[patch 03/18] entry: Provide [syscall_]enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack()
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-07-07 19:06:10
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Randomizing the syscall stack can only happen after state is established
via enter_from_user_mode() or syscall_enter_from_user_mode(). The earlier
it happens the better.
Provide two new macros to consolidate that:
- enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack()
enter_from_user_mode();
add_random_kstack_offset_irqsoff();
- syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack()
enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack();
syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work();
to reduce boiler plate code.
Those are macros and not inline functions as the latter would limit the
stack randomization scope to the inline function itself.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/entry-common.h | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
--- a/include/linux/entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-common.h@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ #include <linux/irq-entry-common.h> #include <linux/livepatch.h> #include <linux/ptrace.h> +#include <linux/randomize_kstack.h> #include <linux/resume_user_mode.h> #include <linux/seccomp.h> #include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -150,6 +151,61 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_ente } /** + * enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack - Establish state and add stack randomization + * before invoking syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work() + * @regs: Pointer to currents pt_regs + * + * Invoked from architecture specific syscall entry code with interrupts + * disabled. The calling code has to be non-instrumentable. When the function + * returns all state is correct, interrupts are still disabled and the + * subsequent functions can be instrumented. + * + * Implemented as a macro so that the stack randomization is effective + * throughout the function in which it is invoked. An inline would only make it + * effective in the scope of the inline function. + */ +#define enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack(regs) \ +do { \ + enter_from_user_mode(regs); \ + instrumentation_begin(); \ + add_random_kstack_offset_irqsoff(); \ + instrumentation_end(); \ +} while (0) + +/** + * syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack - Establish state and check and handle work + * before invoking a syscall + * @regs: Pointer to currents pt_regs + * @syscall: The syscall number + * + * Invoked from architecture specific syscall entry code with interrupts + * disabled. The calling code has to be non-instrumentable. When the + * function returns all state is correct, interrupts are enabled and the + * subsequent functions can be instrumented. + * + * This is the combination of enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() and + * syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work() to be used when there is no + * architecture specific work to be done between the two. + * + * Returns: The original or a modified syscall number. See + * syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work() for further explanation. + * + * Implemented as a macro to make stack randomization effective in the calling + * scope. + */ +#define syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack(regs, syscall) \ +({ \ + enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack(regs); \ + \ + instrumentation_begin(); \ + local_irq_enable(); \ + long _ret = syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work(regs, syscall); \ + instrumentation_end(); \ + \ + _ret; \ +}) + +/** * syscall_enter_from_user_mode - Establish state and check and handle work * before invoking a syscall * @regs: Pointer to currents pt_regs