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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:10:53 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] KASLR: Handle memory limit specified by memmap and
 mem option

On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com> wrote:
> Option mem= will limit the max address a system can use and any memory
> region above the limit will be removed.
>
> Furthermore, memmap=nn[KMG] which has no offset specified has the same
> behaviour as mem=.
>
> KASLR needs to consider this when choosing the random position for
> decompressing the kernel.
>
> This patch implements that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> ---
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> index 6649ecd..34f66a5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> @@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ int mem_avoid_memmap_index;
>  extern unsigned long get_cmd_line_ptr(void);
>
>
> +/* Store memory limit specified by "mem=nn[KMG]" or "memmap=nn[KMG]" */
> +unsigned long long mem_limit = ULLONG_MAX;
> +
> +
>  enum mem_avoid_index {
>         MEM_AVOID_ZO_RANGE = 0,
>         MEM_AVOID_INITRD,
> @@ -129,16 +133,22 @@ parse_memmap(char *p, unsigned long long *start, unsigned long long *size)
>                 return -EINVAL;
>
>         switch (*p) {
> -       case '@':
> -               /* Skip this region, usable */
> -               *start = 0;
> -               *size = 0;
> -               return 0;
>         case '#':
>         case '$':
>         case '!':
>                 *start = memparse(p + 1, &p);
>                 return 0;
> +       case '@':
> +               /* memmap=nn@ss specifies usable region, should be skipped */
> +               *size = 0;
> +       default:
> +               /*
> +                * If w/o offset, only size specified, memmap=nn[KMG] has the
> +                * same behaviour as mem=nn[KMG]. It limits the max address
> +                * system can use. Region above the limit should be avoided.
> +                */
> +               *start = 0;
> +               return 0;
>         }
>
>         return -EINVAL;
> @@ -164,9 +174,14 @@ static void mem_avoid_memmap(char *str)
>                 if (rc < 0)
>                         break;
>                 str = k;
> -               /* A usable region that should not be skipped */
> -               if (size == 0)
> +
> +               if (start == 0) {
> +                       /* Store the specified memory limit if size > 0 */
> +                       if (size > 0)
> +                               mem_limit = size;
> +
>                         continue;
> +               }
>
>                 mem_avoid[MEM_AVOID_MEMMAP_BEGIN + i].start = start;
>                 mem_avoid[MEM_AVOID_MEMMAP_BEGIN + i].size = size;
> @@ -191,6 +206,7 @@ static int handle_mem_memmap(void)
>         size_t len = strlen((char *)args);
>         char *tmp_cmdline;
>         char *param, *val;
> +       u64 mem_size;
>
>         tmp_cmdline = malloc(COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
>         if (!tmp_cmdline )
> @@ -213,8 +229,20 @@ static int handle_mem_memmap(void)
>                         return -1;
>                 }
>
> -               if (!strcmp(param, "memmap"))
> +               if (!strcmp(param, "memmap")) {
>                         mem_avoid_memmap(val);
> +               } else if (!strcmp(param, "mem")) {
> +                       char *p = val;
> +
> +                       if (!strcmp(p, "nopentium"))
> +                               continue;
> +                       mem_size = memparse(p, &p);
> +                       if (mem_size == 0) {
> +                               free(tmp_cmdline);
> +                               return -EINVAL;
> +                       }
> +                       mem_limit = mem_size;
> +               }
>         }
>
>         free(tmp_cmdline);
> @@ -451,7 +479,8 @@ static void process_e820_entry(struct boot_e820_entry *entry,
>  {
>         struct mem_vector region, overlap;
>         struct slot_area slot_area;
> -       unsigned long start_orig;
> +       unsigned long start_orig, end;
> +       struct boot_e820_entry cur_entry;
>
>         /* Skip non-RAM entries. */
>         if (entry->type != E820_TYPE_RAM)
> @@ -465,8 +494,15 @@ static void process_e820_entry(struct boot_e820_entry *entry,
>         if (entry->addr + entry->size < minimum)
>                 return;
>
> -       region.start = entry->addr;
> -       region.size = entry->size;
> +       /* Ignore entries above memory limit */
> +       end = min(entry->size + entry->addr, mem_limit);
> +       if (entry->addr >= end)
> +               return;
> +       cur_entry.addr = entry->addr;
> +       cur_entry.size = end - entry->addr;
> +
> +       region.start = cur_entry.addr;
> +       region.size = cur_entry.size;
>
>         /* Give up if slot area array is full. */
>         while (slot_area_index < MAX_SLOT_AREA) {
> @@ -480,7 +516,7 @@ static void process_e820_entry(struct boot_e820_entry *entry,
>                 region.start = ALIGN(region.start, CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN);
>
>                 /* Did we raise the address above this e820 region? */
> -               if (region.start > entry->addr + entry->size)
> +               if (region.start > cur_entry.addr + cur_entry.size)
>                         return;
>
>                 /* Reduce size by any delta from the original address. */
> --
> 2.5.5
>

Thanks! I find this much more readable. :)

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

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
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