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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 09:51:15 -0800
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC] x86/mm/KASLR: Remap GDTs at fixed location
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> wrote:
> Each processor holds a GDT in its per-cpu structure. The sgdt
> instruction gives the base address of the current GDT. This address can
> be used to bypass KASLR memory randomization. With another bug, an
> attacker could target other per-cpu structures or deduce the base of the
> main memory section (PAGE_OFFSET).
>
> In this change, a space is reserved at the end of the memory range
> available for KASLR memory randomization. The space is big enough to hold
> the maximum number of CPUs (as defined by setup_max_cpus). Each GDT is
> mapped at specific offset based on the target CPU. Note that if there is
> not enough space available, the GDTs are not remapped.
Can we remap it read-only? I.e. use PAGE_KERNEL_RO instead of
PAGE_KERNEL. After all, the ability to modify the GDT is instant
root.
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