linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v9 03/13] mm: Add support for eXclusive Page Frame Ownership (XPFO)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20190417195213.GE3758@cisco>
Date:   Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:52:13 -0600
From:   Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...cle.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Juerg Haefliger <juergh@...il.com>, jsteckli@...zon.de,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Juerg Haefliger <juerg.haefliger@...onical.com>,
        deepa.srinivasan@...cle.com, chris hyser <chris.hyser@...cle.com>,
        Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>,
        "Woodhouse, David" <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Khalid Aziz <khalid@...ehiking.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v9 03/13] mm: Add support for eXclusive Page Frame
 Ownership (XPFO)

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 12:49:04PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> I also proposed using a gcc plugin (or upstream gcc feature) to add
> some instrumentation to any code that pops RSP to verify that the
> resulting (unsigned) change in RSP is between 0 and THREAD_SIZE bytes.
> This will make ROP quite a bit harder.

I've been playing around with this for a bit, and hope to have
something to post Soon :)

Tycho