2019-04-26 07:33:16

by Nadav Amit

Subject: [PATCH v5 10/23] x86/kprobes: Set instruction page as executable

Set the page as executable after allocation. This patch is a
preparatory patch for a following patch that makes module allocated
pages non-executable.

While at it, do some small cleanup of what appears to be unnecessary
masking.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
index a034cb808e7e..1591852d3ac4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
@@ -431,8 +431,20 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
void *page;

page = module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
- if (page)
- set_memory_ro((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1);
+ if (!page)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * First make the page read-only, and only then make it executable to
+ * prevent it from being W+X in between.
+ */
+ set_memory_ro((unsigned long)page, 1);
+
+ /*
+ * TODO: Once additional kernel code protection mechanisms are set, ensure
+ * that the page was not maliciously altered and it is still zeroed.
+ */
+ set_memory_x((unsigned long)page, 1);

return page;
}
@@ -440,8 +452,12 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
/* Recover page to RW mode before releasing it */
void free_insn_page(void *page)
{
- set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1);
- set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1);
+ /*
+ * First make the page non-executable, and only then make it writable to
+ * prevent it from being W+X in between.
+ */
+ set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page, 1);
+ set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page, 1);
module_memfree(page);
}

--
2.17.1

2019-04-30 11:24:33

by tip-bot for Vasyl Gomonovych

Subject: [tip:x86/mm] x86/kprobes: Set instruction page as executable

Commit-ID: 7298e24f904224fa79eb8fd7e0fbd78950ccf2db
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7298e24f904224fa79eb8fd7e0fbd78950ccf2db
Author: Nadav Amit <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:11:30 -0700
Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:37:54 +0200

x86/kprobes: Set instruction page as executable

Set the page as executable after allocation. This patch is a
preparatory patch for a following patch that makes module allocated
pages non-executable.

While at it, do some small cleanup of what appears to be unnecessary
masking.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
index fed46ddb1eef..06058c44ab57 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
@@ -431,8 +431,20 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
void *page;

page = module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
- if (page)
- set_memory_ro((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1);
+ if (!page)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * First make the page read-only, and only then make it executable to
+ * prevent it from being W+X in between.
+ */
+ set_memory_ro((unsigned long)page, 1);
+
+ /*
+ * TODO: Once additional kernel code protection mechanisms are set, ensure
+ * that the page was not maliciously altered and it is still zeroed.
+ */
+ set_memory_x((unsigned long)page, 1);

return page;
}
@@ -440,8 +452,12 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void)
/* Recover page to RW mode before releasing it */
void free_insn_page(void *page)
{
- set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1);
- set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1);
+ /*
+ * First make the page non-executable, and only then make it writable to
+ * prevent it from being W+X in between.
+ */
+ set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page, 1);
+ set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page, 1);
module_memfree(page);
}