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Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:31:39 -0700
From: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@...ovsky.org>
To: jeyu@...hat.com,
rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
keescook@...omium.org
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
Eddie Kovsky <ewk@...ovsky.org>
Subject: [RFC] [PATCH 1/2] module: verify address is read-only
Implement a mechanism to check if a module's address is in
the rodata or ro_after_init sections. It mimics the exsiting functions
that test if an address is inside a module's text section.
Signed-off-by: Eddie Kovsky <ewk@...ovsky.org>
---
include/linux/module.h | 2 ++
kernel/module.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 0297c5cd7cdf..2848416f7715 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -492,7 +492,9 @@ static inline int module_is_live(struct module *mod)
struct module *__module_text_address(unsigned long addr);
struct module *__module_address(unsigned long addr);
+struct module *__module_ro_address(unsigned long addr);
bool is_module_address(unsigned long addr);
+bool is_module_ro_address(unsigned long addr);
bool is_module_percpu_address(unsigned long addr);
bool is_module_text_address(unsigned long addr);
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 8168eb738f4d..e7eb329c585d 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -4270,6 +4270,50 @@ struct module *__module_text_address(unsigned long addr)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__module_text_address);
+/**
+ * is_module_text_ro_address - is this address inside read-only module code?
+ * @addr: the address to check.
+ *
+ */
+bool is_module_ro_address(unsigned long addr)
+{
+ bool ret;
+
+ preempt_disable();
+ ret = __module_ro_address(addr) != NULL;
+ preempt_enable();
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * __module_ro_address - get the module whose code contains a read-only address.
+ * @addr: the address.
+ *
+ * Must be called with preempt disabled or module mutex held so that
+ * module doesn't get freed during this.
+ */
+struct module *__module_ro_address(unsigned long addr)
+{
+ struct module *mod = __module_address(addr);
+
+ if (mod) {
+ /* Make sure it's within the read-only section. */
+ if (!within(addr, mod->init_layout.base,
+ mod->init_layout.ro_size)
+ && !within(addr, mod->core_layout.base,
+ mod->core_layout.ro_size))
+ mod = NULL;
+ if (!within(addr, mod->init_layout.base,
+ mod->init_layout.ro_after_init_size)
+ && !within(addr, mod->core_layout.base,
+ mod->core_layout.ro_after_init_size))
+ mod = NULL;
+ }
+ return mod;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__module_ro_address);
+
/* Don't grab lock, we're oopsing. */
void print_modules(void)
{
--
2.11.1
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