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diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2 index 4f46c0bd4a..14e75d540e 100644 --- a/man2/prctl.2 +++ b/man2/prctl.2 @@ -952,6 +952,77 @@ behavior. A value of 1 indicates .BR execve (2) will operate in the privilege-restricting mode described above. +.\" prctl PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS +.\" commit ba830885656414101b2f8ca88786524d4bb5e8c1 +.TP +.BR PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS " (since Linux 5.0, only on arm64)" +Securely reset the thread's pointer authentication keys +to fresh random values generated by the kernel. +.IP +The set of keys to be reset is specified by +.IR arg2 , +which must be a logical OR of zero or more of the following: +.RS +.TP +.B PR_PAC_APIAKEY +instruction authentication key A +.TP +.B PR_PAC_APIBKEY +instruction authentication key B +.TP +.B PR_PAC_APDAKEY +data authentication key A +.TP +.B PR_PAC_APDBKEY +data authentication key B +.TP +.B PR_PAC_APGAKEY +generic authentication \(lqA\(rq key. +.IP +(Yes folks, there really is no generic B key.) +.RE +.IP +As a special case, if +.I arg2 +is zero then all the keys are reset. +Since new keys could be added in future, +this is the recommended way to completely wipe the existing keys +when establishing a clean execution context. +Note that there is no need to use +.BR PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS +in preparation for calling +.BR execve (2), +since +.BR execve (2) +resets all the pointer authentication keys. +.IP +The remaining arguments +.IR arg3 ", " arg4 " and " arg5 +must all be zero. +.IP +If the arguments are invalid, +and in particular if +.I arg2 +contains set bits that are unrecognized +or that correspond to a key not available on this platform, +the call fails with error +.BR EINVAL . +.IP +.B Warning: +Because the compiler or run-time environment +may be using some or all of the keys, +a successful +.IP +For more information, see the kernel source file +.I Documentation/arm64/pointer\-authentication.rst +.\"commit b693d0b372afb39432e1c49ad7b3454855bc6bed +(or +.I Documentation/arm64/pointer\-authentication.txt +before Linux 5.3). +.B PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS +may crash the calling process. +The conditions for using it safely are complex and system-dependent. +Don't use it unless you know what you are doing. .\" prctl PR_SET_PDEATHSIG .TP .BR PR_SET_PDEATHSIG " (since Linux 2.1.57)" @@ -1825,6 +1896,14 @@ or and unused arguments to .BR prctl () are not 0. +.B EINVAL +.I option +is +.B PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS +and the arguments are invalid or unsupported. +See the description of +.B PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS +above for details. .TP .B ENODEV .I option |