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1 /*
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28 
29 #include "linker_main.h"
30 
31 #include "linker_debug.h"
32 #include "linker_cfi.h"
33 #include "linker_gdb_support.h"
34 #include "linker_globals.h"
35 #include "linker_phdr.h"
36 #include "linker_utils.h"
37 
38 #include "private/bionic_globals.h"
39 #include "private/bionic_tls.h"
40 #include "private/KernelArgumentBlock.h"
41 
42 #include "android-base/strings.h"
43 #include "android-base/stringprintf.h"
44 #ifdef __ANDROID__
45 #include "debuggerd/handler.h"
46 #endif
47 
48 #include <async_safe/log.h>
49 
50 #include <vector>
51 
52 extern void __libc_init_globals(KernelArgumentBlock&);
53 extern void __libc_init_AT_SECURE(KernelArgumentBlock&);
54 
55 extern "C" void _start();
56 
57 static ElfW(Addr) get_elf_exec_load_bias(const ElfW(Ehdr)* elf);
58 
59 // These should be preserved static to avoid emitting
60 // RELATIVE relocations for the part of the code running
61 // before linker links itself.
62 
63 // TODO (dimtiry): remove somain, rename solist to solist_head
64 static soinfo* solist;
65 static soinfo* sonext;
66 static soinfo* somain; // main process, always the one after libdl_info
67 
solist_add_soinfo(soinfo * si)68 void solist_add_soinfo(soinfo* si) {
69   sonext->next = si;
70   sonext = si;
71 }
72 
solist_remove_soinfo(soinfo * si)73 bool solist_remove_soinfo(soinfo* si) {
74   soinfo *prev = nullptr, *trav;
75   for (trav = solist; trav != nullptr; trav = trav->next) {
76     if (trav == si) {
77       break;
78     }
79     prev = trav;
80   }
81 
82   if (trav == nullptr) {
83     // si was not in solist
84     PRINT("name \"%s\"@%p is not in solist!", si->get_realpath(), si);
85     return false;
86   }
87 
88   // prev will never be null, because the first entry in solist is
89   // always the static libdl_info.
90   CHECK(prev != nullptr);
91   prev->next = si->next;
92   if (si == sonext) {
93     sonext = prev;
94   }
95 
96   return true;
97 }
98 
solist_get_head()99 soinfo* solist_get_head() {
100   return solist;
101 }
102 
solist_get_somain()103 soinfo* solist_get_somain() {
104   return somain;
105 }
106 
107 int g_ld_debug_verbosity;
108 abort_msg_t* g_abort_message = nullptr; // For debuggerd.
109 
110 static std::vector<std::string> g_ld_preload_names;
111 
112 static std::vector<soinfo*> g_ld_preloads;
113 
parse_path(const char * path,const char * delimiters,std::vector<std::string> * resolved_paths)114 static void parse_path(const char* path, const char* delimiters,
115                        std::vector<std::string>* resolved_paths) {
116   std::vector<std::string> paths;
117   split_path(path, delimiters, &paths);
118   resolve_paths(paths, resolved_paths);
119 }
120 
parse_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(const char * path)121 static void parse_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(const char* path) {
122   std::vector<std::string> ld_libary_paths;
123   parse_path(path, ":", &ld_libary_paths);
124   g_default_namespace.set_ld_library_paths(std::move(ld_libary_paths));
125 }
126 
parse_LD_PRELOAD(const char * path)127 static void parse_LD_PRELOAD(const char* path) {
128   g_ld_preload_names.clear();
129   if (path != nullptr) {
130     // We have historically supported ':' as well as ' ' in LD_PRELOAD.
131     g_ld_preload_names = android::base::Split(path, " :");
132     std::remove_if(g_ld_preload_names.begin(),
133                    g_ld_preload_names.end(),
134                    [] (const std::string& s) { return s.empty(); });
135   }
136 }
137 
138 // An empty list of soinfos
139 static soinfo_list_t g_empty_list;
140 
add_vdso(KernelArgumentBlock & args)141 static void add_vdso(KernelArgumentBlock& args) {
142   ElfW(Ehdr)* ehdr_vdso = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Ehdr)*>(args.getauxval(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR));
143   if (ehdr_vdso == nullptr) {
144     return;
145   }
146 
147   soinfo* si = soinfo_alloc(&g_default_namespace, "[vdso]", nullptr, 0, 0);
148 
149   si->phdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Phdr)*>(reinterpret_cast<char*>(ehdr_vdso) + ehdr_vdso->e_phoff);
150   si->phnum = ehdr_vdso->e_phnum;
151   si->base = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(ehdr_vdso);
152   si->size = phdr_table_get_load_size(si->phdr, si->phnum);
153   si->load_bias = get_elf_exec_load_bias(ehdr_vdso);
154 
155   si->prelink_image();
156   si->link_image(g_empty_list, soinfo_list_t::make_list(si), nullptr);
157 }
158 
159 /* gdb expects the linker to be in the debug shared object list.
160  * Without this, gdb has trouble locating the linker's ".text"
161  * and ".plt" sections. Gdb could also potentially use this to
162  * relocate the offset of our exported 'rtld_db_dlactivity' symbol.
163  * Note that the linker shouldn't be on the soinfo list.
164  */
165 static link_map linker_link_map;
166 
init_linker_info_for_gdb(ElfW (Addr)linker_base,char * linker_path)167 static void init_linker_info_for_gdb(ElfW(Addr) linker_base, char* linker_path) {
168   linker_link_map.l_addr = linker_base;
169   linker_link_map.l_name = linker_path;
170 
171   /*
172    * Set the dynamic field in the link map otherwise gdb will complain with
173    * the following:
174    *   warning: .dynamic section for "/system/bin/linker" is not at the
175    *   expected address (wrong library or version mismatch?)
176    */
177   ElfW(Ehdr)* elf_hdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Ehdr)*>(linker_base);
178   ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Phdr)*>(linker_base + elf_hdr->e_phoff);
179   phdr_table_get_dynamic_section(phdr, elf_hdr->e_phnum, linker_base,
180                                  &linker_link_map.l_ld, nullptr);
181 
182 }
183 
184 extern "C" int __system_properties_init(void);
185 
get_executable_path()186 static const char* get_executable_path() {
187   static std::string executable_path;
188   if (executable_path.empty()) {
189     char path[PATH_MAX];
190     ssize_t path_len = readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, sizeof(path));
191     if (path_len == -1 || path_len >= static_cast<ssize_t>(sizeof(path))) {
192       async_safe_fatal("readlink('/proc/self/exe') failed: %s", strerror(errno));
193     }
194     executable_path = std::string(path, path_len);
195   }
196 
197   return executable_path.c_str();
198 }
199 
200 #if defined(__LP64__)
201 static char kLinkerPath[] = "/system/bin/linker64";
202 #else
203 static char kLinkerPath[] = "/system/bin/linker";
204 #endif
205 
206 /*
207  * This code is called after the linker has linked itself and
208  * fixed it's own GOT. It is safe to make references to externs
209  * and other non-local data at this point.
210  */
__linker_init_post_relocation(KernelArgumentBlock & args)211 static ElfW(Addr) __linker_init_post_relocation(KernelArgumentBlock& args) {
212   ProtectedDataGuard guard;
213 
214 #if TIMING
215   struct timeval t0, t1;
216   gettimeofday(&t0, 0);
217 #endif
218 
219   // Sanitize the environment.
220   __libc_init_AT_SECURE(args);
221 
222   // Initialize system properties
223   __system_properties_init(); // may use 'environ'
224 
225   // Register the debuggerd signal handler.
226 #ifdef __ANDROID__
227   debuggerd_callbacks_t callbacks = {
228     .get_abort_message = []() {
229       return g_abort_message;
230     },
231     .post_dump = &notify_gdb_of_libraries,
232   };
233   debuggerd_init(&callbacks);
234 #endif
235 
236   g_linker_logger.ResetState();
237 
238   // Get a few environment variables.
239   const char* LD_DEBUG = getenv("LD_DEBUG");
240   if (LD_DEBUG != nullptr) {
241     g_ld_debug_verbosity = atoi(LD_DEBUG);
242   }
243 
244 #if defined(__LP64__)
245   INFO("[ Android dynamic linker (64-bit) ]");
246 #else
247   INFO("[ Android dynamic linker (32-bit) ]");
248 #endif
249 
250   // These should have been sanitized by __libc_init_AT_SECURE, but the test
251   // doesn't cost us anything.
252   const char* ldpath_env = nullptr;
253   const char* ldpreload_env = nullptr;
254   if (!getauxval(AT_SECURE)) {
255     ldpath_env = getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH");
256     if (ldpath_env != nullptr) {
257       INFO("[ LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to \"%s\" ]", ldpath_env);
258     }
259     ldpreload_env = getenv("LD_PRELOAD");
260     if (ldpreload_env != nullptr) {
261       INFO("[ LD_PRELOAD set to \"%s\" ]", ldpreload_env);
262     }
263   }
264 
265   struct stat file_stat;
266   // Stat "/proc/self/exe" instead of executable_path because
267   // the executable could be unlinked by this point and it should
268   // not cause a crash (see http://b/31084669)
269   if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(stat("/proc/self/exe", &file_stat)) != 0) {
270     async_safe_fatal("unable to stat \"/proc/self/exe\": %s", strerror(errno));
271   }
272 
273   const char* executable_path = get_executable_path();
274   soinfo* si = soinfo_alloc(&g_default_namespace, executable_path, &file_stat, 0, RTLD_GLOBAL);
275   if (si == nullptr) {
276     async_safe_fatal("Couldn't allocate soinfo: out of memory?");
277   }
278 
279   /* bootstrap the link map, the main exe always needs to be first */
280   si->set_main_executable();
281   link_map* map = &(si->link_map_head);
282 
283   // Register the main executable and the linker upfront to have
284   // gdb aware of them before loading the rest of the dependency
285   // tree.
286   map->l_addr = 0;
287   map->l_name = const_cast<char*>(executable_path);
288   insert_link_map_into_debug_map(map);
289   insert_link_map_into_debug_map(&linker_link_map);
290 
291   // Extract information passed from the kernel.
292   si->phdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Phdr)*>(args.getauxval(AT_PHDR));
293   si->phnum = args.getauxval(AT_PHNUM);
294 
295   /* Compute the value of si->base. We can't rely on the fact that
296    * the first entry is the PHDR because this will not be true
297    * for certain executables (e.g. some in the NDK unit test suite)
298    */
299   si->base = 0;
300   si->size = phdr_table_get_load_size(si->phdr, si->phnum);
301   si->load_bias = 0;
302   for (size_t i = 0; i < si->phnum; ++i) {
303     if (si->phdr[i].p_type == PT_PHDR) {
304       si->load_bias = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(si->phdr) - si->phdr[i].p_vaddr;
305       si->base = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(si->phdr) - si->phdr[i].p_offset;
306       break;
307     }
308   }
309 
310   if (si->base == 0) {
311     async_safe_fatal("Could not find a PHDR: broken executable?");
312   }
313 
314   si->dynamic = nullptr;
315 
316   ElfW(Ehdr)* elf_hdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Ehdr)*>(si->base);
317 
318   // We haven't supported non-PIE since Lollipop for security reasons.
319   if (elf_hdr->e_type != ET_DYN) {
320     // We don't use __libc_fatal here because we don't want a tombstone: it's
321     // been several years now but we still find ourselves on app compatibility
322     // investigations because some app's trying to launch an executable that
323     // hasn't worked in at least three years, and we've "helpfully" dropped a
324     // tombstone for them. The tombstone never provided any detail relevant to
325     // fixing the problem anyway, and the utility of drawing extra attention
326     // to the problem is non-existent at this late date.
327     async_safe_format_fd(STDERR_FILENO,
328                      "\"%s\": error: Android 5.0 and later only support "
329                      "position-independent executables (-fPIE).\n",
330                      g_argv[0]);
331     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
332   }
333 
334   // Use LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD (but only if we aren't setuid/setgid).
335   parse_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(ldpath_env);
336   parse_LD_PRELOAD(ldpreload_env);
337 
338   somain = si;
339 
340   std::vector<android_namespace_t*> namespaces = init_default_namespaces(executable_path);
341 
342   if (!si->prelink_image()) {
343     async_safe_fatal("CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s", g_argv[0], linker_get_error_buffer());
344   }
345 
346   // add somain to global group
347   si->set_dt_flags_1(si->get_dt_flags_1() | DF_1_GLOBAL);
348   // ... and add it to all other linked namespaces
349   for (auto linked_ns : namespaces) {
350     if (linked_ns != &g_default_namespace) {
351       linked_ns->add_soinfo(somain);
352       somain->add_secondary_namespace(linked_ns);
353     }
354   }
355 
356   // Load ld_preloads and dependencies.
357   std::vector<const char*> needed_library_name_list;
358   size_t ld_preloads_count = 0;
359 
360   for (const auto& ld_preload_name : g_ld_preload_names) {
361     needed_library_name_list.push_back(ld_preload_name.c_str());
362     ++ld_preloads_count;
363   }
364 
365   for_each_dt_needed(si, [&](const char* name) {
366     needed_library_name_list.push_back(name);
367   });
368 
369   const char** needed_library_names = &needed_library_name_list[0];
370   size_t needed_libraries_count = needed_library_name_list.size();
371 
372   // readers_map is shared across recursive calls to find_libraries so that we
373   // don't need to re-load elf headers.
374   std::unordered_map<const soinfo*, ElfReader> readers_map;
375   if (needed_libraries_count > 0 &&
376       !find_libraries(&g_default_namespace,
377                       si,
378                       needed_library_names,
379                       needed_libraries_count,
380                       nullptr,
381                       &g_ld_preloads,
382                       ld_preloads_count,
383                       RTLD_GLOBAL,
384                       nullptr,
385                       true /* add_as_children */,
386                       true /* search_linked_namespaces */,
387                       readers_map,
388                       &namespaces)) {
389     async_safe_fatal("CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s", g_argv[0], linker_get_error_buffer());
390   } else if (needed_libraries_count == 0) {
391     if (!si->link_image(g_empty_list, soinfo_list_t::make_list(si), nullptr)) {
392       async_safe_fatal("CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s", g_argv[0], linker_get_error_buffer());
393     }
394     si->increment_ref_count();
395   }
396 
397   add_vdso(args);
398 
399   if (!get_cfi_shadow()->InitialLinkDone(solist)) {
400     async_safe_fatal("CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s", g_argv[0], linker_get_error_buffer());
401   }
402 
403   si->call_pre_init_constructors();
404 
405   /* After the prelink_image, the si->load_bias is initialized.
406    * For so lib, the map->l_addr will be updated in notify_gdb_of_load.
407    * We need to update this value for so exe here. So Unwind_Backtrace
408    * for some arch like x86 could work correctly within so exe.
409    */
410   map->l_addr = si->load_bias;
411   si->call_constructors();
412 
413 #if TIMING
414   gettimeofday(&t1, nullptr);
415   PRINT("LINKER TIME: %s: %d microseconds", g_argv[0], (int) (
416            (((long long)t1.tv_sec * 1000000LL) + (long long)t1.tv_usec) -
417            (((long long)t0.tv_sec * 1000000LL) + (long long)t0.tv_usec)));
418 #endif
419 #if STATS
420   PRINT("RELO STATS: %s: %d abs, %d rel, %d copy, %d symbol", g_argv[0],
421          linker_stats.count[kRelocAbsolute],
422          linker_stats.count[kRelocRelative],
423          linker_stats.count[kRelocCopy],
424          linker_stats.count[kRelocSymbol]);
425 #endif
426 #if COUNT_PAGES
427   {
428     unsigned n;
429     unsigned i;
430     unsigned count = 0;
431     for (n = 0; n < 4096; n++) {
432       if (bitmask[n]) {
433         unsigned x = bitmask[n];
434 #if defined(__LP64__)
435         for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
436 #else
437         for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
438 #endif
439           if (x & 1) {
440             count++;
441           }
442           x >>= 1;
443         }
444       }
445     }
446     PRINT("PAGES MODIFIED: %s: %d (%dKB)", g_argv[0], count, count * 4);
447   }
448 #endif
449 
450 #if TIMING || STATS || COUNT_PAGES
451   fflush(stdout);
452 #endif
453 
454   ElfW(Addr) entry = args.getauxval(AT_ENTRY);
455   TRACE("[ Ready to execute \"%s\" @ %p ]", si->get_realpath(), reinterpret_cast<void*>(entry));
456   return entry;
457 }
458 
459 /* Compute the load-bias of an existing executable. This shall only
460  * be used to compute the load bias of an executable or shared library
461  * that was loaded by the kernel itself.
462  *
463  * Input:
464  *    elf    -> address of ELF header, assumed to be at the start of the file.
465  * Return:
466  *    load bias, i.e. add the value of any p_vaddr in the file to get
467  *    the corresponding address in memory.
468  */
469 static ElfW(Addr) get_elf_exec_load_bias(const ElfW(Ehdr)* elf) {
470   ElfW(Addr) offset = elf->e_phoff;
471   const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table =
472       reinterpret_cast<const ElfW(Phdr)*>(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(elf) + offset);
473   const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_end = phdr_table + elf->e_phnum;
474 
475   for (const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = phdr_table; phdr < phdr_end; phdr++) {
476     if (phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD) {
477       return reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(elf) + phdr->p_offset - phdr->p_vaddr;
478     }
479   }
480   return 0;
481 }
482 
483 static void __linker_cannot_link(const char* argv0) {
484   async_safe_fatal("CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s", argv0, linker_get_error_buffer());
485 }
486 
487 /*
488  * This is the entry point for the linker, called from begin.S. This
489  * method is responsible for fixing the linker's own relocations, and
490  * then calling __linker_init_post_relocation().
491  *
492  * Because this method is called before the linker has fixed it's own
493  * relocations, any attempt to reference an extern variable, extern
494  * function, or other GOT reference will generate a segfault.
495  */
496 extern "C" ElfW(Addr) __linker_init(void* raw_args) {
497   KernelArgumentBlock args(raw_args);
498 
499   // AT_BASE is set to 0 in the case when linker is run by iself
500   // so in order to link the linker it needs to calcuate AT_BASE
501   // using information at hand. The trick below takes advantage
502   // of the fact that the value of linktime_addr before relocations
503   // are run is an offset and this can be used to calculate AT_BASE.
504   static uintptr_t linktime_addr = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(&linktime_addr);
505   ElfW(Addr) linker_addr = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(&linktime_addr) - linktime_addr;
506 
507 #if defined(__clang_analyzer__)
508   // The analyzer assumes that linker_addr will always be null. Make it an
509   // unknown value so we don't have to mark N places with NOLINTs.
510   //
511   // (`+=`, rather than `=`, allows us to sidestep a potential "unused store"
512   // complaint)
513   linker_addr += reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(raw_args);
514 #endif
515 
516   ElfW(Addr) entry_point = args.getauxval(AT_ENTRY);
517   ElfW(Ehdr)* elf_hdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Ehdr)*>(linker_addr);
518   ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Phdr)*>(linker_addr + elf_hdr->e_phoff);
519 
520   soinfo linker_so(nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, 0, 0);
521 
522   linker_so.base = linker_addr;
523   linker_so.size = phdr_table_get_load_size(phdr, elf_hdr->e_phnum);
524   linker_so.load_bias = get_elf_exec_load_bias(elf_hdr);
525   linker_so.dynamic = nullptr;
526   linker_so.phdr = phdr;
527   linker_so.phnum = elf_hdr->e_phnum;
528   linker_so.set_linker_flag();
529 
530   // Prelink the linker so we can access linker globals.
531   if (!linker_so.prelink_image()) __linker_cannot_link(args.argv[0]);
532 
533   // This might not be obvious... The reasons why we pass g_empty_list
534   // in place of local_group here are (1) we do not really need it, because
535   // linker is built with DT_SYMBOLIC and therefore relocates its symbols against
536   // itself without having to look into local_group and (2) allocators
537   // are not yet initialized, and therefore we cannot use linked_list.push_*
538   // functions at this point.
539   if (!linker_so.link_image(g_empty_list, g_empty_list, nullptr)) __linker_cannot_link(args.argv[0]);
540 
541 #if defined(__i386__)
542   // On x86, we can't make system calls before this point.
543   // We can't move this up because this needs to assign to a global.
544   // Note that until we call __libc_init_main_thread below we have
545   // no TLS, so you shouldn't make a system call that can fail, because
546   // it will SEGV when it tries to set errno.
547   __libc_init_sysinfo(args);
548 #endif
549 
550   // Initialize the main thread (including TLS, so system calls really work).
551   __libc_init_main_thread(args);
552 
553   // We didn't protect the linker's RELRO pages in link_image because we
554   // couldn't make system calls on x86 at that point, but we can now...
555   if (!linker_so.protect_relro()) __linker_cannot_link(args.argv[0]);
556 
557   // Initialize the linker's static libc's globals
558   __libc_init_globals(args);
559 
560   // store argc/argv/envp to use them for calling constructors
561   g_argc = args.argc;
562   g_argv = args.argv;
563   g_envp = args.envp;
564 
565   // Initialize the linker's own global variables
566   linker_so.call_constructors();
567 
568   // If the linker is not acting as PT_INTERP entry_point is equal to
569   // _start. Which means that the linker is running as an executable and
570   // already linked by PT_INTERP.
571   //
572   // This happens when user tries to run 'adb shell /system/bin/linker'
573   // see also https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=63174
574   if (reinterpret_cast<ElfW(Addr)>(&_start) == entry_point) {
575     async_safe_format_fd(STDOUT_FILENO,
576                      "This is %s, the helper program for dynamic executables.\n",
577                      args.argv[0]);
578     exit(0);
579   }
580 
581   init_linker_info_for_gdb(linker_addr, kLinkerPath);
582 
583   // Initialize static variables. Note that in order to
584   // get correct libdl_info we need to call constructors
585   // before get_libdl_info().
586   sonext = solist = get_libdl_info(kLinkerPath, linker_link_map);
587   g_default_namespace.add_soinfo(solist);
588 
589   // We have successfully fixed our own relocations. It's safe to run
590   // the main part of the linker now.
591   args.abort_message_ptr = &g_abort_message;
592   ElfW(Addr) start_address = __linker_init_post_relocation(args);
593 
594   INFO("[ Jumping to _start (%p)... ]", reinterpret_cast<void*>(start_address));
595 
596   // Return the address that the calling assembly stub should jump to.
597   return start_address;
598 }
599