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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:05:31 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Daniel Cashman <dcashman@...roid.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] mm: mmap: Add new /proc tunable for mmap_base ASLR.
On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Daniel Cashman <dcashman@...roid.com> wrote:
> ASLR only uses as few as 8 bits to generate the random offset for the
> mmap base address on 32 bit architectures. This value was chosen to
> prevent a poorly chosen value from dividing the address space in such
> a way as to prevent large allocations. This may not be an issue on all
> platforms. Allow the specification of a minimum number of bits so that
> platforms desiring greater ASLR protection may determine where to place
> the trade-off.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Cashman <dcashman@...roid.com>
This looks good! Thanks for suffering through the many revision requests. :)
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
-Kees
> ---
> Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
> arch/Kconfig | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/mm.h | 11 ++++++++
> kernel/sysctl.c | 22 +++++++++++++++
> mm/mmap.c | 12 ++++++++
> 5 files changed, 142 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
> index f72370b..ee763f3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
> @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
> - min_slab_ratio
> - min_unmapped_ratio
> - mmap_min_addr
> +- mmap_rnd_bits
> +- mmap_rnd_compat_bits
> - nr_hugepages
> - nr_overcommit_hugepages
> - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n)
> @@ -485,6 +487,33 @@ against future potential kernel bugs.
>
> ==============================================================
>
> +mmap_rnd_bits:
> +
> +This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
> +determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions
> +resulting from mmap allocations on architectures which support
> +tuning address space randomization. This value will be bounded
> +by the architecture's minimum and maximum supported values.
> +
> +This value can be changed after boot using the
> +/proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_bits tunable
> +
> +==============================================================
> +
> +mmap_rnd_compat_bits:
> +
> +This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
> +determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions
> +resulting from mmap allocations for applications run in
> +compatibility mode on architectures which support tuning address
> +space randomization. This value will be bounded by the
> +architecture's minimum and maximum supported values.
> +
> +This value can be changed after boot using the
> +/proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_compat_bits tunable
> +
> +==============================================================
> +
> nr_hugepages
>
> Change the minimum size of the hugepage pool.
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index 4e949e5..237f1c5 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -511,6 +511,74 @@ config ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
> - arch_mmap_rnd()
> - arch_randomize_brk()
>
> +config HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
> + bool
> + help
> + An arch should select this symbol if it supports setting a variable
> + number of bits for use in establishing the base address for mmap
> + allocations and provides values for both:
> + - ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
> + - ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
> +
> +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
> + int
> +
> +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
> + int
> +
> +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT
> + int
> +
> +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
> + int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address" if EXPERT
> + range ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX
> + default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_DEFAULT
> + default ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN
> + depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
> + help
> + This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
> + determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions
> + resulting from mmap allocations. This value will be bounded
> + by the architecture's minimum and maximum supported values.
> +
> + This value can be changed after boot using the
> + /proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_bits tunable
> +
> +config HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
> + bool
> + help
> + An arch should select this symbol if it supports running applications
> + in compatibility mode, supports setting a variable number of bits for
> + use in establishing the base address for mmap allocations, and
> + provides values for both:
> + - ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
> + - ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
> +
> +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
> + int
> +
> +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
> + int
> +
> +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT
> + int
> +
> +config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
> + int "Number of bits to use for ASLR of mmap base address for compatible applications" if EXPERT
> + range ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
> + default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT if ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_DEFAULT
> + default ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN
> + depends on HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
> + help
> + This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
> + determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions
> + resulting from mmap allocations for compatible applications This
> + value will be bounded by the architecture's minimum and maximum
> + supported values.
> +
> + This value can be changed after boot using the
> + /proc/sys/vm/mmap_rnd_compat_bits tunable
> +
> config HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
> bool
> help
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 00bad77..6f6dd6e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ extern int sysctl_legacy_va_layout;
> #define sysctl_legacy_va_layout 0
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
> +extern const int mmap_rnd_bits_min;
> +extern const int mmap_rnd_bits_max;
> +extern int mmap_rnd_bits __read_mostly;
> +#endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
> +extern const int mmap_rnd_compat_bits_min;
> +extern const int mmap_rnd_compat_bits_max;
> +extern int mmap_rnd_compat_bits __read_mostly;
> +#endif
> +
> #include <asm/page.h>
> #include <asm/pgtable.h>
> #include <asm/processor.h>
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index dc6858d..a9db0cf 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -1568,6 +1568,28 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
> .mode = 0644,
> .proc_handler = proc_doulongvec_minmax,
> },
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
> + {
> + .procname = "mmap_rnd_bits",
> + .data = &mmap_rnd_bits,
> + .maxlen = sizeof(mmap_rnd_bits),
> + .mode = 0600,
> + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
> + .extra1 = (void *) &mmap_rnd_bits_min,
> + .extra2 = (void *) &mmap_rnd_bits_max,
> + },
> +#endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
> + {
> + .procname = "mmap_rnd_compat_bits",
> + .data = &mmap_rnd_compat_bits,
> + .maxlen = sizeof(mmap_rnd_compat_bits),
> + .mode = 0600,
> + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
> + .extra1 = (void *) &mmap_rnd_compat_bits_min,
> + .extra2 = (void *) &mmap_rnd_compat_bits_max,
> + },
> +#endif
> { }
> };
>
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 2ce04a6..fe3816c 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -58,6 +58,18 @@
> #define arch_rebalance_pgtables(addr, len) (addr)
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
> +const int mmap_rnd_bits_min = CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN;
> +const int mmap_rnd_bits_max = CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX;
> +int mmap_rnd_bits __read_mostly = CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS;
> +#endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS
> +const int mmap_rnd_compat_bits_min = CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN;
> +const int mmap_rnd_compat_bits_max = CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX;
> +int mmap_rnd_compat_bits __read_mostly = CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS;
> +#endif
> +
> +
> static void unmap_region(struct mm_struct *mm,
> struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct *prev,
> unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
> --
> 2.6.0.rc2.230.g3dd15c0
>
--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security
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