linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/ftrace: Make sure that ftrace trampolines are not RWX

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1705250813190.2329@nanos>
Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 08:25:32 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/ftrace: Make sure that ftrace trampolines are not
 RWX

On Wed, 24 May 2017, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> The trampolines uses the module allocation, and it appears, that needs
> to become rw before freeing again.

Indeed. I realized that when enabling more debug options, which led to a
reliable triple fault.

How intuitive.

> I applied this patch, and it appears to fix the bug for me.

It fixes the bug, but ...

> -static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp)
> +static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp, int size)
>  {
> +	int npages;
> +
> +	npages = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;

For correctness sake this wants

    	set_memory_nx(...);

as well.

> +	set_memory_rw((unsigned long)tramp, npages);
>  	module_memfree(tramp);
>  }

I'll clean that up and post a V2.

Thanks,

	tglx