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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:48:00 -0400
From: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
rcu@...r.kernel.org,
Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] module: Prepare for addition of new ro_after_init
sections
On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 09:26:44AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 6:14 PM Joel Fernandes (Google)
> <joel@...lfernandes.org> wrote:
> >
> > For the purposes of hardening modules by adding sections to
> > ro_after_init sections, prepare for addition of new ro_after_init
> > entries which we do in future patches. Create a table to which new
> > entries could be added later. This makes it less error prone and reduce
> > code duplication.
> >
> > Cc: paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
> > Cc: rostedt@...dmis.org
> > Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com
> > Cc: rcu@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
> > Cc: kernel-team@...roid.com
> > Suggested-by: keescook@...omium.org
> > Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> >
> > ---
> > kernel/module.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> > index 524da609c884..f9221381d076 100644
> > --- a/kernel/module.c
> > +++ b/kernel/module.c
> > @@ -3300,11 +3300,28 @@ static bool blacklisted(const char *module_name)
> > }
> > core_param(module_blacklist, module_blacklist, charp, 0400);
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Mark ro_after_init section with SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT so that
> > + * layout_sections() can put it in the right place.
> > + * Note: ro_after_init sections also have SHF_{WRITE,ALLOC} set.
> > + */
> > +static char *ro_after_init_sections[] = {
>
> static const char * const ... Need to make sure the table and its
> strings can't be changed. :)
Will fix :)
> > + ".data..ro_after_init",
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * __jump_table structures are never modified, with the exception of
> > + * entries that refer to code in the __init section, which are
> > + * annotated as such at module load time.
> > + */
> > + "__jump_table",
> > + NULL
>
> Since this table is known at build time, you don't need a NULL
> terminator, you can use ARRAY_SIZE() instead.
Ok, sounds good. You are absolutely right.
> > +};
> > +
> > static struct module *layout_and_allocate(struct load_info *info, int flags)
> > {
> > struct module *mod;
> > unsigned int ndx;
> > - int err;
> > + int err, i;
> >
> > err = check_modinfo(info->mod, info, flags);
> > if (err)
> > @@ -3319,23 +3336,12 @@ static struct module *layout_and_allocate(struct load_info *info, int flags)
> > /* We will do a special allocation for per-cpu sections later. */
> > info->sechdrs[info->index.pcpu].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;
> >
> > - /*
> > - * Mark ro_after_init section with SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT so that
> > - * layout_sections() can put it in the right place.
> > - * Note: ro_after_init sections also have SHF_{WRITE,ALLOC} set.
> > - */
> > - ndx = find_sec(info, ".data..ro_after_init");
> > - if (ndx)
> > - info->sechdrs[ndx].sh_flags |= SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT;
> > - /*
> > - * Mark the __jump_table section as ro_after_init as well: these data
> > - * structures are never modified, with the exception of entries that
> > - * refer to code in the __init section, which are annotated as such
> > - * at module load time.
> > - */
> > - ndx = find_sec(info, "__jump_table");
> > - if (ndx)
> > - info->sechdrs[ndx].sh_flags |= SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT;
> > + /* Set sh_flags for read-only after init sections */
> > + for (i = 0; ro_after_init_sections[i]; i++) {
>
> i.e. for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ro_after_init_sections); i++)
Yep.
> > + ndx = find_sec(info, ro_after_init_sections[i]);
> > + if (ndx)
> > + info->sechdrs[ndx].sh_flags |= SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT;
> > + }
> >
> > /* Determine total sizes, and put offsets in sh_entsize. For now
> > this is done generically; there doesn't appear to be any
>
> Otherwise, yeah, looks good to me.
Thanks, if you are Ok with it, I will add your Reviewed-by tag as well.
- Joel
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