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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:01:43 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc: Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: usercopy: Check for module addresses
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> wrote:
> While running a compile on arm64, I hit a memory exposure
>
> usercopy: kernel memory exposure attempt detected from fffffc0000f3b1a8 (buffer_head) (1 bytes)
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:75!
> Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] SMP
> Modules linked in: ip6t_rpfilter ip6t_REJECT
> nf_reject_ipv6 xt_conntrack ip_set nfnetlink ebtable_broute bridge stp
> llc ebtable_nat ip6table_security ip6table_raw ip6table_nat
> nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 ip6table_mangle
> iptable_security iptable_raw iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4
> nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack iptable_mangle
> ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables vfat fat xgene_edac
> xgene_enet edac_core i2c_xgene_slimpro i2c_core at803x realtek xgene_dma
> mdio_xgene gpio_dwapb gpio_xgene_sb xgene_rng mailbox_xgene_slimpro nfsd
> auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd grace sunrpc xfs libcrc32c sdhci_of_arasan
> sdhci_pltfm sdhci mmc_core xhci_plat_hcd gpio_keys
> CPU: 0 PID: 19744 Comm: updatedb Tainted: G W 4.8.0-rc3-threadinfo+ #1
> Hardware name: AppliedMicro X-Gene Mustang Board/X-Gene Mustang Board, BIOS 3.06.12 Aug 12 2016
> task: fffffe03df944c00 task.stack: fffffe00d128c000
> PC is at __check_object_size+0x70/0x3f0
> LR is at __check_object_size+0x70/0x3f0
> ...
> [<fffffc00082b4280>] __check_object_size+0x70/0x3f0
> [<fffffc00082cdc30>] filldir64+0x158/0x1a0
> [<fffffc0000f327e8>] __fat_readdir+0x4a0/0x558 [fat]
> [<fffffc0000f328d4>] fat_readdir+0x34/0x40 [fat]
> [<fffffc00082cd8f8>] iterate_dir+0x190/0x1e0
> [<fffffc00082cde58>] SyS_getdents64+0x88/0x120
> [<fffffc0008082c70>] el0_svc_naked+0x24/0x28
>
> fffffc0000f3b1a8 is a module address. Modules may have compiled in
> strings which could get copied to userspace. In this instance, it
> looks like "." which matches with a size of 1 byte. Extend the
> is_vmalloc_addr check to be is_vmalloc_or_module_addr to cover
> all possible cases.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
> ---
> Longer term, it would be good to expand the check for to regions like
> regular kernel memory.
> ---
> mm/usercopy.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/usercopy.c b/mm/usercopy.c
> index 8ebae91..d8b5bd3 100644
> --- a/mm/usercopy.c
> +++ b/mm/usercopy.c
> @@ -145,8 +145,11 @@ static inline const char *check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
> * Some architectures (arm64) return true for virt_addr_valid() on
> * vmalloced addresses. Work around this by checking for vmalloc
> * first.
> + *
> + * We also need to check for module addresses explicitly since we
> + * may copy static data from modules to userspace
> */
> - if (is_vmalloc_addr(ptr))
> + if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(ptr))
> return NULL;
I still don't understand why this happens on arm64 and not x86.
(Really what I don't understand is what virt_addr_valid() is actually
checking -- they seem to be checking very different things between x86
and arm64.)
Regardless, I'll get this pushed to Linus and try to make the -rc8 cut.
Thanks!
-Kees
>
> if (!virt_addr_valid(ptr))
> --
> 2.7.4
>
--
Kees Cook
Nexus Security
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