linux-kernel - [PATCH] mark tramp_pg

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Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 17:16:09 +0800
From:   YaoJun <yaojun8558363@...il.com>
To:     kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, jmorris@...ei.org
Subject: [PATCH] mark tramp_pg_dir read-only

To prevent KSMA(Kernel Space Mirroring Attack), it's necessary
to set tramp_pg_dir read-only after initialization.

---
 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 2dbb2c9f1ec1..964520e4e675 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -551,6 +551,9 @@ static int __init map_entry_trampoline(void)
 	__create_pgd_mapping(tramp_pg_dir, pa_start, TRAMP_VALIAS, PAGE_SIZE,
 			     prot, pgd_pgtable_alloc, 0);
 
+	update_mapping_prot(__pa_symbol(tramp_pg_dir), (unsigned long)tramp_pg_dir,
+			    PGD_SIZE, PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
+
 	/* Map both the text and data into the kernel page table */
 	__set_fixmap(FIX_ENTRY_TRAMP_TEXT, pa_start, prot);
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE)) {
-- 
2.17.0