- 31 Mar, 2017 1 commit
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Douglas Raillard authored
Introduce new build option ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR. It enables compilation of all BL images with one of the GCC -fstack-protector-* options. A new platform function plat_get_stack_protector_canary() is introduced. It returns a value that is used to initialize the canary for stack corruption detection. Returning a random value will prevent an attacker from predicting the value and greatly increase the effectiveness of the protection. A message is printed at the ERROR level when a stack corruption is detected. To be effective, the global data must be stored at an address lower than the base of the stacks. Failure to do so would allow an attacker to overwrite the canary as part of an attack which would void the protection. FVP implementation of plat_get_stack_protector_canary is weak as there is no real source of entropy on the FVP. It therefore relies on a timer's value, which could be predictable. Change-Id: Icaaee96392733b721fa7c86a81d03660d3c1bc06 Signed-off-by: Douglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>
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- 05 Dec, 2016 1 commit
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Jeenu Viswambharan authored
There are many instances in ARM Trusted Firmware where control is transferred to functions from which return isn't expected. Such jumps are made using 'bl' instruction to provide the callee with the location from which it was jumped to. Additionally, debuggers infer the caller by examining where 'lr' register points to. If a 'bl' of the nature described above falls at the end of an assembly function, 'lr' will be left pointing to a location outside of the function range. This misleads the debugger back trace. This patch defines a 'no_ret' macro to be used when jumping to functions from which return isn't expected. The macro ensures to use 'bl' instruction for the jump, and also, for debug builds, places a 'nop' instruction immediately thereafter (unless instructed otherwise) so as to leave 'lr' pointing within the function range. Change-Id: Ib34c69fc09197cfd57bc06e147cc8252910e01b0 Co-authored-by: Douglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Jeenu Viswambharan <jeenu.viswambharan@arm.com>
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- 21 Sep, 2016 1 commit
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Yatharth Kochar authored
This patch adds generic changes in BL2 to support AArch32 state. New AArch32 specific assembly/C files are introduced and some files are moved to AArch32/64 specific folders. BL2 for AArch64 is refactored but functionally identical. BL2 executes in Secure SVC mode in AArch32 state. Change-Id: Ifaacbc2a91f8640876385b953adb24744d9dbde3
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