linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86: kaslr: select memory region from e820 maps

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Date:	Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:01:38 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" 
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	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...el.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Eric Northup <digitaleric@...gle.com>,
	Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>,
	Julien Tinnes <jln@...gle.com>, Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86: kaslr: select memory region from e820 maps

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>> This chooses the largest contiguous RAM region for the KASLR offset
>> to live in.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> ---
>> v2:
>>  - make sure to exclude e820 regions outside the 32-bit memory range.
>
> Do you need to execlude range that is used for initrd and possible
> command_line and boot_param ?

Yeah, and while doing a stress test here, I realized there's another
problem. In the original version of this, the stack and heap are set
up after relocation. In the C port, they're set up before, so there's
even more to avoid. To illustrate... here's a CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=n
boot:

LOAD_PHYS:0x0000000001000000
input:    0x0000000001dfe24d-0x00000000023db865
output:   0x0000000001000000-0x00000000023c98c0
heap:     0x00000000023e0740-0x00000000023e8740
stack:    0x00000000023ec698
chosen:   0x0000000001000000

(stack is just cheating and reporting sp in decompress_kernel)

And a CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y and "noaslr" boot:

LOAD_PHYS:0x0000000001000000
input:    0x000000000108b25e-0x00000000016b3e96
output:   0x0000000000200000-0x00000000016a1db8
heap:     0x00000000016b9600-0x00000000016c1600
stack:    0x00000000016c5558
chosen:   0x0000000000200000

In that case, it's just so far under LOAD_PHYSICAL_START that it's
safe. But if KASLR picks an area overlapping input, heap, or stack
it's hosed. :)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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