linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] all arches, signal: Move restart_block to struct task

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Message-ID: <20141026180938.GR7996@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:09:39 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] all arches, signal: Move restart_block to struct
 task_struct

On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 10:36:45AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> I never said it was the *only* juicy target, but we can fix the rest,
> too.  Also, I suspect that overwriting task could be harder to
> exploit.  First, you need to avoid crashing, and second, on systems
> with SMAP or similar protection, you need to make task point somewhere
> that contains a useful exploit payload.
> 
> We could probably get rid of thread_info's task pointer on x86, too --
> it's not used by get_current() any more.

Huh?  If you can overwrite that pointer, you can bloody well overwrite
->task itself, making it point into the overwritten part of stack right
next to thread_info.

Again, on most of the architectures the _only_ way to reach task_struct
is via thread_info:
	* everything that uses asm-generic/current.h - arm, arm64, blackfin,
c6x, hexagon, metag, mips, openrisc, sh, um, unicore32
	* everything that should be using it - alpha, avr32, cris, m32r,
parisc, score, tile.  These guys can simply add generic-y += current.h
into their asm/Kbuild and remove asm/current.h.
	* nearly the same situation - xtensa (there's an asm variant of
the same thing + copy of asm-generic/current.h for C)
	* sparc32
	* m68k-noMMU
	* mn10300-SMP

It's a strong majority.  Check arch/*/asm/current.h and see for yourself.
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