tree d2de9d123372a9729b5d2f0a907042481ec19a65
parent 4a6d7c70cc5a007bbd8de2f5a2e226b212e3256f
author Joshua Peraza <jperaza@chromium.org> 1563827179 -0700
committer Joshua Peraza <jperaza@chromium.org> 1563912125 +0000

arm64: strip PACs from link register values

Pointer authentication codes are used to validate pointers against
accidental or malicious modification by storing a hash of the address
and a secret value in the pointer's unused, upper bits. The exact
bits used may vary by implementation and depend on the size of the
virtual address space of the target system, and whether other tagged
pointer features are in use.

Apple has implemented PACs in the Apple A12.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/preparing_your_app_to_work_with_pointer_authentication

The documented method of stripping PACs from a pointer is to call
ptrauth_strip(), which ultimately emits an `xpaci` instruction, but
this option isn't available to the Breakpad processor not running on
the device. Instead, this patch selects likely address bits from
link register values by examining the address range of loaded modules.

Change-Id: I054bd1a03605719937fc85dcc8d8b9fe927f44be
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/breakpad/breakpad/+/1713650
Reviewed-by: Mark Mentovai <mark@chromium.org>