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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:42:25 -0700
From: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>,
Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>, Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] arm/syscalls: Optimize address limit check
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> wrote:
> Disable the generic address limit check in favor of an architecture
> specific optimized implementation. The generic implementation using
> pending work flags did not work well with ARM and alignment faults.
>
> The address limit is checked on each syscall return path to user-mode
> path as well as the irq user-mode return function. If the address limit
> was changed, a function is called to report data corruption (stopping
> the kernel or process based on configuration).
>
> The address limit check has to be done before any pending work because
> they can reset the address limit and the process is killed using a
> SIGKILL signal. For example the lkdtm address limit check does not work
> because the signal to kill the process will reset the user-mode address
> limit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
Any feedback?
> ---
> arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S | 11 +++++++++++
> arch/arm/kernel/signal.c | 7 +++++++
> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> index 0b60adf4a5d9..99c908226065 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
> #include <asm/unistd.h>
> #include <asm/ftrace.h>
> #include <asm/unwind.h>
> +#include <asm/memory.h>
> #ifdef CONFIG_AEABI
> #include <asm/unistd-oabi.h>
> #endif
> @@ -48,10 +49,14 @@ ret_fast_syscall:
> UNWIND(.fnstart )
> UNWIND(.cantunwind )
> disable_irq_notrace @ disable interrupts
> + ldr r2, [tsk, #TI_ADDR_LIMIT]
> + cmp r2, #TASK_SIZE
> + blne addr_limit_check_failed
> ldr r1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS] @ re-check for syscall tracing
> tst r1, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK | _TIF_WORK_MASK
> bne fast_work_pending
>
> +
> /* perform architecture specific actions before user return */
> arch_ret_to_user r1, lr
>
> @@ -74,6 +79,9 @@ ret_fast_syscall:
> UNWIND(.cantunwind )
> str r0, [sp, #S_R0 + S_OFF]! @ save returned r0
> disable_irq_notrace @ disable interrupts
> + ldr r2, [tsk, #TI_ADDR_LIMIT]
> + cmp r2, #TASK_SIZE
> + blne addr_limit_check_failed
> ldr r1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS] @ re-check for syscall tracing
> tst r1, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK | _TIF_WORK_MASK
> beq no_work_pending
> @@ -106,6 +114,9 @@ ENTRY(ret_to_user)
> ret_slow_syscall:
> disable_irq_notrace @ disable interrupts
> ENTRY(ret_to_user_from_irq)
> + ldr r2, [tsk, #TI_ADDR_LIMIT]
> + cmp r2, #TASK_SIZE
> + blne addr_limit_check_failed
> ldr r1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]
> tst r1, #_TIF_WORK_MASK
> bne slow_work_pending
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
> index 5814298ef0b7..b67ae12503f3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
> #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> #include <linux/tracehook.h>
> #include <linux/uprobes.h>
> +#include <linux/syscalls.h>
>
> #include <asm/elf.h>
> #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> @@ -673,3 +674,9 @@ struct page *get_signal_page(void)
>
> return page;
> }
> +
> +/* Defer to generic check */
> +asmlinkage void addr_limit_check_failed(void)
> +{
> + addr_limit_user_check();
> +}
> --
> 2.14.1.480.gb18f417b89-goog
>
--
Thomas
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