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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:39:03 +0200
From: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, kristen.c.accardi@...el.com,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, arjan.van.de.ven@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] KASLR feature to randomize each loadable module
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 3:37 PM Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 12:34 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 3:09 PM, Rick Edgecombe
> > <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com> wrote:
> > > This patch changes the module loading KASLR algorithm to randomize the position
> > > of each module text section allocation with at least 18 bits of entropy in the
> > > typical case. It used on x86_64 only for now.
> >
> > Very cool! Thanks for sending the series. :)
> >
> > > Today the RANDOMIZE_BASE feature randomizes the base address where the module
> > > allocations begin with 10 bits of entropy. From here, a highly deterministic
> > > algorithm allocates space for the modules as they are loaded and un-loaded. If
> > > an attacker can predict the order and identities for modules that will be
> > > loaded, then a single text address leak can give the attacker access to the
> >
> > nit: "text address" -> "module text address"
> >
> > > So the defensive strength of this algorithm in typical usage (<800 modules) for
> > > x86_64 should be at least 18 bits, even if an address from the random area
> > > leaks.
> >
> > And most systems have <200 modules, really. I have 113 on a desktop
> > right now, 63 on a server. So this looks like a trivial win.
[...]
> Also: What's the impact on memory usage? Is this going to increase the
> number of pagetables that need to be allocated by the kernel per
> module_alloc() by 4K or 8K or so?
Sorry, I meant increase the amount of memory used by pagetables by 4K
or 8K, not the number of pagetables.
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