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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:46:25 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, lasse.collin@...aani.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 20/20] x86, kaslr: Use KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE as the offset
max for kernel virtual randomization
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:32 AM, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com> wrote:
> The old code uses CONFIG_RANDOM_OFFSET_MAX to get the offset max for kernel
> virtual randomization, and CONFIG_RANDOM_OFFSET_MAX is a configurable value
> within the scope of [512M, 1G] on x86_64. Currently CONFIG_RANDOM_OFFSET_MAX
> always defaults to 1G, and seems no obvious benefit to make it configurable.
> So Kees suggested we should set KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE 1G if RANDOMIZE_BASE is
> on, and use KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE as offset max.
>
> In this patch just do as Kees suggested. And with this change
> CONFIG_RANDOM_OFFSET_MAX is not needed any more, so clean it up now.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
-Kees
> ---
> v3->v4:
> Added in v4.
>
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 57 +++++++++++++-----------------------
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c | 7 ++---
> arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h | 5 ++--
> arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 3 --
> 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index b105105..fbe0bb0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -1908,51 +1908,36 @@ config RANDOMIZE_BASE
> depends on RELOCATABLE
> default n
> ---help---
> - Randomizes the physical and virtual address at which the
> - kernel image is decompressed, as a security feature that
> - deters exploit attempts relying on knowledge of the location
> - of kernel internals.
> + Randomizes the physical address at which the kernel image
> + is decompressed and the virtual address where the kernel
> + image is mapped, as a secrurity feature that deters exploit
> + attempts relying on knowledge of the location of kernel
> + internals.
> +
> + The kernel physical address can be randomized from 16M to
> + 64T at most. The kernel virtual address will be offset
> + by up to KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE. On 32-bit KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE is
> + 512MiB. while on 64-bit this is limited by how the kernel
> + fixmap page table is positioned, so this cannot be larger
> + than 1GiB currently. Without RANDOMIZE_BASE there is a 512MiB
> + to 1.5GiB split between kernel and modules. When RANDOMIZE_BASE
> + is enabled, the modules area will shrink to compensate, up
> + to a 1GiB to 1GiB split, KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE changes from 512MiB
> + to 1GiB.
>
> Entropy is generated using the RDRAND instruction if it is
> supported. If RDTSC is supported, it is used as well. If
> neither RDRAND nor RDTSC are supported, then randomness is
> read from the i8254 timer.
>
> - The kernel will be offset by up to RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET,
> - and aligned according to PHYSICAL_ALIGN. Since the kernel is
> - built using 2GiB addressing, and PHYSICAL_ALGIN must be at a
> - minimum of 2MiB, only 10 bits of entropy is theoretically
> - possible. At best, due to page table layouts, 64-bit can use
> - 9 bits of entropy and 32-bit uses 8 bits.
> + Since the kernel is built using 2GiB addressing, and
> + PHYSICAL_ALGIN must be at a minimum of 2MiB, only 10 bits of
> + entropy is theoretically possible. At best, due to page table
> + layouts, 64-bit can use 9 bits of entropy and 32-bit uses 8
> + bits.
>
> If unsure, say N.
>
> -config RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET
> - hex "Maximum kASLR offset allowed" if EXPERT
> - depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE
> - range 0x0 0x20000000 if X86_32
> - default "0x20000000" if X86_32
> - range 0x0 0x40000000 if X86_64
> - default "0x40000000" if X86_64
> - ---help---
> - The lesser of RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET and available physical
> - memory is used to determine the maximal offset in bytes that will
> - be applied to the kernel when kernel Address Space Layout
> - Randomization (kASLR) is active. This must be a multiple of
> - PHYSICAL_ALIGN.
> -
> - On 32-bit this is limited to 512MiB by page table layouts. The
> - default is 512MiB.
> -
> - On 64-bit this is limited by how the kernel fixmap page table is
> - positioned, so this cannot be larger than 1GiB currently. Without
> - RANDOMIZE_BASE, there is a 512MiB to 1.5GiB split between kernel
> - and modules. When RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET is above 512MiB, the
> - modules area will shrink to compensate, up to the current maximum
> - 1GiB to 1GiB split. The default is 1GiB.
> -
> - If unsure, leave at the default value.
> -
> # Relocation on x86 needs some additional build support
> config X86_NEED_RELOCS
> def_bool y
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c
> index d072ca7..737643c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c
> @@ -428,11 +428,10 @@ static unsigned long find_random_virt_offset(unsigned long minimum,
> minimum = ALIGN(minimum, CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN);
>
> if (image_size <= CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN)
> - slot_num = (CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET - minimum) /
> + slot_num = (KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE - minimum) /
> CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN;
> else
> - slot_num = (CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET -
> - minimum - image_size) /
> + slot_num = (KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE - minimum - image_size) /
> CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN + 1;
>
> random = get_random_long() % slot_num;
> @@ -487,7 +486,7 @@ void choose_kernel_location(unsigned char *input,
>
> /*
> * Get a random address between LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR and
> - * CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET
> + * KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE
> */
> random = find_random_virt_offset(LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR, output_size);
> *virt_offset = (unsigned char *)random;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
> index 4928cf0..8775bec 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
> @@ -48,9 +48,8 @@
> * kernel page table mapping, reducing the size of the modules area.
> */
> #define KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE_DEFAULT (512 * 1024 * 1024)
> -#if defined(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE) && \
> - CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET > KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE_DEFAULT
> -#define KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET
> +#if defined(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE)
> +#define KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE (1024 * 1024 * 1024)
> #else
> #define KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE_DEFAULT
> #endif
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
> index 2ebfbaf..c5ae958 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
> @@ -807,9 +807,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
> BUILD_BUG_ON(VMALLOC_START >= VMALLOC_END);
> #undef high_memory
> #undef __FIXADDR_TOP
> -#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
> - BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE_MAX_OFFSET > KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE);
> -#endif
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
> BUG_ON(PKMAP_BASE + LAST_PKMAP*PAGE_SIZE > FIXADDR_START);
> --
> 2.5.0
>
--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security
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