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Subject: [RFC][PATCH 08/10] x86/mm: do not forbid _PAGE_RW before init for __ro_after_init
To:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, aarcange@redhat.com,
        luto@kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
        keescook@google.com, hughd@google.com, jgross@suse.com,
        x86@kernel.org, namit@vmware.com
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:37:04 -0800
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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>

__ro_after_init data gets stuck in the .rodata section.  That's normally
fine because the kernel itself manages the R/W properties.

But, if we run __change_page_attr() on an area which is __ro_after_init,
the .rodata checks will trigger and force the area to be immediately
read-only, even if it is early-ish in boot.  This caused problems when
trying to clear the _PAGE_GLOBAL bit for these area in the PTI code:
it cleared _PAGE_GLOBAL like I asked, but also took it up on itself
to clear _PAGE_RW.  The kernel then oopses the next time it wrote to
a __ro_after_init data structure.

To fix this, add the kernel_set_to_readonly check, just like we have
for kernel text, just a few lines below in this function.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@google.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
---

 b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c~check-kernel_set_to_readonly arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c~check-kernel_set_to_readonly	2018-02-22 12:36:21.531036546 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c	2018-02-22 12:36:21.535036546 -0800
@@ -298,9 +298,11 @@ static inline pgprot_t static_protection
 
 	/*
 	 * The .rodata section needs to be read-only. Using the pfn
-	 * catches all aliases.
+	 * catches all aliases.  This also includes __ro_after_init,
+	 * so do not enforce until kernel_set_to_readonly is true.
 	 */
-	if (within(pfn, __pa_symbol(__start_rodata) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+	if (kernel_set_to_readonly &&
+	    within(pfn, __pa_symbol(__start_rodata) >> PAGE_SHIFT,
 		   __pa_symbol(__end_rodata) >> PAGE_SHIFT))
 		pgprot_val(forbidden) |= _PAGE_RW;
 
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