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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:13:09 -0600
From: Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ker.com>
To: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
PaX Team <pageexec@...email.hu>,
Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>,
Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v3 1/1] gcc-plugins: Add stackleak feature erasing
the kernel stack at the end of syscalls
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 02:27:05PM +0300, Alexander Popov wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * Note that the way this test fails is kind of ugly; it hits the BUG() in
> > + * track_stack, but then the BUG() handler blows the stack and hits the stack
> > + * guard page.
> > + */
>
> Yes, actually, the reason is deeper.
>
> When there are less than (THREAD_SIZE / 16) bytes left in the kernel stack, the
> BUG() in track_stack() is hit. But do_error_trap(), which handles the invalid
> opcode, has a big stack frame. So it is instrumented by the STACKLEAK gcc plugin
> and itself calls track_stack() at the beginning. Hence we have a recursive
> BUG(), which eventually hits the guard page.
>
> I banned the instrumentation of do_error_trap() in the plugin, but it didn't
> really help, since there are several other instrumented functions called during
> BUG() handling.
>
> So it seems to me that this BUG() in track_stack() is really useless and can be
> dropped. Moreover:
> - it is not a part of the PaX patch;
> - it never worked in Grsecurity kernel because of the error spotted by Tycho.
>
> What do you think about it?
We'll only have a stack guard page in the case of vmap stack, so maybe
we can do:
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 8333c4dce59b..8351369cd1e4 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1960,7 +1960,8 @@ void __used track_stack(void)
current->thread.lowest_stack = sp;
}
- if (unlikely((sp & (THREAD_SIZE - 1)) < (THREAD_SIZE / 16)))
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VMAP_STACK) &&
+ unlikely((sp & (THREAD_SIZE - 1)) < (THREAD_SIZE / 16)))
BUG();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(track_stack);
Anyway, thanks for the reviews, I'll post an updated version shortly.
Tycho
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