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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2016 11:04:29 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
To:	Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] modules: add ro_after_init support

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 2:25 AM, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com> wrote:
> Add ro_after_init support for modules by adding a new page-aligned section
> in the module layout (after rodata) for ro_after_init data and enabling RO
> protection for that section after module init runs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Thanks!

-Kees

> ---
>  include/linux/module.h   |  6 +++--
>  include/uapi/linux/elf.h |  1 +
>  kernel/livepatch/core.c  |  2 +-
>  kernel/module.c          | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
> index f777164..5255c2f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/module.h
> +++ b/include/linux/module.h
> @@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ struct module_layout {
>         unsigned int text_size;
>         /* Size of RO section of the module (text+rodata) */
>         unsigned int ro_size;
> +       /* Size of RO after init section */
> +       unsigned int ro_after_init_size;
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES_TREE_LOOKUP
>         struct mod_tree_node mtn;
> @@ -788,12 +790,12 @@ extern int module_sysfs_initialized;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
>  extern void set_all_modules_text_rw(void);
>  extern void set_all_modules_text_ro(void);
> -extern void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod);
> +extern void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init);
>  extern void module_disable_ro(const struct module *mod);
>  #else
>  static inline void set_all_modules_text_rw(void) { }
>  static inline void set_all_modules_text_ro(void) { }
> -static inline void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod) { }
> +static inline void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init) { }
>  static inline void module_disable_ro(const struct module *mod) { }
>  #endif
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
> index cb4a72f..70b172ba 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
> @@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_phdr {
>  #define SHF_ALLOC              0x2
>  #define SHF_EXECINSTR          0x4
>  #define SHF_RELA_LIVEPATCH     0x00100000
> +#define SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT      0x00200000
>  #define SHF_MASKPROC           0xf0000000
>
>  /* special section indexes */
> diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> index 5c2bc10..8bbe507 100644
> --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int klp_write_object_relocations(struct module *pmod,
>                         break;
>         }
>
> -       module_enable_ro(pmod);
> +       module_enable_ro(pmod, true);
>         return ret;
>  }
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index e70a2fa..e697144 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -1858,10 +1858,11 @@ static void mod_sysfs_teardown(struct module *mod)
>   * from modification and any data from execution.
>   *
>   * General layout of module is:
> - *          [text] [read-only-data] [writable data]
> - * text_size -----^                ^               ^
> - * ro_size ------------------------|               |
> - * size -------------------------------------------|
> + *          [text] [read-only-data] [ro-after-init] [writable data]
> + * text_size -----^                ^               ^               ^
> + * ro_size ------------------------|               |               |
> + * ro_after_init_size -----------------------------|               |
> + * size -----------------------------------------------------------|
>   *
>   * These values are always page-aligned (as is base)
>   */
> @@ -1884,14 +1885,24 @@ static void frob_rodata(const struct module_layout *layout,
>                    (layout->ro_size - layout->text_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>  }
>
> +static void frob_ro_after_init(const struct module_layout *layout,
> +                               int (*set_memory)(unsigned long start, int num_pages))
> +{
> +       BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->base & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
> +       BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->ro_size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
> +       BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->ro_after_init_size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
> +       set_memory((unsigned long)layout->base + layout->ro_size,
> +                  (layout->ro_after_init_size - layout->ro_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +}
> +
>  static void frob_writable_data(const struct module_layout *layout,
>                                int (*set_memory)(unsigned long start, int num_pages))
>  {
>         BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->base & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
> -       BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->ro_size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
> +       BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->ro_after_init_size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
>         BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
> -       set_memory((unsigned long)layout->base + layout->ro_size,
> -                  (layout->size - layout->ro_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +       set_memory((unsigned long)layout->base + layout->ro_after_init_size,
> +                  (layout->size - layout->ro_after_init_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>  }
>
>  /* livepatching wants to disable read-only so it can frob module. */
> @@ -1899,21 +1910,26 @@ void module_disable_ro(const struct module *mod)
>  {
>         frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_rw);
>         frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_rw);
> +       frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_rw);
>         frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_rw);
>         frob_rodata(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_rw);
>  }
>
> -void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod)
> +void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init)
>  {
>         frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_ro);
>         frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_ro);
>         frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_ro);
>         frob_rodata(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_ro);
> +
> +       if (after_init)
> +               frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_ro);
>  }
>
>  static void module_enable_nx(const struct module *mod)
>  {
>         frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_nx);
> +       frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_nx);
>         frob_writable_data(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_nx);
>         frob_rodata(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_nx);
>         frob_writable_data(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_nx);
> @@ -1922,6 +1938,7 @@ static void module_enable_nx(const struct module *mod)
>  static void module_disable_nx(const struct module *mod)
>  {
>         frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x);
> +       frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x);
>         frob_writable_data(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x);
>         frob_rodata(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_x);
>         frob_writable_data(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_x);
> @@ -1964,6 +1981,8 @@ static void disable_ro_nx(const struct module_layout *layout)
>         frob_text(layout, set_memory_rw);
>         frob_rodata(layout, set_memory_rw);
>         frob_rodata(layout, set_memory_x);
> +       frob_ro_after_init(layout, set_memory_rw);
> +       frob_ro_after_init(layout, set_memory_x);
>         frob_writable_data(layout, set_memory_x);
>  }
>
> @@ -2306,6 +2325,7 @@ static void layout_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
>                  * finder in the two loops below */
>                 { SHF_EXECINSTR | SHF_ALLOC, ARCH_SHF_SMALL },
>                 { SHF_ALLOC, SHF_WRITE | ARCH_SHF_SMALL },
> +               { SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT | SHF_ALLOC, ARCH_SHF_SMALL },
>                 { SHF_WRITE | SHF_ALLOC, ARCH_SHF_SMALL },
>                 { ARCH_SHF_SMALL | SHF_ALLOC, 0 }
>         };
> @@ -2337,7 +2357,11 @@ static void layout_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
>                         mod->core_layout.size = debug_align(mod->core_layout.size);
>                         mod->core_layout.ro_size = mod->core_layout.size;
>                         break;
> -               case 3: /* whole core */
> +               case 2: /* RO after init */
> +                       mod->core_layout.size = debug_align(mod->core_layout.size);
> +                       mod->core_layout.ro_after_init_size = mod->core_layout.size;
> +                       break;
> +               case 4: /* whole core */
>                         mod->core_layout.size = debug_align(mod->core_layout.size);
>                         break;
>                 }
> @@ -2367,7 +2391,14 @@ static void layout_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
>                         mod->init_layout.size = debug_align(mod->init_layout.size);
>                         mod->init_layout.ro_size = mod->init_layout.size;
>                         break;
> -               case 3: /* whole init */
> +               case 2:
> +                       /*
> +                        * RO after init doesn't apply to init_layout (only
> +                        * core_layout), so it just takes the value of ro_size.
> +                        */
> +                       mod->init_layout.ro_after_init_size = mod->init_layout.ro_size;
> +                       break;
> +               case 4: /* whole init */
>                         mod->init_layout.size = debug_align(mod->init_layout.size);
>                         break;
>                 }
> @@ -3173,6 +3204,7 @@ static struct module *layout_and_allocate(struct load_info *info, int flags)
>  {
>         /* Module within temporary copy. */
>         struct module *mod;
> +       unsigned int ndx;
>         int err;
>
>         mod = setup_load_info(info, flags);
> @@ -3192,6 +3224,15 @@ static struct module *layout_and_allocate(struct load_info *info, int flags)
>         /* We will do a special allocation for per-cpu sections later. */
>         info->sechdrs[info->index.pcpu].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;
>
> +       /*
> +        * Mark ro_after_init section with SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT so that
> +        * layout_sections() can put it in the right place.
> +        * Note: ro_after_init sections also have SHF_{WRITE,ALLOC} set.
> +        */
> +       ndx = find_sec(info, ".data..ro_after_init");
> +       if (ndx)
> +               info->sechdrs[ndx].sh_flags |= SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT;
> +
>         /* Determine total sizes, and put offsets in sh_entsize.  For now
>            this is done generically; there doesn't appear to be any
>            special cases for the architectures. */
> @@ -3358,12 +3399,14 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
>         /* Switch to core kallsyms now init is done: kallsyms may be walking! */
>         rcu_assign_pointer(mod->kallsyms, &mod->core_kallsyms);
>  #endif
> +       module_enable_ro(mod, true);
>         mod_tree_remove_init(mod);
>         disable_ro_nx(&mod->init_layout);
>         module_arch_freeing_init(mod);
>         mod->init_layout.base = NULL;
>         mod->init_layout.size = 0;
>         mod->init_layout.ro_size = 0;
> +       mod->init_layout.ro_after_init_size = 0;
>         mod->init_layout.text_size = 0;
>         /*
>          * We want to free module_init, but be aware that kallsyms may be
> @@ -3455,8 +3498,7 @@ static int complete_formation(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
>         /* This relies on module_mutex for list integrity. */
>         module_bug_finalize(info->hdr, info->sechdrs, mod);
>
> -       /* Set RO and NX regions */
> -       module_enable_ro(mod);
> +       module_enable_ro(mod, false);
>         module_enable_nx(mod);
>
>         /* Mark state as coming so strong_try_module_get() ignores us,
> --
> 2.5.5
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Brillo & Chrome OS Security

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