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Message-ID: <20141006122917.GB4704@pburton-laptop>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 13:29:17 +0100
From: Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>
To: Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@...tec.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] MIPS: Setup an instruction emulation in VDSO
protected page instead of user stack
On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 08:17:30PM -0700, Leonid Yegoshin wrote:
> Historically, during FPU emulation MIPS runs live BD-slot instruction in stack.
> This is needed because it was the only way to correctly handle branch
> exceptions with unknown COP2 instructions in BD-slot. Now there is
> an eXecuteInhibit feature and it is desirable to protect stack from execution
> for security reasons.
> This patch moves FPU emulation from stack area to VDSO-located page which is set
> write-protected for application access. VDSO page itself is now per-thread and
> it's addresses and offsets are stored in thread_info.
> Small stack of emulation blocks is supported because nested traps are possible
> in MIPS32/64 R6 emulation mix with FPU emulation.
>
> Explanation of problem (current state before patch):
>
> If I set eXecute-disabled stack in ELF binary initialisation then GLIBC ignores
> it and may change stack protection at library load. If this library has
> eXecute-disabled stack then anything is OK, but if this section (PT_GNU_STACK)
> is just missed as usual, then GLIBC applies it's own default == eXecute-enabled
> stack.
> So, ssh_keygen is built explicitly with eXecute-disabled stack. But GLIBC
> ignores it and set stack executable. And because of that - anything works,
> FPU emulation and hacker tools.
> However, if I use all *.SO libraries with eXecute-disabled stack in PT_GNU_STACK
> section then GLIBC keeps stack non-executable but things fails at FPU emulation
> later.
>
> Here are two issues which are bind together and to solve an incorrect
> behaviour of GLIBC (ignoring X ssh-keygen intention) the splitting both issues
> is needed. So, I did a kernel emulation protected and out of stack.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@...tec.com>
Hi Leonid,
First some general questions: is there any reason to need the page used
to be at the same virtual address for each thread? I can't think of one,
and if that's the case then why not simply allocate a series of pages
per-thread via mmap_region or similar, on demand when a thread first
executes an FP branch instruction? That would of course consume some
more virtual address space, but would avoid the hassles of manually
prodding at the TLB, tracking ASIDs & flushing the caches. Perhaps the
shrinker interface could be used to allow freeing those pages if & when
it becomes necessary for long running threads.
Also VDSO is really a misnomer throughout, as I've pointed out to you
before. I'm aware it's an existing misnomer, but it would be nice if
we could clear that up rather than repeat it...
> ---
> arch/mips/include/asm/mmu.h | 2 +
> arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h | 2 -
> arch/mips/include/asm/switch_to.h | 12 ++++
> arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h | 3 +
> arch/mips/include/asm/tlbmisc.h | 1
> arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h | 2 +
> arch/mips/kernel/process.c | 7 ++
> arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c | 41 ++++++++++++-
> arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> arch/mips/mm/fault.c | 5 ++
> arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c | 39 ++++++++++++
> 11 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mmu.h
> index c436138..96266b8 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mmu.h
> @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
>
> typedef struct {
> unsigned long asid[NR_CPUS];
> + unsigned long vdso_asid[NR_CPUS];
> void *vdso;
> + struct vm_area_struct *vdso_vma;
> } mm_context_t;
>
> #endif /* __ASM_MMU_H */
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
> index 05f0843..c87b1da 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern unsigned int vced_count, vcei_count;
> * A special page (the vdso) is mapped into all processes at the very
> * top of the virtual memory space.
> */
> -#define SPECIAL_PAGES_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
> +#define SPECIAL_PAGES_SIZE (PAGE_SIZE * 2)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
> #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/switch_to.h
> index b928b6f..0968f51 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/switch_to.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/switch_to.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
> #include <asm/dsp.h>
> #include <asm/cop2.h>
> #include <asm/msa.h>
> +#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
>
> struct task_struct;
>
> @@ -104,6 +105,16 @@ do { \
> disable_msa(); \
> } while (0)
>
> +static inline void flush_vdso_page(void)
> +{
> + if (current->mm && cpu_context(raw_smp_processor_id(), current->mm) &&
> + (current->mm->context.vdso_asid[raw_smp_processor_id()] ==
> + cpu_asid(raw_smp_processor_id(), current->mm))) {
> + local_flush_tlb_page(current->mm->mmap, (unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso);
> + current->mm->context.vdso_asid[raw_smp_processor_id()] = 0;
> + }
> +}
> +
> #define finish_arch_switch(prev) \
> do { \
> u32 __c0_stat; \
> @@ -118,6 +129,7 @@ do { \
> __restore_dsp(current); \
> if (cpu_has_userlocal) \
> write_c0_userlocal(current_thread_info()->tp_value); \
> + flush_vdso_page(); \
> __restore_watch(); \
> } while (0)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
> index 7de8658..8d16003 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h
> @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ struct thread_info {
> * 0x7fffffff for user-thead
> * 0xffffffff for kernel-thread
> */
> + unsigned long vdso_offset;
> + struct page *vdso_page;
> struct restart_block restart_block;
> struct pt_regs *regs;
> };
> @@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ struct thread_info {
> .cpu = 0, \
> .preempt_count = INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT, \
> .addr_limit = KERNEL_DS, \
> + .vdso_page = NULL, \
> .restart_block = { \
> .fn = do_no_restart_syscall, \
> }, \
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/tlbmisc.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/tlbmisc.h
> index 3a45228..abd7bf6 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/tlbmisc.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/tlbmisc.h
> @@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
> */
> extern void add_wired_entry(unsigned long entrylo0, unsigned long entrylo1,
> unsigned long entryhi, unsigned long pagemask);
> +int install_vdso_tlb(void);
>
> #endif /* __ASM_TLBMISC_H */
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h
> index cca56aa..baf3402 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/vdso.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
>
> +void mips_thread_vdso(struct thread_info *ti);
> +void arch_release_thread_info(struct thread_info *info);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_32BIT
> struct mips_vdso {
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
> index 636b074..762738a 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
> #include <asm/isadep.h>
> #include <asm/inst.h>
> #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
> +#include <asm/vdso.h>
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> void arch_cpu_idle_dead(void)
> @@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs * regs, unsigned long pc, unsigned long sp)
> {
> unsigned long status;
>
> + mips_thread_vdso(current_thread_info());
> +
> /* New thread loses kernel privileges. */
> status = regs->cp0_status & ~(ST0_CU0|ST0_CU1|ST0_FR|KU_MASK);
> status |= KU_USER;
> @@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs * regs, unsigned long pc, unsigned long sp)
>
> void exit_thread(void)
> {
> + arch_release_thread_info(current_thread_info());
> }
>
> void flush_thread(void)
> @@ -103,6 +107,9 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp,
>
> preempt_enable();
>
> + ti->vdso_page = NULL;
> + mips_thread_vdso(ti);
> +
> /* set up new TSS. */
> childregs = (struct pt_regs *) childksp - 1;
> /* Put the stack after the struct pt_regs. */
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c
> index 0f1af58..7b31bba 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c
> @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
>
> #include <asm/vdso.h>
> #include <asm/uasm.h>
> +#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> +#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>
> /*
> * Including <asm/unistd.h> would give use the 64-bit syscall numbers ...
> @@ -88,14 +90,18 @@ int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
>
> ret = install_special_mapping(mm, addr, PAGE_SIZE,
> VM_READ|VM_EXEC|
> - VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_MAYEXEC,
> + VM_MAYREAD|VM_MAYEXEC,
> &vdso_page);
>
> if (ret)
> goto up_fail;
>
> mm->context.vdso = (void *)addr;
> + /* if cache aliasing - use a different cache flush later */
> + if (cpu_has_rixi && cpu_has_dc_aliases)
> + mm->context.vdso_vma = find_vma(mm,addr);
>
> + mips_thread_vdso(current_thread_info());
> up_fail:
> up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
> return ret;
> @@ -107,3 +113,36 @@ const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> return "[vdso]";
> return NULL;
> }
> +
> +void mips_thread_vdso(struct thread_info *ti)
> +{
> + struct page *vdso;
> + unsigned long addr;
> +
> + if (cpu_has_rixi && ti->task->mm && !ti->vdso_page) {
> + vdso = alloc_page(GFP_USER);
> + if (!vdso)
> + return;
> + ti->vdso_page = vdso;
> + ti->vdso_offset = PAGE_SIZE;
> + addr = (unsigned long)page_address(vdso);
> + copy_page((void *)addr, (void *)page_address(vdso_page));
> + if (!cpu_has_ic_fills_f_dc)
> + flush_data_cache_page(addr);
> + /* any vma in mmap is used, just to get ASIDs back from mm */
> + local_flush_tlb_page(ti->task->mm->mmap,addr);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +void arch_release_thread_info(struct thread_info *info)
> +{
> + if (info->vdso_page) {
> + if (info->task->mm) {
> + /* any vma in mmap is used, just to get ASIDs */
> + local_flush_tlb_page(info->task->mm->mmap,(unsigned long)page_address(info->vdso_page));
> + info->task->mm->context.vdso_asid[smp_processor_id()] = 0;
> + }
> + __free_page(info->vdso_page);
> + info->vdso_page = NULL;
> + }
> +}
> diff --git a/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c b/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c
> index 4f514f3..274f9b7 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/math-emu/dsemul.c
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> #include <asm/fpu_emulator.h>
> #include <asm/inst.h>
> #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
> +#include <asm/vdso.h>
> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>
> #include "ieee754.h"
> @@ -30,12 +31,15 @@ struct emuframe {
> mips_instruction cookie;
> unsigned long epc;
> };
> +/* round structure size to N*8 to force a fit two instructions in a single cache line */
> +#define EMULFRAME_ROUNDED_SIZE ((sizeof(struct emuframe) + 0x7) & ~0x7)
>
> int mips_dsemul(struct pt_regs *regs, mips_instruction ir, unsigned long cpc)
> {
> extern asmlinkage void handle_dsemulret(void);
> struct emuframe __user *fr;
> int err;
> + unsigned char *pg_addr;
>
> if ((get_isa16_mode(regs->cp0_epc) && ((ir >> 16) == MM_NOP16)) ||
> (ir == 0)) {
> @@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ int mips_dsemul(struct pt_regs *regs, mips_instruction ir, unsigned long cpc)
> pr_debug("dsemul %lx %lx\n", regs->cp0_epc, cpc);
>
> /*
> - * The strategy is to push the instruction onto the user stack
> + * The strategy is to push the instruction onto the user stack/VDSO page
> * and put a trap after it which we can catch and jump to
> * the required address any alternative apart from full
> * instruction emulation!!.
> @@ -65,37 +69,78 @@ int mips_dsemul(struct pt_regs *regs, mips_instruction ir, unsigned long cpc)
> * handler (single entry point).
> */
>
> - /* Ensure that the two instructions are in the same cache line */
> - fr = (struct emuframe __user *)
> - ((regs->regs[29] - sizeof(struct emuframe)) & ~0x7);
> -
> - /* Verify that the stack pointer is not competely insane */
> - if (unlikely(!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, fr, sizeof(struct emuframe))))
> - return SIGBUS;
> -
> - if (get_isa16_mode(regs->cp0_epc)) {
> - err = __put_user(ir >> 16, (u16 __user *)(&fr->emul));
> - err |= __put_user(ir & 0xffff, (u16 __user *)((long)(&fr->emul) + 2));
> - err |= __put_user(BREAK_MATH >> 16, (u16 __user *)(&fr->badinst));
> - err |= __put_user(BREAK_MATH & 0xffff, (u16 __user *)((long)(&fr->badinst) + 2));
> + if (current_thread_info()->vdso_page) {
> + /*
> + * Use VDSO page and fill structure via kernel VA,
> + * user write is disabled
> + */
> + pg_addr = (unsigned char *)page_address(current_thread_info()->vdso_page);
> + fr = (struct emuframe __user *)
> + (pg_addr + current_thread_info()->vdso_offset -
> + EMULFRAME_ROUNDED_SIZE);
> +
> + /* verify that we don't overflow into trampoline areas */
> + if ((unsigned char *)fr < (unsigned char *)(((struct mips_vdso *)pg_addr) + 1)) {
> + MIPS_FPU_EMU_INC_STATS(errors);
> + return SIGBUS;
> + }
> +
> + current_thread_info()->vdso_offset -= EMULFRAME_ROUNDED_SIZE;
> +
> + if (get_isa16_mode(regs->cp0_epc)) {
> + *(u16 *)&fr->emul = (u16)(ir >> 16);
> + *((u16 *)(&fr->emul) + 1) = (u16)(ir & 0xffff);
This microMIPS case doesn't set badinst, as I pointed out internally. I
think it would be much cleaner if you were to do something along the
lines of:
struct emuframe __user _fr, *fr, *user_fr;
if (current_thread_info()->vdso_page) {
fr = user_fr = (struct emuframe __user *)
(pg_addr + current_thread_info()->vdso_offset -
EMULFRAME_ROUNDED_SIZE);
} else {
fr = &_fr;
user_fr = (struct emuframe __user *)
((regs->regs[29] - sizeof(struct emuframe)) & ~0x7);
}
/* initialize frame */
fr->inst = ...;
fr->badinst = ...;
if (fr != user_fr)
copy_to_user(user_fr, fr, sizeof(*fr));
That way you don't duplicate the initialization of the struct emuframe
and leave it less likely you'll miss cases like above.
Or the on-stack case could be removed entirely.
Paul
> + } else {
> + fr->emul = ir;
> + fr->badinst = (mips_instruction)BREAK_MATH;
> + }
> + fr->cookie = (mips_instruction)BD_COOKIE;
> + fr->epc = cpc;
> +
> + /* fill CP0_EPC with user VA */
> + regs->cp0_epc = ((unsigned long)(current->mm->context.vdso +
> + current_thread_info()->vdso_offset)) |
> + get_isa16_mode(regs->cp0_epc);
> + if (cpu_has_dc_aliases)
> + mips_flush_data_cache_range(current->mm->context.vdso_vma,
> + regs->cp0_epc, current_thread_info()->vdso_page,
> + (unsigned long)fr, sizeof(struct emuframe));
> + else
> + /* it is a less expensive on CPU with correct SYNCI */
> + flush_cache_sigtramp((unsigned long)fr);
> } else {
> - err = __put_user(ir, &fr->emul);
> - err |= __put_user((mips_instruction)BREAK_MATH, &fr->badinst);
> + /* Ensure that the two instructions are in the same cache line */
> + fr = (struct emuframe __user *)
> + ((regs->regs[29] - sizeof(struct emuframe)) & ~0x7);
> +
> + /* Verify that the stack pointer is not competely insane */
> + if (unlikely(!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, fr, sizeof(struct emuframe))))
> + return SIGBUS;
> +
> + if (get_isa16_mode(regs->cp0_epc)) {
> + err = __put_user(ir >> 16, (u16 __user *)(&fr->emul));
> + err |= __put_user(ir & 0xffff, (u16 __user *)((long)(&fr->emul) + 2));
> + err |= __put_user(BREAK_MATH >> 16, (u16 __user *)(&fr->badinst));
> + err |= __put_user(BREAK_MATH & 0xffff, (u16 __user *)((long)(&fr->badinst) + 2));
> + } else {
> + err = __put_user(ir, &fr->emul);
> + err |= __put_user((mips_instruction)BREAK_MATH, &fr->badinst);
> + }
> +
> + err |= __put_user((mips_instruction)BD_COOKIE, &fr->cookie);
> + err |= __put_user(cpc, &fr->epc);
> +
> + if (unlikely(err)) {
> + MIPS_FPU_EMU_INC_STATS(errors);
> + return SIGBUS;
> + }
> +
> + regs->cp0_epc = ((unsigned long) &fr->emul) |
> + get_isa16_mode(regs->cp0_epc);
> +
> + flush_cache_sigtramp((unsigned long)&fr->badinst);
> }
>
> - err |= __put_user((mips_instruction)BD_COOKIE, &fr->cookie);
> - err |= __put_user(cpc, &fr->epc);
> -
> - if (unlikely(err)) {
> - MIPS_FPU_EMU_INC_STATS(errors);
> - return SIGBUS;
> - }
> -
> - regs->cp0_epc = ((unsigned long) &fr->emul) |
> - get_isa16_mode(regs->cp0_epc);
> -
> - flush_cache_sigtramp((unsigned long)&fr->badinst);
> -
> return SIGILL; /* force out of emulation loop */
> }
>
> @@ -156,6 +201,17 @@ int do_dsemulret(struct pt_regs *xcp)
> return 0;
> }
>
> + if (current_thread_info()->vdso_page) {
> + /* restore VDSO stack level */
> + current_thread_info()->vdso_offset += EMULFRAME_ROUNDED_SIZE;
> + if (current_thread_info()->vdso_offset > PAGE_SIZE) {
> + /* This is not a good situation to be in */
> + current_thread_info()->vdso_offset -= EMULFRAME_ROUNDED_SIZE;
> + force_sig(SIGBUS, current);
> +
> + return 0;
> + }
> + }
> /* Set EPC to return to post-branch instruction */
> xcp->cp0_epc = epc;
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
> index becc42b..516045a 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/mm/fault.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> #include <asm/ptrace.h>
> #include <asm/highmem.h> /* For VMALLOC_END */
> +#include <asm/tlbmisc.h>
> #include <linux/kdebug.h>
>
> /*
> @@ -138,6 +139,9 @@ good_area:
> #endif
> goto bad_area;
> }
> + if (((address & PAGE_MASK) == (unsigned long)(mm->context.vdso)) &&
> + install_vdso_tlb())
> + goto up_return;
> } else {
> if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC)))
> goto bad_area;
> @@ -186,6 +190,7 @@ good_area:
> }
> }
>
> +up_return:
> up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> return;
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
> index fa6ebd4..a857e21 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
> @@ -350,6 +350,45 @@ void __update_tlb(struct vm_area_struct * vma, unsigned long address, pte_t pte)
> local_irq_restore(flags);
> }
>
> +int install_vdso_tlb(void)
> +{
> + int tlbidx;
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + if (!current_thread_info()->vdso_page)
> + return(0);
> +
> + local_irq_save(flags);
> + write_c0_entryhi(((unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso & (PAGE_MASK << 1)) |
> + cpu_asid(smp_processor_id(), current->mm));
> +
> + mtc0_tlbw_hazard();
> + tlb_probe();
> + tlb_probe_hazard();
> + tlbidx = read_c0_index();
> +#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT_PHYS_ADDR) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32)
> + write_c0_entrylo0(pte_val(pfn_pte(
> + page_to_pfn(current_thread_info()->vdso_page),
> + __pgprot(_page_cachable_default|_PAGE_VALID)))>>32);
> +#else
> + write_c0_entrylo0(pte_to_entrylo(pte_val(pfn_pte(
> + page_to_pfn(current_thread_info()->vdso_page),
> + __pgprot(_page_cachable_default|_PAGE_VALID)))));
> +#endif
> + write_c0_entrylo1(0);
> + mtc0_tlbw_hazard();
> + if (tlbidx < 0)
> + tlb_write_random();
> + else
> + tlb_write_indexed();
> + tlbw_use_hazard();
> +
> + current->mm->context.vdso_asid[smp_processor_id()] = cpu_asid(smp_processor_id(), current->mm);
> + local_irq_restore(flags);
> +
> + return(1);
> +}
> +
> void add_wired_entry(unsigned long entrylo0, unsigned long entrylo1,
> unsigned long entryhi, unsigned long pagemask)
> {
>
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