linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/kaslr for v3.14

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:59:39 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Cong Ding <dinggnu@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
	Michael Davidson <md@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/kaslr for v3.14

Am 27.01.2014 08:38, schrieb Ingo Molnar:
> 
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/26/2014 10:49 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>>>>
>>>> No, because that information is available to user space unless we panic.
>>>
>>> Didn't you mean non-root?
>>> I thought one has to set dmesg_restrict anyways if kASLR is used.
>>>
>>> And isn't the offset available to perf too?
>>> Of course only for root, but still user space.
>>>
>>
>> For certain system security levels one want to protect even from a 
>> rogue root.  In those cases, leaking that information via dmesg and 
>> perf isn't going to work, either.
>>
>> With lower security settings, by all means...
> 
> The 'no' was categorical and unconditional though, so is the right 
> answer perhaps something more along the lines of:
> 
>   'Yes, the random offset can be reported in an oops, as long as
>    high security setups can turn off the reporting of the offset,
>    in their idealistic attempt to protect the system against root.'
> 
> ?
> 
> I also still think that in addition to reporting the offset, 
> automatically 'un-randomizing' the oopses and warnings would be useful 
> as well: with a clear to recognize indicator used for every value 
> unrandomized, such as capitalizing their first hexa digit.
> 
> Let me show a mockup of how I think it could work:
> 
> raw 64-bit original:
> 
>     [  246.085174]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8264fbf6>] dump_stack+0x46/0x58
>     [  246.098352]  [<ffffffff82054fb6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
>     [  246.104786]  [<ffffffff825710d6>] dev_watchdog+0x246/0x250
>     [  246.110923]  [<ffffffff82570e90>] ? dev_deactivate_queue.constprop.31+0x80/0x80
>     [  246.119097]  [<ffffffff8206092a>] call_timer_fn+0x3a/0x110
>     [  246.125224]  [<ffffffff8206280f>] ? update_process_times+0x6f/0x80
> 
> 64-bit un-randomized:
> 
>     [  246.085174]  <IRQ>  [<FFFFFFFF8164fbf6>] dump_stack+0x46/0x58
>     [  246.091633]  [<FFFFFFFF81054ecc>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8c/0xc0
>     [  246.098352]  [<FFFFFFFF81054fb6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
>     [  246.104786]  [<FFFFFFFF815710d6>] dev_watchdog+0x246/0x250
>     [  246.110923]  [<FFFFFFFF81570e90>] ? dev_deactivate_queue.constprop.31+0x80/0x80
>     [  246.119097]  [<FFFFFFFF8106092a>] call_timer_fn+0x3a/0x110
>     [  246.125224]  [<FFFFFFFF8106280f>] ? update_process_times+0x6f/0x80
> 
> Note how the hex values of unrandomized kernel text start with capital 
> letters, and how their values match up System.map and vmlinux symbol 
> values.
> 
> raw 32-bit randomized:
> 
> [   39.054098]  [<c20ded55>] ? __jump_label_update+0x45/0x60
> [   39.064852]  [<c2057aa2>] ? queue_work_on+0x32/0x70
> [   39.074570]  [<c20085b1>] ? mark_tsc_unstable+0x21/0x60
> [   39.084980]  [<c2f03af6>] ? tsc_init+0x326/0x344
> [   39.094175]  [<c2eff9c5>] ? start_kernel+0x2c7/0x356
> 
> 32-bit un-randomized:
> 
> [   39.054098]  [<C10ded55>] ? __jump_label_update+0x45/0x60
> [   39.064852]  [<C1057aa2>] ? queue_work_on+0x32/0x70
> [   39.074570]  [<C10085b1>] ? mark_tsc_unstable+0x21/0x60
> [   39.084980]  [<C1f03af6>] ? tsc_init+0x326/0x344
> [   39.094175]  [<C1eff9c5>] ? start_kernel+0x2c7/0x356
> 
> This looks eminently useful to me, I could plug those hexa values into 
> gdb straight away to look up a symbol instead of having to subtract 
> the random offset first.
> 
> This would do 99% of the unrandomizing job for the user/developer (and 
> not the least, for tooling), without obfuscating oopses as it would be 
> clear on which values the unrandomizing was performed, without losing 
> information.

I like this idea.

Hopefully nothing breaks if the mix lower and upper case hex numbers. =)
If so we could still inject a line like
"[<fffffffffffffffe>] __unrandomize_addr+0x0/0x0" into the trace
to mark a an un-randomized one.
Or a <UN-RANDOM> like <IRQ> on x86_64...

Thanks,
//richard
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