gcc-plugins: Add the randstruct plugin
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Sat, 6 May 2017 06:37:45 +0000 (23:37 -0700)
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Thu, 22 Jun 2017 23:15:45 +0000 (16:15 -0700)
This randstruct plugin is modified from Brad Spengler/PaX Team's code
in the last public patch of grsecurity/PaX based on my understanding
of the code. Changes or omissions from the original code are mine and
don't reflect the original grsecurity/PaX code.

The randstruct GCC plugin randomizes the layout of selected structures
at compile time, as a probabilistic defense against attacks that need to
know the layout of structures within the kernel. This is most useful for
"in-house" kernel builds where neither the randomization seed nor other
build artifacts are made available to an attacker. While less useful for
distribution kernels (where the randomization seed must be exposed for
third party kernel module builds), it still has some value there since now
all kernel builds would need to be tracked by an attacker.

In more performance sensitive scenarios, GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE
can be selected to make a best effort to restrict randomization to
cacheline-sized groups of elements, and will not randomize bitfields. This
comes at the cost of reduced randomization.

Two annotations are defined,__randomize_layout and __no_randomize_layout,
which respectively tell the plugin to either randomize or not to
randomize instances of the struct in question. Follow-on patches enable
the auto-detection logic for selecting structures for randomization
that contain only function pointers. It is disabled here to assist with
bisection.

Since any randomized structs must be initialized using designated
initializers, __randomize_layout includes the __designated_init annotation
even when the plugin is disabled so that all builds will require
the needed initialization. (With the plugin enabled, annotations for
automatically chosen structures are marked as well.)

The main differences between this implemenation and grsecurity are:
- disable automatic struct selection (to be enabled in follow-up patch)
- add designated_init attribute at runtime and for manual marking
- clarify debugging output to differentiate bad cast warnings
- add whitelisting infrastructure
- support gcc 7's DECL_ALIGN and DECL_MODE changes (Laura Abbott)
- raise minimum required GCC version to 4.7

Earlier versions of this patch series were ported by Michael Leibowitz.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Documentation/dontdiff
arch/Kconfig
include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
include/linux/compiler.h
include/linux/vermagic.h
scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
scripts/gcc-plugins/.gitignore [new file with mode: 0644]
scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-common.h
scripts/gcc-plugins/gen-random-seed.sh [new file with mode: 0644]
scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c [new file with mode: 0644]

index 77b92221f95127e8ccb11093c2ab9396a31262a4..e10a484629e4e08e13101da8f0efd355a3bd021a 100644 (file)
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ r200_reg_safe.h
 r300_reg_safe.h
 r420_reg_safe.h
 r600_reg_safe.h
+randomize_layout_hash.h
+randomize_layout_seed.h
 recordmcount
 relocs
 rlim_names.h
index 6c00e5b00f8bd6ac4127b80fed79070843826069..810bf206f22146d7d3649fb8964527aa87d2d838 100644 (file)
@@ -443,6 +443,45 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE
          initialized. Since not all existing initializers are detected
          by the plugin, this can produce false positive warnings.
 
+config GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT
+       bool "Randomize layout of sensitive kernel structures"
+       depends on GCC_PLUGINS
+       select MODVERSIONS if MODULES
+       help
+         If you say Y here, the layouts of structures explicitly
+         marked by __randomize_layout will be randomized at
+         compile-time.  This can introduce the requirement of an
+         additional information exposure vulnerability for exploits
+         targeting these structure types.
+
+         Enabling this feature will introduce some performance impact,
+         slightly increase memory usage, and prevent the use of forensic
+         tools like Volatility against the system (unless the kernel
+         source tree isn't cleaned after kernel installation).
+
+         The seed used for compilation is located at
+         scripts/gcc-plgins/randomize_layout_seed.h.  It remains after
+         a make clean to allow for external modules to be compiled with
+         the existing seed and will be removed by a make mrproper or
+         make distclean.
+
+         Note that the implementation requires gcc 4.7 or newer.
+
+         This plugin was ported from grsecurity/PaX. More information at:
+          * https://grsecurity.net/
+          * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
+
+config GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE
+       bool "Use cacheline-aware structure randomization"
+       depends on GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT
+       depends on !COMPILE_TEST
+       help
+         If you say Y here, the RANDSTRUCT randomization will make a
+         best effort at restricting randomization to cacheline-sized
+         groups of elements.  It will further not randomize bitfields
+         in structures.  This reduces the performance hit of RANDSTRUCT
+         at the cost of weakened randomization.
+
 config HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
        bool
        help
index 386caf6771ed58ba168700e1568d798d8ec96044..7deaae3dc87d76915ccc9a6b912336f5bc68bcbc 100644 (file)
 /* Mark a function definition as prohibited from being cloned. */
 #define __noclone      __attribute__((__noclone__, __optimize__("no-tracer")))
 
+#ifdef RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN
+#define __randomize_layout __attribute__((randomize_layout))
+#define __no_randomize_layout __attribute__((no_randomize_layout))
+#endif
+
 #endif /* GCC_VERSION >= 40500 */
 
 #if GCC_VERSION >= 40600
index 80a1dea36cbe060303a00468fd168d2bd7da10b4..55ee9ee814f8f6fdce82d15baf09d5df05031e41 100644 (file)
@@ -448,6 +448,14 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
 # define __latent_entropy
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __randomize_layout
+# define __randomize_layout __designated_init
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __no_randomize_layout
+# define __no_randomize_layout
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Tell gcc if a function is cold. The compiler will assume any path
  * directly leading to the call is unlikely.
index 6f8fbcf10dfb8ac6dd3ead787c5e4cf27e142c42..af6c03f7f986290b7efd01f27bdb1b81eae4e7bd 100644 (file)
 #ifndef MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC
 #define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC ""
 #endif
+#ifdef RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN
+#include <generated/randomize_layout_hash.h>
+#define MODULE_RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN "RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN_" RANDSTRUCT_HASHED_SEED
+#else
+#define MODULE_RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN
+#endif
 
 #define VERMAGIC_STRING                                                \
        UTS_RELEASE " "                                                 \
        MODULE_VERMAGIC_SMP MODULE_VERMAGIC_PREEMPT                     \
        MODULE_VERMAGIC_MODULE_UNLOAD MODULE_VERMAGIC_MODVERSIONS       \
-       MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC
+       MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC                                            \
+       MODULE_RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN
 
index 82335533620e0df172feade18b471623c9bfeb6b..2e0e2eaa397fa05c6b25247092ba0035fd6417f8 100644 (file)
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS
   gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE)    += -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-verbose
   gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK)    += -DSTRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN
 
+  gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT)   += randomize_layout_plugin.so
+  gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT)    += -DRANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN
+  gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE)        += -fplugin-arg-randomize_layout_plugin-performance-mode
+
   GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS := $(strip $(addprefix -fplugin=$(objtree)/scripts/gcc-plugins/, $(gcc-plugin-y)) $(gcc-plugin-cflags-y))
 
   export PLUGINCC GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS GCC_PLUGIN GCC_PLUGIN_SUBDIR
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/.gitignore b/scripts/gcc-plugins/.gitignore
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..de92ed9
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+randomize_layout_seed.h
index 8b29dc17c73cad2730531464d3528c27973cb659..214eb2335c31183e8fa438dfd6ad4a9ef3497209 100644 (file)
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ endif
 
 export HOSTLIBS
 
+$(obj)/randomize_layout_plugin.o: $(objtree)/$(obj)/randomize_layout_seed.h
+quiet_cmd_create_randomize_layout_seed = GENSEED $@
+cmd_create_randomize_layout_seed = \
+  $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/$(src)/gen-random-seed.sh $@ $(objtree)/include/generated/randomize_layout_hash.h
+$(objtree)/$(obj)/randomize_layout_seed.h: FORCE
+       $(call if_changed,create_randomize_layout_seed)
+targets = randomize_layout_seed.h randomize_layout_hash.h
+
 $(HOSTLIBS)-y := $(foreach p,$(GCC_PLUGIN),$(if $(findstring /,$(p)),,$(p)))
 always := $($(HOSTLIBS)-y)
 
index 918953ca45274328dddf1b965d66d6294c2d5d54..6948898b3cdf8632e7a2b6c1bbe0530ea042c1ca 100644 (file)
@@ -953,4 +953,9 @@ static inline void debug_gimple_stmt(const_gimple s)
        get_inner_reference(exp, pbitsize, pbitpos, poffset, pmode, punsignedp, preversep, pvolatilep)
 #endif
 
+#if BUILDING_GCC_VERSION < 7000
+#define SET_DECL_ALIGN(decl, align)    DECL_ALIGN(decl) = (align)
+#define SET_DECL_MODE(decl, mode)      DECL_MODE(decl) = (mode)
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/gen-random-seed.sh b/scripts/gcc-plugins/gen-random-seed.sh
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..7514850
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
+       SEED=`od -A n -t x8 -N 32 /dev/urandom | tr -d ' \n'`
+       echo "const char *randstruct_seed = \"$SEED\";" > "$1"
+       HASH=`echo -n "$SEED" | sha256sum | cut -d" " -f1 | tr -d ' \n'`
+       echo "#define RANDSTRUCT_HASHED_SEED \"$HASH\"" > "$2"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c b/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..e1d1ba2
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,1020 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2016 by Open Source Security, Inc., Brad Spengler <spender@grsecurity.net>
+ *                   and PaX Team <pageexec@freemail.hu>
+ * Licensed under the GPL v2
+ *
+ * Note: the choice of the license means that the compilation process is
+ *       NOT 'eligible' as defined by gcc's library exception to the GPL v3,
+ *       but for the kernel it doesn't matter since it doesn't link against
+ *       any of the gcc libraries
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ * $ # for 4.5/4.6/C based 4.7
+ * $ gcc -I`gcc -print-file-name=plugin`/include -I`gcc -print-file-name=plugin`/include/c-family -fPIC -shared -O2 -o randomize_layout_plugin.so randomize_layout_plugin.c
+ * $ # for C++ based 4.7/4.8+
+ * $ g++ -I`g++ -print-file-name=plugin`/include -I`g++ -print-file-name=plugin`/include/c-family -fPIC -shared -O2 -o randomize_layout_plugin.so randomize_layout_plugin.c
+ * $ gcc -fplugin=./randomize_layout_plugin.so test.c -O2
+ */
+
+#include "gcc-common.h"
+#include "randomize_layout_seed.h"
+
+#if BUILDING_GCC_MAJOR < 4 || (BUILDING_GCC_MAJOR == 4 && BUILDING_GCC_MINOR < 7)
+#error "The RANDSTRUCT plugin requires GCC 4.7 or newer."
+#endif
+
+#define ORIG_TYPE_NAME(node) \
+       (TYPE_NAME(TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(node)) != NULL_TREE ? ((const unsigned char *)IDENTIFIER_POINTER(TYPE_NAME(TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(node)))) : (const unsigned char *)"anonymous")
+
+#define INFORM(loc, msg, ...)  inform(loc, "randstruct: " msg, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define MISMATCH(loc, how, ...)        INFORM(loc, "casting between randomized structure pointer types (" how "): %qT and %qT\n", __VA_ARGS__)
+
+__visible int plugin_is_GPL_compatible;
+
+static int performance_mode;
+
+static struct plugin_info randomize_layout_plugin_info = {
+       .version        = "201402201816vanilla",
+       .help           = "disable\t\t\tdo not activate plugin\n"
+                         "performance-mode\tenable cacheline-aware layout randomization\n"
+};
+
+struct whitelist_entry {
+       const char *pathname;
+       const char *lhs;
+       const char *rhs;
+};
+
+static const struct whitelist_entry whitelist[] = {
+       { }
+};
+
+/* from old Linux dcache.h */
+static inline unsigned long
+partial_name_hash(unsigned long c, unsigned long prevhash)
+{
+       return (prevhash + (c << 4) + (c >> 4)) * 11;
+}
+static inline unsigned int
+name_hash(const unsigned char *name)
+{
+       unsigned long hash = 0;
+       unsigned int len = strlen((const char *)name);
+       while (len--)
+               hash = partial_name_hash(*name++, hash);
+       return (unsigned int)hash;
+}
+
+static tree handle_randomize_layout_attr(tree *node, tree name, tree args, int flags, bool *no_add_attrs)
+{
+       tree type;
+
+       *no_add_attrs = true;
+       if (TREE_CODE(*node) == FUNCTION_DECL) {
+               error("%qE attribute does not apply to functions (%qF)", name, *node);
+               return NULL_TREE;
+       }
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(*node) == PARM_DECL) {
+               error("%qE attribute does not apply to function parameters (%qD)", name, *node);
+               return NULL_TREE;
+       }
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(*node) == VAR_DECL) {
+               error("%qE attribute does not apply to variables (%qD)", name, *node);
+               return NULL_TREE;
+       }
+
+       if (TYPE_P(*node)) {
+               type = *node;
+       } else {
+               gcc_assert(TREE_CODE(*node) == TYPE_DECL);
+               type = TREE_TYPE(*node);
+       }
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(type) != RECORD_TYPE) {
+               error("%qE attribute used on %qT applies to struct types only", name, type);
+               return NULL_TREE;
+       }
+
+       if (lookup_attribute(IDENTIFIER_POINTER(name), TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type))) {
+               error("%qE attribute is already applied to the type %qT", name, type);
+               return NULL_TREE;
+       }
+
+       *no_add_attrs = false;
+
+       return NULL_TREE;
+}
+
+/* set on complete types that we don't need to inspect further at all */
+static tree handle_randomize_considered_attr(tree *node, tree name, tree args, int flags, bool *no_add_attrs)
+{
+       *no_add_attrs = false;
+       return NULL_TREE;
+}
+
+/*
+ * set on types that we've performed a shuffle on, to prevent re-shuffling
+ * this does not preclude us from inspecting its fields for potential shuffles
+ */
+static tree handle_randomize_performed_attr(tree *node, tree name, tree args, int flags, bool *no_add_attrs)
+{
+       *no_add_attrs = false;
+       return NULL_TREE;
+}
+
+/*
+ * 64bit variant of Bob Jenkins' public domain PRNG
+ * 256 bits of internal state
+ */
+
+typedef unsigned long long u64;
+
+typedef struct ranctx { u64 a; u64 b; u64 c; u64 d; } ranctx;
+
+#define rot(x,k) (((x)<<(k))|((x)>>(64-(k))))
+static u64 ranval(ranctx *x) {
+       u64 e = x->a - rot(x->b, 7);
+       x->a = x->b ^ rot(x->c, 13);
+       x->b = x->c + rot(x->d, 37);
+       x->c = x->d + e;
+       x->d = e + x->a;
+       return x->d;
+}
+
+static void raninit(ranctx *x, u64 *seed) {
+       int i;
+
+       x->a = seed[0];
+       x->b = seed[1];
+       x->c = seed[2];
+       x->d = seed[3];
+
+       for (i=0; i < 30; ++i)
+               (void)ranval(x);
+}
+
+static u64 shuffle_seed[4];
+
+struct partition_group {
+       tree tree_start;
+       unsigned long start;
+       unsigned long length;
+};
+
+static void partition_struct(tree *fields, unsigned long length, struct partition_group *size_groups, unsigned long *num_groups)
+{
+       unsigned long i;
+       unsigned long accum_size = 0;
+       unsigned long accum_length = 0;
+       unsigned long group_idx = 0;
+
+       gcc_assert(length < INT_MAX);
+
+       memset(size_groups, 0, sizeof(struct partition_group) * length);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+               if (size_groups[group_idx].tree_start == NULL_TREE) {
+                       size_groups[group_idx].tree_start = fields[i];
+                       size_groups[group_idx].start = i;
+                       accum_length = 0;
+                       accum_size = 0;
+               }
+               accum_size += (unsigned long)int_size_in_bytes(TREE_TYPE(fields[i]));
+               accum_length++;
+               if (accum_size >= 64) {
+                       size_groups[group_idx].length = accum_length;
+                       accum_length = 0;
+                       group_idx++;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (size_groups[group_idx].tree_start != NULL_TREE &&
+           !size_groups[group_idx].length) {
+               size_groups[group_idx].length = accum_length;
+               group_idx++;
+       }
+
+       *num_groups = group_idx;
+}
+
+static void performance_shuffle(tree *newtree, unsigned long length, ranctx *prng_state)
+{
+       unsigned long i, x;
+       struct partition_group size_group[length];
+       unsigned long num_groups = 0;
+       unsigned long randnum;
+
+       partition_struct(newtree, length, (struct partition_group *)&size_group, &num_groups);
+       for (i = num_groups - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+               struct partition_group tmp;
+               randnum = ranval(prng_state) % (i + 1);
+               tmp = size_group[i];
+               size_group[i] = size_group[randnum];
+               size_group[randnum] = tmp;
+       }
+
+       for (x = 0; x < num_groups; x++) {
+               for (i = size_group[x].start + size_group[x].length - 1; i > size_group[x].start; i--) {
+                       tree tmp;
+                       if (DECL_BIT_FIELD_TYPE(newtree[i]))
+                               continue;
+                       randnum = ranval(prng_state) % (i + 1);
+                       // we could handle this case differently if desired
+                       if (DECL_BIT_FIELD_TYPE(newtree[randnum]))
+                               continue;
+                       tmp = newtree[i];
+                       newtree[i] = newtree[randnum];
+                       newtree[randnum] = tmp;
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+static void full_shuffle(tree *newtree, unsigned long length, ranctx *prng_state)
+{
+       unsigned long i, randnum;
+
+       for (i = length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+               tree tmp;
+               randnum = ranval(prng_state) % (i + 1);
+               tmp = newtree[i];
+               newtree[i] = newtree[randnum];
+               newtree[randnum] = tmp;
+       }
+}
+
+/* modern in-place Fisher-Yates shuffle */
+static void shuffle(const_tree type, tree *newtree, unsigned long length)
+{
+       unsigned long i;
+       u64 seed[4];
+       ranctx prng_state;
+       const unsigned char *structname;
+
+       if (length == 0)
+               return;
+
+       gcc_assert(TREE_CODE(type) == RECORD_TYPE);
+
+       structname = ORIG_TYPE_NAME(type);
+
+#ifdef __DEBUG_PLUGIN
+       fprintf(stderr, "Shuffling struct %s %p\n", (const char *)structname, type);
+#ifdef __DEBUG_VERBOSE
+       debug_tree((tree)type);
+#endif
+#endif
+
+       for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+               seed[i] = shuffle_seed[i];
+               seed[i] ^= name_hash(structname);
+       }
+
+       raninit(&prng_state, (u64 *)&seed);
+
+       if (performance_mode)
+               performance_shuffle(newtree, length, &prng_state);
+       else
+               full_shuffle(newtree, length, &prng_state);
+}
+
+static bool is_flexible_array(const_tree field)
+{
+       const_tree fieldtype;
+       const_tree typesize;
+       const_tree elemtype;
+       const_tree elemsize;
+
+       fieldtype = TREE_TYPE(field);
+       typesize = TYPE_SIZE(fieldtype);
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(fieldtype) != ARRAY_TYPE)
+               return false;
+
+       elemtype = TREE_TYPE(fieldtype);
+       elemsize = TYPE_SIZE(elemtype);
+
+       /* size of type is represented in bits */
+
+       if (typesize == NULL_TREE && TYPE_DOMAIN(fieldtype) != NULL_TREE &&
+           TYPE_MAX_VALUE(TYPE_DOMAIN(fieldtype)) == NULL_TREE)
+               return true;
+
+       if (typesize != NULL_TREE &&
+           (TREE_CONSTANT(typesize) && (!tree_to_uhwi(typesize) ||
+            tree_to_uhwi(typesize) == tree_to_uhwi(elemsize))))
+               return true;
+
+       return false;
+}
+
+static int relayout_struct(tree type)
+{
+       unsigned long num_fields = (unsigned long)list_length(TYPE_FIELDS(type));
+       unsigned long shuffle_length = num_fields;
+       tree field;
+       tree newtree[num_fields];
+       unsigned long i;
+       tree list;
+       tree variant;
+       tree main_variant;
+       expanded_location xloc;
+       bool has_flexarray = false;
+
+       if (TYPE_FIELDS(type) == NULL_TREE)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (num_fields < 2)
+               return 0;
+
+       gcc_assert(TREE_CODE(type) == RECORD_TYPE);
+
+       gcc_assert(num_fields < INT_MAX);
+
+       if (lookup_attribute("randomize_performed", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type)) ||
+           lookup_attribute("no_randomize_layout", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(type))))
+               return 0;
+
+       /* Workaround for 3rd-party VirtualBox source that we can't modify ourselves */
+       if (!strcmp((const char *)ORIG_TYPE_NAME(type), "INTNETTRUNKFACTORY") ||
+           !strcmp((const char *)ORIG_TYPE_NAME(type), "RAWPCIFACTORY"))
+               return 0;
+
+       /* throw out any structs in uapi */
+       xloc = expand_location(DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION(TYPE_FIELDS(type)));
+
+       if (strstr(xloc.file, "/uapi/"))
+               error(G_("attempted to randomize userland API struct %s"), ORIG_TYPE_NAME(type));
+
+       for (field = TYPE_FIELDS(type), i = 0; field; field = TREE_CHAIN(field), i++) {
+               gcc_assert(TREE_CODE(field) == FIELD_DECL);
+               newtree[i] = field;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * enforce that we don't randomize the layout of the last
+        * element of a struct if it's a 0 or 1-length array
+        * or a proper flexible array
+        */
+       if (is_flexible_array(newtree[num_fields - 1])) {
+               has_flexarray = true;
+               shuffle_length--;
+       }
+
+       shuffle(type, (tree *)newtree, shuffle_length);
+
+       /*
+        * set up a bogus anonymous struct field designed to error out on unnamed struct initializers
+        * as gcc provides no other way to detect such code
+        */
+       list = make_node(FIELD_DECL);
+       TREE_CHAIN(list) = newtree[0];
+       TREE_TYPE(list) = void_type_node;
+       DECL_SIZE(list) = bitsize_zero_node;
+       DECL_NONADDRESSABLE_P(list) = 1;
+       DECL_FIELD_BIT_OFFSET(list) = bitsize_zero_node;
+       DECL_SIZE_UNIT(list) = size_zero_node;
+       DECL_FIELD_OFFSET(list) = size_zero_node;
+       DECL_CONTEXT(list) = type;
+       // to satisfy the constify plugin
+       TREE_READONLY(list) = 1;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < num_fields - 1; i++)
+               TREE_CHAIN(newtree[i]) = newtree[i+1];
+       TREE_CHAIN(newtree[num_fields - 1]) = NULL_TREE;
+
+       main_variant = TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(type);
+       for (variant = main_variant; variant; variant = TYPE_NEXT_VARIANT(variant)) {
+               TYPE_FIELDS(variant) = list;
+               TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(variant) = copy_list(TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(variant));
+               TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(variant) = tree_cons(get_identifier("randomize_performed"), NULL_TREE, TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(variant));
+               TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(variant) = tree_cons(get_identifier("designated_init"), NULL_TREE, TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(variant));
+               if (has_flexarray)
+                       TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type) = tree_cons(get_identifier("has_flexarray"), NULL_TREE, TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type));
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * force a re-layout of the main variant
+        * the TYPE_SIZE for all variants will be recomputed
+        * by finalize_type_size()
+        */
+       TYPE_SIZE(main_variant) = NULL_TREE;
+       layout_type(main_variant);
+       gcc_assert(TYPE_SIZE(main_variant) != NULL_TREE);
+
+       return 1;
+}
+
+/* from constify plugin */
+static const_tree get_field_type(const_tree field)
+{
+       return strip_array_types(TREE_TYPE(field));
+}
+
+/* from constify plugin */
+static bool is_fptr(const_tree fieldtype)
+{
+       if (TREE_CODE(fieldtype) != POINTER_TYPE)
+               return false;
+
+       return TREE_CODE(TREE_TYPE(fieldtype)) == FUNCTION_TYPE;
+}
+
+/* derived from constify plugin */
+static int is_pure_ops_struct(const_tree node)
+{
+       const_tree field;
+
+       gcc_assert(TREE_CODE(node) == RECORD_TYPE || TREE_CODE(node) == UNION_TYPE);
+
+       /* XXX: Do not apply randomization to all-ftpr structs yet. */
+       return 0;
+
+       for (field = TYPE_FIELDS(node); field; field = TREE_CHAIN(field)) {
+               const_tree fieldtype = get_field_type(field);
+               enum tree_code code = TREE_CODE(fieldtype);
+
+               if (node == fieldtype)
+                       continue;
+
+               if (!is_fptr(fieldtype))
+                       return 0;
+
+               if (code != RECORD_TYPE && code != UNION_TYPE)
+                       continue;
+
+               if (!is_pure_ops_struct(fieldtype))
+                       return 0;
+       }
+
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static void randomize_type(tree type)
+{
+       tree variant;
+
+       gcc_assert(TREE_CODE(type) == RECORD_TYPE);
+
+       if (lookup_attribute("randomize_considered", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type)))
+               return;
+
+       if (lookup_attribute("randomize_layout", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(type))) || is_pure_ops_struct(type))
+               relayout_struct(type);
+
+       for (variant = TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(type); variant; variant = TYPE_NEXT_VARIANT(variant)) {
+               TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type) = copy_list(TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type));
+               TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type) = tree_cons(get_identifier("randomize_considered"), NULL_TREE, TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type));
+       }
+#ifdef __DEBUG_PLUGIN
+       fprintf(stderr, "Marking randomize_considered on struct %s\n", ORIG_TYPE_NAME(type));
+#ifdef __DEBUG_VERBOSE
+       debug_tree(type);
+#endif
+#endif
+}
+
+static void update_decl_size(tree decl)
+{
+       tree lastval, lastidx, field, init, type, flexsize;
+       unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT len;
+
+       type = TREE_TYPE(decl);
+
+       if (!lookup_attribute("has_flexarray", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type)))
+               return;
+
+       init = DECL_INITIAL(decl);
+       if (init == NULL_TREE || init == error_mark_node)
+               return;
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(init) != CONSTRUCTOR)
+               return;
+
+       len = CONSTRUCTOR_NELTS(init);
+        if (!len)
+               return;
+
+       lastval = CONSTRUCTOR_ELT(init, CONSTRUCTOR_NELTS(init) - 1)->value;
+       lastidx = CONSTRUCTOR_ELT(init, CONSTRUCTOR_NELTS(init) - 1)->index;
+
+       for (field = TYPE_FIELDS(TREE_TYPE(decl)); TREE_CHAIN(field); field = TREE_CHAIN(field))
+               ;
+
+       if (lastidx != field)
+               return;
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(lastval) != STRING_CST) {
+               error("Only string constants are supported as initializers "
+                     "for randomized structures with flexible arrays");
+               return;
+       }
+
+       flexsize = bitsize_int(TREE_STRING_LENGTH(lastval) *
+               tree_to_uhwi(TYPE_SIZE(TREE_TYPE(TREE_TYPE(lastval)))));
+
+       DECL_SIZE(decl) = size_binop(PLUS_EXPR, TYPE_SIZE(type), flexsize);
+
+       return;
+}
+
+
+static void randomize_layout_finish_decl(void *event_data, void *data)
+{
+       tree decl = (tree)event_data;
+       tree type;
+
+       if (decl == NULL_TREE || decl == error_mark_node)
+               return;
+
+       type = TREE_TYPE(decl);
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(decl) != VAR_DECL)
+               return;
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(type) != RECORD_TYPE && TREE_CODE(type) != UNION_TYPE)
+               return;
+
+       if (!lookup_attribute("randomize_performed", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type)))
+               return;
+
+       DECL_SIZE(decl) = 0;
+       DECL_SIZE_UNIT(decl) = 0;
+       SET_DECL_ALIGN(decl, 0);
+       SET_DECL_MODE (decl, VOIDmode);
+       SET_DECL_RTL(decl, 0);
+       update_decl_size(decl);
+       layout_decl(decl, 0);
+}
+
+static void finish_type(void *event_data, void *data)
+{
+       tree type = (tree)event_data;
+
+       if (type == NULL_TREE || type == error_mark_node)
+               return;
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(type) != RECORD_TYPE)
+               return;
+
+       if (TYPE_FIELDS(type) == NULL_TREE)
+               return;
+
+       if (lookup_attribute("randomize_considered", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(type)))
+               return;
+
+#ifdef __DEBUG_PLUGIN
+       fprintf(stderr, "Calling randomize_type on %s\n", ORIG_TYPE_NAME(type));
+#endif
+#ifdef __DEBUG_VERBOSE
+       debug_tree(type);
+#endif
+       randomize_type(type);
+
+       return;
+}
+
+static struct attribute_spec randomize_layout_attr = {
+       .name           = "randomize_layout",
+       // related to args
+       .min_length     = 0,
+       .max_length     = 0,
+       .decl_required  = false,
+       // need type declaration
+       .type_required  = true,
+       .function_type_required = false,
+       .handler                = handle_randomize_layout_attr,
+#if BUILDING_GCC_VERSION >= 4007
+       .affects_type_identity  = true
+#endif
+};
+
+static struct attribute_spec no_randomize_layout_attr = {
+       .name           = "no_randomize_layout",
+       // related to args
+       .min_length     = 0,
+       .max_length     = 0,
+       .decl_required  = false,
+       // need type declaration
+       .type_required  = true,
+       .function_type_required = false,
+       .handler                = handle_randomize_layout_attr,
+#if BUILDING_GCC_VERSION >= 4007
+       .affects_type_identity  = true
+#endif
+};
+
+static struct attribute_spec randomize_considered_attr = {
+       .name           = "randomize_considered",
+       // related to args
+       .min_length     = 0,
+       .max_length     = 0,
+       .decl_required  = false,
+       // need type declaration
+       .type_required  = true,
+       .function_type_required = false,
+       .handler                = handle_randomize_considered_attr,
+#if BUILDING_GCC_VERSION >= 4007
+       .affects_type_identity  = false
+#endif
+};
+
+static struct attribute_spec randomize_performed_attr = {
+       .name           = "randomize_performed",
+       // related to args
+       .min_length     = 0,
+       .max_length     = 0,
+       .decl_required  = false,
+       // need type declaration
+       .type_required  = true,
+       .function_type_required = false,
+       .handler                = handle_randomize_performed_attr,
+#if BUILDING_GCC_VERSION >= 4007
+       .affects_type_identity  = false
+#endif
+};
+
+static void register_attributes(void *event_data, void *data)
+{
+       register_attribute(&randomize_layout_attr);
+       register_attribute(&no_randomize_layout_attr);
+       register_attribute(&randomize_considered_attr);
+       register_attribute(&randomize_performed_attr);
+}
+
+static void check_bad_casts_in_constructor(tree var, tree init)
+{
+       unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT idx;
+       tree field, val;
+       tree field_type, val_type;
+
+       FOR_EACH_CONSTRUCTOR_ELT(CONSTRUCTOR_ELTS(init), idx, field, val) {
+               if (TREE_CODE(val) == CONSTRUCTOR) {
+                       check_bad_casts_in_constructor(var, val);
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               /* pipacs' plugin creates franken-arrays that differ from those produced by
+                  normal code which all have valid 'field' trees. work around this */
+               if (field == NULL_TREE)
+                       continue;
+               field_type = TREE_TYPE(field);
+               val_type = TREE_TYPE(val);
+
+               if (TREE_CODE(field_type) != POINTER_TYPE || TREE_CODE(val_type) != POINTER_TYPE)
+                       continue;
+
+               if (field_type == val_type)
+                       continue;
+
+               field_type = TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(strip_array_types(TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(TREE_TYPE(field_type))));
+               val_type = TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(strip_array_types(TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(TREE_TYPE(val_type))));
+
+               if (field_type == void_type_node)
+                       continue;
+               if (field_type == val_type)
+                       continue;
+               if (TREE_CODE(val_type) != RECORD_TYPE)
+                       continue;
+
+               if (!lookup_attribute("randomize_performed", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(val_type)))
+                       continue;
+               MISMATCH(DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION(var), "constructor\n", TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(field_type), TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(val_type));
+       }
+}
+
+/* derived from the constify plugin */
+static void check_global_variables(void *event_data, void *data)
+{
+       struct varpool_node *node;
+       tree init;
+
+       FOR_EACH_VARIABLE(node) {
+               tree var = NODE_DECL(node);
+               init = DECL_INITIAL(var);
+               if (init == NULL_TREE)
+                       continue;
+
+               if (TREE_CODE(init) != CONSTRUCTOR)
+                       continue;
+
+               check_bad_casts_in_constructor(var, init);
+       }
+}
+
+static bool dominated_by_is_err(const_tree rhs, basic_block bb)
+{
+       basic_block dom;
+       gimple dom_stmt;
+       gimple call_stmt;
+       const_tree dom_lhs;
+       const_tree poss_is_err_cond;
+       const_tree poss_is_err_func;
+       const_tree is_err_arg;
+
+       dom = get_immediate_dominator(CDI_DOMINATORS, bb);
+       if (!dom)
+               return false;
+
+       dom_stmt = last_stmt(dom);
+       if (!dom_stmt)
+               return false;
+
+       if (gimple_code(dom_stmt) != GIMPLE_COND)
+               return false;
+
+       if (gimple_cond_code(dom_stmt) != NE_EXPR)
+               return false;
+
+       if (!integer_zerop(gimple_cond_rhs(dom_stmt)))
+               return false;
+
+       poss_is_err_cond = gimple_cond_lhs(dom_stmt);
+
+       if (TREE_CODE(poss_is_err_cond) != SSA_NAME)
+               return false;
+
+       call_stmt = SSA_NAME_DEF_STMT(poss_is_err_cond);
+
+       if (gimple_code(call_stmt) != GIMPLE_CALL)
+               return false;
+
+       dom_lhs = gimple_get_lhs(call_stmt);
+       poss_is_err_func = gimple_call_fndecl(call_stmt);
+       if (!poss_is_err_func)
+               return false;
+       if (dom_lhs != poss_is_err_cond)
+               return false;
+       if (strcmp(DECL_NAME_POINTER(poss_is_err_func), "IS_ERR"))
+               return false;
+
+       is_err_arg = gimple_call_arg(call_stmt, 0);
+       if (!is_err_arg)
+               return false;
+
+       if (is_err_arg != rhs)
+               return false;
+
+       return true;
+}
+
+static void handle_local_var_initializers(void)
+{
+       tree var;
+       unsigned int i;
+
+       FOR_EACH_LOCAL_DECL(cfun, i, var) {
+               tree init = DECL_INITIAL(var);
+               if (!init)
+                       continue;
+               if (TREE_CODE(init) != CONSTRUCTOR)
+                       continue;
+               check_bad_casts_in_constructor(var, init);
+       }
+}
+
+static bool type_name_eq(gimple stmt, const_tree type_tree, const char *wanted_name)
+{
+       const char *type_name;
+
+       if (type_tree == NULL_TREE)
+               return false;
+
+       switch (TREE_CODE(type_tree)) {
+       case RECORD_TYPE:
+               type_name = TYPE_NAME_POINTER(type_tree);
+               break;
+       case INTEGER_TYPE:
+               if (TYPE_PRECISION(type_tree) == CHAR_TYPE_SIZE)
+                       type_name = "char";
+               else {
+                       INFORM(gimple_location(stmt), "found non-char INTEGER_TYPE cast comparison: %qT\n", type_tree);
+                       debug_tree(type_tree);
+                       return false;
+               }
+               break;
+       case POINTER_TYPE:
+               if (TREE_CODE(TREE_TYPE(type_tree)) == VOID_TYPE) {
+                       type_name = "void *";
+                       break;
+               } else {
+                       INFORM(gimple_location(stmt), "found non-void POINTER_TYPE cast comparison %qT\n", type_tree);
+                       debug_tree(type_tree);
+                       return false;
+               }
+       default:
+               INFORM(gimple_location(stmt), "unhandled cast comparison: %qT\n", type_tree);
+               debug_tree(type_tree);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       return strcmp(type_name, wanted_name) == 0;
+}
+
+static bool whitelisted_cast(gimple stmt, const_tree lhs_tree, const_tree rhs_tree)
+{
+       const struct whitelist_entry *entry;
+       expanded_location xloc = expand_location(gimple_location(stmt));
+
+       for (entry = whitelist; entry->pathname; entry++) {
+               if (!strstr(xloc.file, entry->pathname))
+                       continue;
+
+               if (type_name_eq(stmt, lhs_tree, entry->lhs) && type_name_eq(stmt, rhs_tree, entry->rhs))
+                       return true;
+       }
+
+       return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * iterate over all statements to find "bad" casts:
+ * those where the address of the start of a structure is cast
+ * to a pointer of a structure of a different type, or a
+ * structure pointer type is cast to a different structure pointer type
+ */
+static unsigned int find_bad_casts_execute(void)
+{
+       basic_block bb;
+
+       handle_local_var_initializers();
+
+       FOR_EACH_BB_FN(bb, cfun) {
+               gimple_stmt_iterator gsi;
+
+               for (gsi = gsi_start_bb(bb); !gsi_end_p(gsi); gsi_next(&gsi)) {
+                       gimple stmt;
+                       const_tree lhs;
+                       const_tree lhs_type;
+                       const_tree rhs1;
+                       const_tree rhs_type;
+                       const_tree ptr_lhs_type;
+                       const_tree ptr_rhs_type;
+                       const_tree op0;
+                       const_tree op0_type;
+                       enum tree_code rhs_code;
+
+                       stmt = gsi_stmt(gsi);
+
+#ifdef __DEBUG_PLUGIN
+#ifdef __DEBUG_VERBOSE
+                       debug_gimple_stmt(stmt);
+                       debug_tree(gimple_get_lhs(stmt));
+#endif
+#endif
+
+                       if (gimple_code(stmt) != GIMPLE_ASSIGN)
+                               continue;
+
+#ifdef __DEBUG_PLUGIN
+#ifdef __DEBUG_VERBOSE
+                       debug_tree(gimple_assign_rhs1(stmt));
+#endif
+#endif
+
+
+                       rhs_code = gimple_assign_rhs_code(stmt);
+
+                       if (rhs_code != ADDR_EXPR && rhs_code != SSA_NAME)
+                               continue;
+
+                       lhs = gimple_get_lhs(stmt);
+                       lhs_type = TREE_TYPE(lhs);
+                       rhs1 = gimple_assign_rhs1(stmt);
+                       rhs_type = TREE_TYPE(rhs1);
+
+                       if (TREE_CODE(rhs_type) != POINTER_TYPE ||
+                           TREE_CODE(lhs_type) != POINTER_TYPE)
+                               continue;
+
+                       ptr_lhs_type = TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(strip_array_types(TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(TREE_TYPE(lhs_type))));
+                       ptr_rhs_type = TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(strip_array_types(TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(TREE_TYPE(rhs_type))));
+
+                       if (ptr_rhs_type == void_type_node)
+                               continue;
+
+                       if (ptr_lhs_type == void_type_node)
+                               continue;
+
+                       if (dominated_by_is_err(rhs1, bb))
+                               continue;
+
+                       if (TREE_CODE(ptr_rhs_type) != RECORD_TYPE) {
+#ifndef __DEBUG_PLUGIN
+                               if (lookup_attribute("randomize_performed", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(ptr_lhs_type)))
+#endif
+                               {
+                                       if (!whitelisted_cast(stmt, ptr_lhs_type, ptr_rhs_type))
+                                               MISMATCH(gimple_location(stmt), "rhs", ptr_lhs_type, ptr_rhs_type);
+                               }
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
+                       if (rhs_code == SSA_NAME && ptr_lhs_type == ptr_rhs_type)
+                               continue;
+
+                       if (rhs_code == ADDR_EXPR) {
+                               op0 = TREE_OPERAND(rhs1, 0);
+
+                               if (op0 == NULL_TREE)
+                                       continue;
+
+                               if (TREE_CODE(op0) != VAR_DECL)
+                                       continue;
+
+                               op0_type = TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(strip_array_types(TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT(TREE_TYPE(op0))));
+                               if (op0_type == ptr_lhs_type)
+                                       continue;
+
+#ifndef __DEBUG_PLUGIN
+                               if (lookup_attribute("randomize_performed", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(op0_type)))
+#endif
+                               {
+                                       if (!whitelisted_cast(stmt, ptr_lhs_type, op0_type))
+                                               MISMATCH(gimple_location(stmt), "op0", ptr_lhs_type, op0_type);
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               const_tree ssa_name_var = SSA_NAME_VAR(rhs1);
+                               /* skip bogus type casts introduced by container_of */
+                               if (ssa_name_var != NULL_TREE && DECL_NAME(ssa_name_var) && 
+                                   !strcmp((const char *)DECL_NAME_POINTER(ssa_name_var), "__mptr"))
+                                       continue;
+#ifndef __DEBUG_PLUGIN
+                               if (lookup_attribute("randomize_performed", TYPE_ATTRIBUTES(ptr_rhs_type)))
+#endif
+                               {
+                                       if (!whitelisted_cast(stmt, ptr_lhs_type, ptr_rhs_type))
+                                               MISMATCH(gimple_location(stmt), "ssa", ptr_lhs_type, ptr_rhs_type);
+                               }
+                       }
+
+               }
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+#define PASS_NAME find_bad_casts
+#define NO_GATE
+#define TODO_FLAGS_FINISH TODO_dump_func
+#include "gcc-generate-gimple-pass.h"
+
+__visible int plugin_init(struct plugin_name_args *plugin_info, struct plugin_gcc_version *version)
+{
+       int i;
+       const char * const plugin_name = plugin_info->base_name;
+       const int argc = plugin_info->argc;
+       const struct plugin_argument * const argv = plugin_info->argv;
+       bool enable = true;
+       int obtained_seed = 0;
+       struct register_pass_info find_bad_casts_pass_info;
+
+       find_bad_casts_pass_info.pass                   = make_find_bad_casts_pass();
+       find_bad_casts_pass_info.reference_pass_name    = "ssa";
+       find_bad_casts_pass_info.ref_pass_instance_number       = 1;
+       find_bad_casts_pass_info.pos_op                 = PASS_POS_INSERT_AFTER;
+
+       if (!plugin_default_version_check(version, &gcc_version)) {
+               error(G_("incompatible gcc/plugin versions"));
+               return 1;
+       }
+
+       if (strncmp(lang_hooks.name, "GNU C", 5) && !strncmp(lang_hooks.name, "GNU C+", 6)) {
+               inform(UNKNOWN_LOCATION, G_("%s supports C only, not %s"), plugin_name, lang_hooks.name);
+               enable = false;
+       }
+
+       for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+               if (!strcmp(argv[i].key, "disable")) {
+                       enable = false;
+                       continue;
+               }
+               if (!strcmp(argv[i].key, "performance-mode")) {
+                       performance_mode = 1;
+                       continue;
+               }
+               error(G_("unknown option '-fplugin-arg-%s-%s'"), plugin_name, argv[i].key);
+       }
+
+       if (strlen(randstruct_seed) != 64) {
+               error(G_("invalid seed value supplied for %s plugin"), plugin_name);
+               return 1;
+       }
+       obtained_seed = sscanf(randstruct_seed, "%016llx%016llx%016llx%016llx",
+               &shuffle_seed[0], &shuffle_seed[1], &shuffle_seed[2], &shuffle_seed[3]);
+       if (obtained_seed != 4) {
+               error(G_("Invalid seed supplied for %s plugin"), plugin_name);
+               return 1;
+       }
+
+       register_callback(plugin_name, PLUGIN_INFO, NULL, &randomize_layout_plugin_info);
+       if (enable) {
+               register_callback(plugin_name, PLUGIN_ALL_IPA_PASSES_START, check_global_variables, NULL);
+               register_callback(plugin_name, PLUGIN_PASS_MANAGER_SETUP, NULL, &find_bad_casts_pass_info);
+               register_callback(plugin_name, PLUGIN_FINISH_TYPE, finish_type, NULL);
+               register_callback(plugin_name, PLUGIN_FINISH_DECL, randomize_layout_finish_decl, NULL);
+       }
+       register_callback(plugin_name, PLUGIN_ATTRIBUTES, register_attributes, NULL);
+
+       return 0;
+}