[PATCH] hardening: Disable GCC randstruct for COMPILE_TEST

Kees Cook kees at kernel.org
Wed Apr 9 15:11:58 UTC 2025


There is a GCC crash bug in the randstruct for latest GCC versions that
is being tickled by landlock[1]. Temporarily disable GCC randstruct for
COMPILE_TEST builds to unbreak CI systems for the coming -rc2. This can
be restored once the bug is fixed.

Suggested-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250407-kbuild-disable-gcc-plugins-v1-1-5d46ae583f5e@kernel.org/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees at kernel.org>
---
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars at kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris at namei.org>
Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge at hallyn.com>
Cc: linux-hardening at vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module at vger.kernel.org
---
 security/Kconfig.hardening | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index c17366ce8224..3fe9d7b945c4 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ config CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT
 
 choice
 	prompt "Randomize layout of sensitive kernel structures"
-	default RANDSTRUCT_FULL if COMPILE_TEST && (GCC_PLUGINS || CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT)
+	default RANDSTRUCT_FULL if COMPILE_TEST && CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT
 	default RANDSTRUCT_NONE
 	help
 	  If you enable this, the layouts of structures that are entirely
-- 
2.34.1




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