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cgzones
f7956954e5
Merge 96836f463b into ff99511eb4 2025-09-21 12:19:30 +02:00
charles25565
ff99511eb4 Update dependencies in README
Update from bookworm to trixie, updating GKIs, and changing to Android 16.
2025-09-17 11:03:53 -04:00
Christian Göttsche
96836f463b linux: make use of mseal(2)
Instead of protecting the global read-only data structure after startup
via the read-only flag, which can be reverted, use the in Linux 6.10
introduced irreversible syscall mseal(2).
2024-07-27 11:37:59 +02:00
4 changed files with 30 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ used instead as this allocator fundamentally doesn't support that environment.
## Dependencies
Debian stable (currently Debian 12) determines the most ancient set of
Debian stable (currently Debian 13) determines the most ancient set of
supported dependencies:
* glibc 2.36
* Linux 6.1
* Clang 14.0.6 or GCC 12.2.0
* glibc 2.41
* Linux 6.12
* Clang 19.1.7 or GCC 14.2.0
For Android, the Linux GKI 5.10, 5.15 and 6.1 branches are supported.
For Android, the Linux GKI 6.1, 6.6 and 6.12 branches are supported.
However, using more recent releases is highly recommended. Older versions of
the dependencies may be compatible at the moment but are not tested and will
@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ there will be custom integration offering better performance in the future
along with other hardening for the C standard library implementation.
For Android, only the current generation, actively developed maintenance branch of the Android
Open Source Project will be supported, which currently means `android15-release`.
Open Source Project will be supported, which currently means `android16-release`.
## Testing

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@ -1295,7 +1295,12 @@ COLD static void init_slow_path(void) {
atomic_store_explicit(&ro.slab_region_end, slab_region_end, memory_order_release);
#if defined(__ANDROID__) && defined(HAS_ARM_MTE)
/* Do not seal to support disabling memory tagging */
if (unlikely(memory_protect_ro(&ro, sizeof(ro)))) {
#else
if (unlikely(memory_protect_seal(&ro, sizeof(ro)))) {
#endif
fatal_error("failed to protect allocator data");
}
memory_set_name(&ro, sizeof(ro), "malloc read-only after init");

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@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#ifdef LABEL_MEMORY
#include <sys/prctl.h>
@ -91,6 +93,22 @@ bool memory_protect_rw_metadata(void *ptr, size_t size) {
return memory_protect_prot(ptr, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, get_metadata_key());
}
COLD bool memory_protect_seal(void *ptr, size_t size) {
#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__NR_mseal)
/* supported since Linux 6.10 */
int ret = syscall(__NR_mseal, ptr, size, 0);
if (ret == 0)
return false;
if (unlikely(errno == ENOMEM))
return true;
if (errno == ENOSYS)
return memory_protect_ro(ptr, size);
fatal_error("non-ENOMEM and non-ENOSYS mseal failure");
#else
return memory_protect_ro(ptr, size);
#endif
}
#ifdef HAVE_COMPATIBLE_MREMAP
bool memory_remap(void *old, size_t old_size, size_t new_size) {
void *ptr = mremap(old, old_size, new_size, 0);

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@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ bool memory_unmap(void *ptr, size_t size);
bool memory_protect_ro(void *ptr, size_t size);
bool memory_protect_rw(void *ptr, size_t size);
bool memory_protect_rw_metadata(void *ptr, size_t size);
bool memory_protect_seal(void *ptr, size_t size);
#ifdef HAVE_COMPATIBLE_MREMAP
bool memory_remap(void *old, size_t old_size, size_t new_size);
bool memory_remap_fixed(void *old, size_t old_size, void *new, size_t new_size);