1. 31 Mar, 2017 1 commit
    • Douglas Raillard's avatar
      Add support for GCC stack protection · 51faada7
      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: default avatarDouglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>
      51faada7
  2. 05 Dec, 2016 1 commit
    • Jeenu Viswambharan's avatar
      Define and use no_ret macro where no return is expected · a806dad5
      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: default avatarDouglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJeenu Viswambharan <jeenu.viswambharan@arm.com>
      a806dad5
  3. 21 Sep, 2016 1 commit
    • Yatharth Kochar's avatar
      AArch32: Add generic changes in BL2 · d48c12e9
      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
      d48c12e9