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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 
     68 void solist_add_soinfo(soinfo* si) {
     69   sonext->next = si;
     70   sonext = si;
     71 }
     72 
     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 
     99 soinfo* solist_get_head() {
    100   return solist;
    101 }
    102 
    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 
    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 
    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 
    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 
    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 
    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 
    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  */
    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