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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 16:51:39 +0000
From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Phong Tran <tranmanphong@...il.com>, catalin.marinas@....com,
	will@...nel.org, alexios.zavras@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, steven.price@....com,
	steve.capper@....com, broonie@...nel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: add check_wx_pages debugfs for CHECK_WX

On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 09:15:10AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 12:17:14PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 07, 2020 at 04:39:26PM +0700, Phong Tran wrote:
> > > follow the suggestion from
> > > https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/35
> > 
> > That says:
> > 
> > | This should be implemented for all architectures
> > 
> > ... so surely this should be in generic code, rahter than being
> > arm64-specific?
> 
> Not all architectures have implemented CONFIG_DEBUG_WX...

Sure; I assumed the generic code could be gated with:

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_WX
	debug_checkwx()
#endif

... or something to that effect, so that the common code could handle
all the sysfs bits and ensure that part was consistent.

Thanksm
Mark.
> 
> -Kees
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mark.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Phong Tran <tranmanphong@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug        |  3 ++-
> > >  arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h |  2 ++
> > >  arch/arm64/mm/dump.c            |  1 +
> > >  arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c  | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > >  4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
> > > index 1c906d932d6b..be552fa351e2 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
> > > @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ config DEBUG_WX
> > >  	  of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
> > >  
> > >  	  There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
> > > -	  once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
> > > +	  once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check and
> > > +	  can be checked by echo "1" to "check_wx_pages" debugfs in runtime.
> > >  
> > >  	  If in doubt, say "Y".
> > >  
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
> > > index 38187f74e089..b80d6b4fc508 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
> > > @@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ struct ptdump_info {
> > >  void ptdump_walk(struct seq_file *s, struct ptdump_info *info);
> > >  #ifdef CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS
> > >  void ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info, const char *name);
> > > +int ptdump_check_wx_init(void);
> > >  #else
> > >  static inline void ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info,
> > >  					   const char *name) { }
> > > +static inline int ptdump_check_wx_init(void) { return 0; }
> > >  #endif
> > >  void ptdump_check_wx(void);
> > >  #endif /* CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE */
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
> > > index 860c00ec8bd3..60c99a047763 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
> > > @@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ static int ptdump_init(void)
> > >  #endif
> > >  	ptdump_initialize();
> > >  	ptdump_debugfs_register(&kernel_ptdump_info, "kernel_page_tables");
> > > +	ptdump_check_wx_init();
> > >  	return 0;
> > >  }
> > >  device_initcall(ptdump_init);
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c b/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
> > > index 1f2eae3e988b..73cddc12c3c2 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
> > > @@ -16,3 +16,21 @@ void ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info, const char *name)
> > >  {
> > >  	debugfs_create_file(name, 0400, NULL, info, &ptdump_fops);
> > >  }
> > > +
> > > +static int check_wx_debugfs_set(void *data, u64 val)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (val != 1ULL)
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +	ptdump_check_wx();
> > > +
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(check_wx_fops, NULL, check_wx_debugfs_set, "%llu\n");
> > > +
> > > +int ptdump_check_wx_init(void)
> > > +{
> > > +	return debugfs_create_file("check_wx_pages", 0200, NULL,
> > > +				   NULL, &check_wx_fops) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
> > > +}
> > > -- 
> > > 2.20.1
> > > 
> 
> -- 
> Kees Cook

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