linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] init: Fix false positives in W+X checking

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jJFjH4hiRqovOtaMOuKUQbGYWjBiGGDV-bjWSmTvZp9Pw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:40:42 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Jan Glauber <jan.glauber@...iumnetworks.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] init: Fix false positives in W+X checking

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 04/30/2018 08:59 AM, Jeffrey Hugo wrote:
>>
>> load_module() creates W+X mappings via __vmalloc_node_range() (from
>> layout_and_allocate()->move_module()->module_alloc()) by using
>> PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC.  These mappings are later cleaned up via
>> "call_rcu_sched(&freeinit->rcu, do_free_init)" from do_init_module().
>>
>> This is a problem because call_rcu_sched() queues work, which can be run
>> after debug_checkwx() is run, resulting in a race condition.  If hit, the
>> race results in a nasty splat about insecure W+X mappings, which results
>> in a poor user experience as these are not the mappings that
>> debug_checkwx() is intended to catch.
>>
>> This issue is observed on multiple arm64 platforms, and has been
>> artificially triggered on an x86 platform.
>>
>> Address the race by flushing the queued work before running the
>> arch-defined mark_rodata_ro() which then calls debug_checkwx().
>>
>> Reported-by: Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
>> Reported-by: Jan Glauber <jan.glauber@...iumnetworks.com>
>> Fixes: e1a58320a38d ("x86/mm: Warn on W^X mappings")
>> Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@...eaurora.org>
>> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
>> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
>> ---
>>
>
> Acked-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
>
> If you don't have a tree for this to go through, I might suggest having
> Kees take it.

akpm has taken the W^X stuff in the past, but I'm happy to do so. Just
let me know either way. :)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security