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Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 15:23:34 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@...aani.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/9] x86/KASLR: Initialize mapping_info every time
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>> As it turns out, mapping_info DOES need to be initialized every
>> time. Without this, page tables were not being corrected updated, which
>> could cause reboots when a physical address beyond 2G was chosen.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/pagetable.c | 16 +++++-----------
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pagetable.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pagetable.c
>> index 3c99051566a9..34b95df14e69 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pagetable.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pagetable.c
>> @@ -90,23 +90,17 @@ static void prepare_level4(void)
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> - * Mapping information structure passed to kernel_ident_mapping_init().
>> - * Since this never changes, there's no reason to repeatedly fill it
>> - * in on the stack when calling add_identity_map().
>> - */
>> -static struct x86_mapping_info mapping_info = {
>> - .alloc_pgt_page = alloc_pgt_page,
>> - .context = &pgt_data,
>> - .pmd_flag = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC,
>> -};
>> -
>> -/*
>> * Adds the specified range to what will become the new identity mappings.
>> * Once all ranges have been added, the new mapping is activated by calling
>> * finalize_identity_maps() below.
>> */
>> void add_identity_map(unsigned long start, unsigned long size)
>> {
>> + struct x86_mapping_info mapping_info = {
>> + .alloc_pgt_page = alloc_pgt_page,
>> + .context = &pgt_data,
>> + .pmd_flag = __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC,
>> + };
>> unsigned long end = start + size;
>
> Still should be assigned once, and should be done in
> prepare_level4(). --- by may need different name for that ?
>
> The exact reason to have assigning in functions.
>
> pgt_data address could be changed during kernel relocation.
> so can not assigned during compiling time.
Ah-ha, that explains why I had to keep it on the stack. Thanks for the
clarification!
-Kees
--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security
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