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1 /* Stack executability handling for GNU dynamic linker. Linux version.
2 Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
17 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #include <ldsodefs.h>
20 #include <sys/mman.h>
21 #include <errno.h>
22 #include <libintl.h>
23 #include <stdbool.h>
24 #include <stackinfo.h>
25 #include <caller.h>
26 #include <sysdep.h>
28 #include <kernel-features.h>
31 extern int __stack_prot attribute_relro attribute_hidden;
34 int
35 internal_function
36 _dl_make_stack_executable (void **stack_endp)
38 /* This gives us the highest/lowest page that needs to be changed. */
39 uintptr_t page = ((uintptr_t) *stack_endp
40 & -(intptr_t) GLRO(dl_pagesize));
41 int result = 0;
43 /* Challenge the caller. */
44 if (__builtin_expect (__check_caller (RETURN_ADDRESS (0),
45 allow_ldso|allow_libpthread) != 0, 0)
46 || __builtin_expect (*stack_endp != __libc_stack_end, 0))
47 return EPERM;
49 /* Newer Linux kernels support a flag to make our job easy. */
50 #if defined PROT_GROWSDOWN || defined PROT_GROWSUP
51 # if __ASSUME_PROT_GROWSUPDOWN == 0
52 static bool no_growsupdown;
53 if (! no_growsupdown)
54 # endif
56 if (__builtin_expect (__mprotect ((void *) page, GLRO(dl_pagesize),
57 __stack_prot) == 0, 1))
58 goto return_success;
59 # if __ASSUME_PROT_GROWSUPDOWN == 0
60 if (errno == EINVAL)
61 no_growsupdown = true;
62 else
63 # endif
65 result = errno;
66 goto out;
69 #endif
71 /* There is always a hole in the address space below the bottom of the
72 stack. So when we make an mprotect call that starts below the bottom
73 of the stack, it will include the hole and fail with ENOMEM.
75 We start with a random guess at how deep the stack might have gotten
76 so as to have extended the GROWSDOWN mapping to lower pages. */
78 #if __ASSUME_PROT_GROWSUPDOWN == 0
79 size_t size = GLRO(dl_pagesize) * 8;
81 # if _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
82 page = page + GLRO(dl_pagesize) - size;
83 while (1)
85 if (__mprotect ((void *) page, size,
86 __stack_prot & ~PROT_GROWSDOWN) == 0)
87 /* We got this chunk changed; loop to do another chunk below. */
88 page -= size;
89 else
91 if (errno != ENOMEM) /* Unexpected failure mode. */
93 result = errno;
94 goto out;
97 if (size == GLRO(dl_pagesize))
98 /* We just tried to mprotect the top hole page and failed.
99 We are done. */
100 break;
102 /* Our mprotect call failed because it started below the lowest
103 stack page. Try again on just the top half of that region. */
104 size /= 2;
105 page += size;
109 # elif _STACK_GROWS_UP
110 while (1)
112 if (__mprotect ((void *) page, size, __stack_prot & ~PROT_GROWSUP) == 0)
113 /* We got this chunk changed; loop to do another chunk below. */
114 page += size;
115 else
117 if (errno != ENOMEM) /* Unexpected failure mode. */
119 result = errno;
120 goto out;
123 if (size == GLRO(dl_pagesize))
124 /* We just tried to mprotect the lowest hole page and failed.
125 We are done. */
126 break;
128 /* Our mprotect call failed because it extended past the highest
129 stack page. Try again on just the bottom half of that region. */
130 size /= 2;
134 # else
135 # error "Define either _STACK_GROWS_DOWN or _STACK_GROWS_UP"
136 # endif
137 #endif
139 return_success:
140 /* Clear the address. */
141 *stack_endp = NULL;
143 /* Remember that we changed the permission. */
144 GL(dl_stack_flags) |= PF_X;
146 out:
147 #ifdef check_consistency
148 check_consistency ();
149 #endif
151 return result;
153 rtld_hidden_def (_dl_make_stack_executable)