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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:35:42 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Laura Abbott <laura@...bott.name>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>, "Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: mm: Mark .rodata as RO
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Laura Abbott <laura@...bott.name> wrote:
> On 2/16/16 10:10 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:13:19AM -0600, Jeremy Linton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Currently the .rodata section is actually still executable when
>>>> DEBUG_RODATA
>>>> is enabled. This changes that so the .rodata is actually read only, no
>>>> execute.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
>>
>>
>> Yikes, good catch. Is anyone running the lkdtm tests that check these
>> things?
>>
>
> I don't think the current lkdtm test would have caught this since the exec
> test is using rw data and not ro data. That test could be expanded though
> to include a rodata buffer as well.
Oh, yeah, excellent point. I'll send a patch.
-Kees
--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security
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