linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 1/4] KEYS: Insert incompressible bytes to reserve space in bzImage

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Date:   Wed, 10 May 2017 14:20:53 -0400
From:   Mehmet Kayaalp <mkayaalp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        keyrings <keyrings@...r.kernel.org>,
        LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        George Wilson <gcwilson@...ibm.com>,
        Mehmet Kayaalp <mkayaalp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/4] KEYS: Insert incompressible bytes to reserve space in bzImage

Include a random filled binary in vmlinux at the space reserved with
CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE. This results in an uncompressed reserved
area inside the bzImage as well, so that it can be replaced with an actual
certificate later (after the bzImage is distributed).

The bzImage contains a stripped ELF file with one section containing the
compressed vmlinux. If the reserved space is initially filled with zeros,
certificate insertion will cause a size increase in the compressed vmlinux.
In that case, reconstructing the bzImage would require relocation. To avoid
this situation, the reserved space is initially filled with random bytes.
Since a certificate contains some compressible bytes, after insertion the
vmlinux will hopefully be compressed to a smaller size.

Signed-off-by: Mehmet Kayaalp <mkayaalp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 certs/.gitignore            |  1 +
 certs/Makefile              | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 certs/system_certificates.S |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/certs/.gitignore b/certs/.gitignore
index f51aea4..4ecc8dd 100644
--- a/certs/.gitignore
+++ b/certs/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 # Generated files
 #
 x509_certificate_list
+extra_cert_placeholder
diff --git a/certs/Makefile b/certs/Makefile
index 4119bb3..ad04feb 100644
--- a/certs/Makefile
+++ b/certs/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING),y)
 $(eval $(call config_filename,SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS))
 
 # GCC doesn't include .incbin files in -MD generated dependencies (PR#66871)
-$(obj)/system_certificates.o: $(obj)/x509_certificate_list
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE),y)
+system_certs_incbin = $(obj)/x509_certificate_list $(obj)/extra_cert_placeholder
+else
+system_certs_incbin = $(obj)/x509_certificate_list
+endif
+$(obj)/system_certificates.o: $(system_certs_incbin)
 
 # Cope with signing_key.x509 existing in $(srctree) not $(objtree)
 AFLAGS_system_certificates.o := -I$(srctree)
@@ -23,12 +28,22 @@ AFLAGS_system_certificates.o := -I$(srctree)
 quiet_cmd_extract_certs  = EXTRACT_CERTS   $(patsubst "%",%,$(2))
       cmd_extract_certs  = scripts/extract-cert $(2) $@ || ( rm $@; exit 1)
 
-targets += x509_certificate_list
+targets += $(system_certs_incbin)
 $(obj)/x509_certificate_list: scripts/extract-cert $(SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS_SRCPREFIX)$(SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS_FILENAME) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,extract_certs,$(SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS_SRCPREFIX)$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS))
+
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE),y)
+# Generate incompressible bytes. Use seed to make it reproducible
+quiet_cmd_placeholder = EXTRA_CERT_PLACEHOLDER
+      cmd_placeholder = perl -e 'srand(0); printf("%c", int(rand(256))) for (1..$(2))' > $@
+
+$(obj)/extra_cert_placeholder: FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,placeholder,$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE_SIZE))
+endif
+
 endif
 
-clean-files := x509_certificate_list .x509.list
+clean-files := $(system_certs_incbin) .x509.list
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG),y)
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/certs/system_certificates.S b/certs/system_certificates.S
index c9ceb71..02b9222 100644
--- a/certs/system_certificates.S
+++ b/certs/system_certificates.S
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ __cert_list_end:
 	.globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_extra_cert)
 	.size system_extra_cert, CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE_SIZE
 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_extra_cert):
-	.fill CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE_SIZE, 1, 0
+	.incbin "certs/extra_cert_placeholder"
 
 	.align 4
 	.globl VMLINUX_SYMBOL(system_extra_cert_used)
-- 
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