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1/*===---- ptrauth.h - Pointer authentication -------------------------------===
2 *
3 * Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 * See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 *
7 *===-----------------------------------------------------------------------===
8 */
9
10#ifndef __PTRAUTH_H
11#define __PTRAUTH_H
12
13typedef enum {
18
19 /* A process-independent key which can be used to sign code pointers. */
21
22 /* A process-specific key which can be used to sign code pointers. */
24
25 /* A process-independent key which can be used to sign data pointers. */
27
28 /* A process-specific key which can be used to sign data pointers. */
30
31 /* The key used to sign return addresses on the stack.
32 The extra data is based on the storage address of the return address.
33 On AArch64, that is always the storage address of the return address + 8
34 (or, in other words, the value of the stack pointer on function entry) */
36
37 /* The key used to sign C function pointers.
38 The extra data is always 0. */
40
41 /* The key used to sign C++ v-table pointers.
42 The extra data is always 0. */
44
45 /* The key used to sign pointers in ELF .init_array/.fini_array. */
47
48 /* Other pointers signed under the ABI use private ABI rules. */
49
51
52/* An integer type of the appropriate size for a discriminator argument. */
53typedef __UINTPTR_TYPE__ ptrauth_extra_data_t;
54
55/* An integer type of the appropriate size for a generic signature. */
56typedef __UINTPTR_TYPE__ ptrauth_generic_signature_t;
57
58/* A signed pointer value embeds the original pointer together with
59 a signature that attests to the validity of that pointer. Because
60 this signature must use only "spare" bits of the pointer, a
61 signature's validity is probabilistic in practice: it is unlikely
62 but still plausible that an invalidly-derived signature will
63 somehow equal the correct signature and therefore successfully
64 authenticate. Nonetheless, this scheme provides a strong degree
65 of protection against certain kinds of attacks. */
66
67/* Authenticating a pointer that was not signed with the given key
68 and extra-data value will (likely) fail by trapping. */
69
70/* The null function pointer is always the all-zero bit pattern.
71 Signing an all-zero bit pattern will embed a (likely) non-zero
72 signature in the result, and so the result will not seem to be
73 a null function pointer. Authenticating this value will yield
74 a null function pointer back. However, authenticating an
75 all-zero bit pattern will probably fail, because the
76 authentication will expect a (likely) non-zero signature to
77 embedded in the value.
78
79 Because of this, if a pointer may validly be null, you should
80 check for null before attempting to authenticate it with one
81 of these intrinsics. This is not necessary when using the
82 __ptrauth qualifier; the compiler will perform this check
83 automatically. */
84
85#if __has_feature(ptrauth_intrinsics)
86
87/* Strip the signature from a value without authenticating it.
88
89 If the value is a function pointer, the result will not be a
90 legal function pointer because of the missing signature, and
91 attempting to call it will result in an authentication failure.
92
93 The value must be an expression of pointer type.
94 The key must be a constant expression of type ptrauth_key.
95 The result will have the same type as the original value. */
96#define ptrauth_strip(__value, __key) __builtin_ptrauth_strip(__value, __key)
97
98/* Blend a constant discriminator into the given pointer-like value
99 to form a new discriminator. Not all bits of the inputs are
100 guaranteed to contribute to the result.
101
102 On arm64e, the integer must fall within the range of a uint16_t;
103 other bits may be ignored.
104
105 For the purposes of ptrauth_sign_constant, the result of calling
106 this function is considered a constant expression if the arguments
107 are constant. Some restrictions may be imposed on the pointer.
108
109 The first argument must be an expression of pointer type.
110 The second argument must be an expression of integer type.
111 The result will have type uintptr_t. */
112#define ptrauth_blend_discriminator(__pointer, __integer) \
113 __builtin_ptrauth_blend_discriminator(__pointer, __integer)
114
115/* Return a signed pointer for a constant address in a manner which guarantees
116 a non-attackable sequence.
117
118 The value must be a constant expression of pointer type which evaluates to
119 a non-null pointer.
120 The key must be a constant expression of type ptrauth_key.
121 The extra data must be a constant expression of pointer or integer type;
122 if an integer, it will be coerced to ptrauth_extra_data_t.
123 The result will have the same type as the original value.
124
125 This can be used in constant expressions. */
126#define ptrauth_sign_constant(__value, __key, __data) \
127 __builtin_ptrauth_sign_constant(__value, __key, __data)
128
129/* Add a signature to the given pointer value using a specific key,
130 using the given extra data as a salt to the signing process.
131
132 This operation does not authenticate the original value and is
133 therefore potentially insecure if an attacker could possibly
134 control that value.
135
136 The value must be an expression of pointer type.
137 The key must be a constant expression of type ptrauth_key.
138 The extra data must be an expression of pointer or integer type;
139 if an integer, it will be coerced to ptrauth_extra_data_t.
140 The result will have the same type as the original value. */
141#define ptrauth_sign_unauthenticated(__value, __key, __data) \
142 __builtin_ptrauth_sign_unauthenticated(__value, __key, __data)
143
144/* Authenticate a pointer using one scheme and resign it using another.
145
146 If the result is subsequently authenticated using the new scheme, that
147 authentication is guaranteed to fail if and only if the initial
148 authentication failed.
149
150 The value must be an expression of pointer type.
151 The key must be a constant expression of type ptrauth_key.
152 The extra data must be an expression of pointer or integer type;
153 if an integer, it will be coerced to ptrauth_extra_data_t.
154 The result will have the same type as the original value.
155
156 This operation is guaranteed to not leave the intermediate value
157 available for attack before it is re-signed.
158
159 Do not pass a null pointer to this function. A null pointer
160 will not successfully authenticate.
161
162 This operation traps if the authentication fails. */
163#define ptrauth_auth_and_resign(__value, __old_key, __old_data, __new_key, \
164 __new_data) \
165 __builtin_ptrauth_auth_and_resign(__value, __old_key, __old_data, __new_key, \
166 __new_data)
167
168/* Authenticate a pointer using one scheme and resign it as a C
169 function pointer.
170
171 If the result is subsequently authenticated using the new scheme, that
172 authentication is guaranteed to fail if and only if the initial
173 authentication failed.
174
175 The value must be an expression of function pointer type.
176 The key must be a constant expression of type ptrauth_key.
177 The extra data must be an expression of pointer or integer type;
178 if an integer, it will be coerced to ptrauth_extra_data_t.
179 The result will have the same type as the original value.
180
181 This operation is guaranteed to not leave the intermediate value
182 available for attack before it is re-signed. Additionally, if this
183 expression is used syntactically as the function expression in a
184 call, only a single authentication will be performed. */
185#define ptrauth_auth_function(__value, __old_key, __old_data) \
186 ptrauth_auth_and_resign(__value, __old_key, __old_data, \
187 ptrauth_key_function_pointer, 0)
188
189/* Authenticate a data pointer.
190
191 The value must be an expression of non-function pointer type.
192 The key must be a constant expression of type ptrauth_key.
193 The extra data must be an expression of pointer or integer type;
194 if an integer, it will be coerced to ptrauth_extra_data_t.
195 The result will have the same type as the original value.
196
197 This operation traps if the authentication fails. */
198#define ptrauth_auth_data(__value, __old_key, __old_data) \
199 __builtin_ptrauth_auth(__value, __old_key, __old_data)
200
201/* Compute a constant discriminator from the given string.
202
203 The argument must be a string literal of char character type. The result
204 has type ptrauth_extra_data_t.
205
206 The result value is never zero and always within range for both the
207 __ptrauth qualifier and ptrauth_blend_discriminator.
208
209 This can be used in constant expressions.
210*/
211#define ptrauth_string_discriminator(__string) \
212 __builtin_ptrauth_string_discriminator(__string)
213
214/* Compute a constant discriminator from the given type.
215
216 The result can be used as the second argument to
217 ptrauth_blend_discriminator or the third argument to the
218 __ptrauth qualifier. It has type size_t.
219
220 If the type is a C++ member function pointer type, the result is
221 the discriminator used to signed member function pointers of that
222 type. If the type is a function, function pointer, or function
223 reference type, the result is the discriminator used to sign
224 functions of that type. It is ill-formed to use this macro with any
225 other type.
226
227 A call to this function is an integer constant expression. */
228#define ptrauth_type_discriminator(__type) \
229 __builtin_ptrauth_type_discriminator(__type)
230
231/* Compute a signature for the given pair of pointer-sized values.
232 The order of the arguments is significant.
233
234 Like a pointer signature, the resulting signature depends on
235 private key data and therefore should not be reliably reproducible
236 by attackers. That means that this can be used to validate the
237 integrity of arbitrary data by storing a signature for that data
238 alongside it, then checking that the signature is still valid later.
239 Data which exceeds two pointers in size can be signed by either
240 computing a tree of generic signatures or just signing an ordinary
241 cryptographic hash of the data.
242
243 The result has type ptrauth_generic_signature_t. However, it may
244 not have as many bits of entropy as that type's width would suggest;
245 some implementations are known to compute a compressed signature as
246 if the arguments were a pointer and a discriminator.
247
248 The arguments must be either pointers or integers; if integers, they
249 will be coerce to uintptr_t. */
250#define ptrauth_sign_generic_data(__value, __data) \
251 __builtin_ptrauth_sign_generic_data(__value, __data)
252
253/* C++ vtable pointer signing class attribute */
254#define ptrauth_cxx_vtable_pointer(key, address_discrimination, \
255 extra_discrimination...) \
256 [[clang::ptrauth_vtable_pointer(key, address_discrimination, \
257 extra_discrimination)]]
258
259/* The value is ptrauth_string_discriminator("init_fini") */
260#define __ptrauth_init_fini_discriminator 0xd9d4
261
262#else
263
264#define ptrauth_strip(__value, __key) \
265 ({ \
266 (void)__key; \
267 __value; \
268 })
269
270#define ptrauth_blend_discriminator(__pointer, __integer) \
271 ({ \
272 (void)__pointer; \
273 (void)__integer; \
274 ((ptrauth_extra_data_t)0); \
275 })
276
277#define ptrauth_sign_constant(__value, __key, __data) \
278 ({ \
279 (void)__key; \
280 (void)__data; \
281 __value; \
282 })
283
284#define ptrauth_sign_unauthenticated(__value, __key, __data) \
285 ({ \
286 (void)__key; \
287 (void)__data; \
288 __value; \
289 })
290
291#define ptrauth_auth_and_resign(__value, __old_key, __old_data, __new_key, \
292 __new_data) \
293 ({ \
294 (void)__old_key; \
295 (void)__old_data; \
296 (void)__new_key; \
297 (void)__new_data; \
298 __value; \
299 })
300
301#define ptrauth_auth_function(__value, __old_key, __old_data) \
302 ({ \
303 (void)__old_key; \
304 (void)__old_data; \
305 __value; \
306 })
307
308#define ptrauth_auth_data(__value, __old_key, __old_data) \
309 ({ \
310 (void)__old_key; \
311 (void)__old_data; \
312 __value; \
313 })
314
315#define ptrauth_string_discriminator(__string) \
316 ({ \
317 (void)__string; \
318 ((ptrauth_extra_data_t)0); \
319 })
320
321#define ptrauth_type_discriminator(__type) ((ptrauth_extra_data_t)0)
322
323#define ptrauth_sign_generic_data(__value, __data) \
324 ({ \
325 (void)__value; \
326 (void)__data; \
327 ((ptrauth_generic_signature_t)0); \
328 })
329
330
331#define ptrauth_cxx_vtable_pointer(key, address_discrimination, \
332 extra_discrimination...)
333
334#endif /* __has_feature(ptrauth_intrinsics) */
335
336#endif /* __PTRAUTH_H */
__UINTPTR_TYPE__ ptrauth_extra_data_t
Definition: ptrauth.h:53
__UINTPTR_TYPE__ ptrauth_generic_signature_t
Definition: ptrauth.h:56
ptrauth_key
Definition: ptrauth.h:13
@ ptrauth_key_return_address
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@ ptrauth_key_process_independent_code
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@ ptrauth_key_process_dependent_code
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@ ptrauth_key_process_independent_data
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@ ptrauth_key_cxx_vtable_pointer
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@ ptrauth_key_asia
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@ ptrauth_key_init_fini_pointer
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@ ptrauth_key_asda
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@ ptrauth_key_asib
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@ ptrauth_key_process_dependent_data
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@ ptrauth_key_function_pointer
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@ ptrauth_key_asdb
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