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| author | Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> | 2019-04-25 17:11:31 -0700 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2019-04-30 12:37:55 +0200 |
| commit | f2c65fb3221adc6b73b0549fc7ba892022db9797 (patch) | |
| tree | bfe227786ba7789f4842bd3697638d1e0ed045ae /kernel | |
| parent | 7298e24f904224fa79eb8fd7e0fbd78950ccf2db (diff) | |
x86/modules: Avoid breaking W^X while loading modules
When modules and BPF filters are loaded, there is a time window in
which some memory is both writable and executable. An attacker that has
already found another vulnerability (e.g., a dangling pointer) might be
able to exploit this behavior to overwrite kernel code. Prevent having
writable executable PTEs in this stage.
In addition, avoiding having W+X mappings can also slightly simplify the
patching of modules code on initialization (e.g., by alternatives and
static-key), as would be done in the next patch. This was actually the
main motivation for this patch.
To avoid having W+X mappings, set them initially as RW (NX) and after
they are set as RO set them as X as well. Setting them as executable is
done as a separate step to avoid one core in which the old PTE is cached
(hence writable), and another which sees the updated PTE (executable),
which would break the W^X protection.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: <deneen.t.dock@intel.com>
Cc: <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>
Cc: <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <linux_dti@icloud.com>
Cc: <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-12-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/module.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 0b9aa8ab89f0..2b2845ae983e 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -1950,8 +1950,13 @@ void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init) return; frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_ro); + frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x); + frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_ro); + frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_ro); + frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_x); + frob_rodata(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_ro); if (after_init) |