:00
pid.c remove lots of IS_ERR_VALUE abuses 2016-05-27 15:26:11 -07:00
pid_namespace.c
profile.c profile: Convert to hotplug state machine 2016-07-15 10:41:42 +02:00
ptrace.c tree-wide: replace config_enabled() with IS_ENABLED() 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
range.c
reboot.c kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
relay.c relay: add global mode support for buffer-only channels 2016-08-02 19:35:41 -04:00
resource.c /proc/iomem: only expose physical resource addresses to privileged users 2016-04-14 12:56:09 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Fix tracer exit notifications during fatal signals 2016-08-30 16:12:46 -07:00
signal.c signals: Use hrtimer for sigtimedwait() 2016-07-07 10:35:07 +02:00
smp.c Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-07-29 13:55:30 -07:00
smpboot.c cpu/hotplug: Unpark smpboot threads from the state machine 2016-03-01 20:36:56 +01:00
smpboot.h cpu/hotplug: Create hotplug threads 2016-03-01 20:36:56 +01:00
softirq.c arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections 2016-03-25 16:37:42 -07:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Touch_nmi_watchdog() after MULTI_STOP_PREPARE 2016-07-27 11:12:11 +02:00
sys.c prctl: make PR_SET_THP_DISABLE wait for mmap_sem killable 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
sys_ni.c vfs: add copy_file_range syscall and vfs helper 2015-12-01 14:00:53 -05:00
sysctl.c sysctl: handle error writing UINT_MAX to u32 fields 2016-08-26 17:39:35 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use generic UUID library 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
task_work.c task_work: use READ_ONCE/lockless_dereference, avoid pi_lock if !task_works 2016-08-02 19:35:02 -04:00
taskstats.c taskstats: use the libnl API to align nlattr on 64-bit 2016-04-23 20:13:25 -04:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Stop onoff task if there is only one cpu 2016-06-14 16:03:28 -07:00
tracepoint.c kernel/...: convert pr_warning to pr_warn 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
tsacct.c time, acct: Drop irq save & restore from __acct_update_integrals() 2016-02-29 09:53:09 +01:00
uid16.c
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
user_namespace.c fs: Limit file caps to the user namespace of the super block 2016-06-24 10:40:31 -05:00
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c
watchdog.c Revert "perf/x86/intel, watchdog: Switch NMI watchdog to ref cycles on x86" 2016-07-10 20:58:36 +02:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-07-29 13:55:30 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h sched/core: Get rid of 'cpu' argument in wq_worker_sleeping() 2016-03-02 10:28:47 -05:00