The write protection of the __wr_after_init data can be verified with the
same methodology used for const data.
Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <[email protected]>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
CC: Nadav Amit <[email protected]>
CC: Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
CC: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
CC: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
CC: Mimi Zohar <[email protected]>
CC: Thiago Jung Bauermann <[email protected]>
CC: Ahmed Soliman <[email protected]>
CC: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
---
mm/rodata_test.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/rodata_test.c b/mm/rodata_test.c
index e1349520b436..a669cf9f5a61 100644
--- a/mm/rodata_test.c
+++ b/mm/rodata_test.c
@@ -16,8 +16,23 @@
#define INIT_TEST_VAL 0xC3
+/*
+ * Note: __ro_after_init data is, for every practical effect, equivalent to
+ * const data, since they are even write protected at the same time; there
+ * is no need for separate testing.
+ * __wr_after_init data, otoh, is altered also after the write protection
+ * takes place and it cannot be exploitable for altering more permanent
+ * data.
+ */
+
static const int rodata_test_data = INIT_TEST_VAL;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PRMEM
+static int wr_after_init_test_data __wr_after_init = INIT_TEST_VAL;
+extern long __start_wr_after_init;
+extern long __end_wr_after_init;
+#endif
+
static bool test_data(char *data_type, const int *data,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
@@ -59,7 +74,13 @@ static bool test_data(char *data_type, const int *data,
void rodata_test(void)
{
- test_data("rodata", &rodata_test_data,
- (unsigned long)&__start_rodata,
- (unsigned long)&__end_rodata);
+ if (!test_data("rodata", &rodata_test_data,
+ (unsigned long)&__start_rodata,
+ (unsigned long)&__end_rodata))
+ return;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PRMEM
+ test_data("wr after init data", &wr_after_init_test_data,
+ (unsigned long)&__start_wr_after_init,
+ (unsigned long)&__end_wr_after_init);
+#endif
}
--
2.19.1