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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:14:50 +0100
From: Jann Horn <jann@...jh.net>
To: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: Stack guard canary massaging
[-CC oss-security, this is just about kernel stuff]
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 07:41:04AM -0400, Daniel Micay wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-10-31 at 12:22 +0100, Solar Designer wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:48:45AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > > Sorry for cross-posting.
> >
> > Sorry to bikeshed, but I think this isn't a kernel-hardening topic at
> > all, so the thread should continue on oss-security only, please.
> >
> > Florian, if there's a reason why you think it's kernel-hardening
> > related, please let me know. To me, it looks like userspace hardening
> > that is not even kernel-assisted (at least not directly in this place,
> > even though the kernel may have helped provide the random numbers).
> >
> > If your cross-posting was to reach more of the right people, then you
> > have already done so, and they can join oss-security now. ;-)
> >
> > Alexander
>
> The kernel supports SSP but it doesn't appear to do the same thing.
>
> arch/*/include/asm/stackprotector.h
>
> Why do the non-x86 implementations XOR in LINUX_VERSION_CODE though? Is
> it supposed to be a placeholder for a random at compile-time value? :\
Only for the init task though.
For the others, it's chosen in dup_task_struct() (in kernel/fork.c),
using get_random_int() - which returns a 32-bit number, either straight
from RDRAND or from an MD5-based RNG using percpu state.
As far as I can tell, this means that the init task is the only one
that can have a 64-bit canary (e.g. on amd64); all the others have
canaries where the more significant half is all zeroes. Although
bruteforcing 32 bits isn't exactly easy, this should probably be fixed.
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