linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] x86/mm/init_32: Stop printing the virtual memory layout

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Message-Id: <20200305150152.831697-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Date:   Thu,  5 Mar 2020 10:01:52 -0500
From:   Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>, Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] x86/mm/init_32: Stop printing the virtual memory layout

For security, don't display the kernel's virtual memory layout.

Kees Cook points out:
"These have been entirely removed on other architectures, so let's
just do the same for ia32 and remove it unconditionally."

071929dbdd86 ("arm64: Stop printing the virtual memory layout")
1c31d4e96b8c ("ARM: 8820/1: mm: Stop printing the virtual memory layout")
31833332f798 ("m68k/mm: Stop printing the virtual memory layout")
fd8d0ca25631 ("parisc: Hide virtual kernel memory layout")
adb1fe9ae2ee ("mm/page_alloc: Remove kernel address exposure in free_reserved_area()")

Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
---
 arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 38 --------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 23df4885bbed..8ae0272c1c51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -788,44 +788,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	x86_init.hyper.init_after_bootmem();
 
 	mem_init_print_info(NULL);
-	printk(KERN_INFO "virtual kernel memory layout:\n"
-		"    fixmap  : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld kB)\n"
-		"  cpu_entry : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld kB)\n"
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-		"    pkmap   : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld kB)\n"
-#endif
-		"    vmalloc : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld MB)\n"
-		"    lowmem  : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld MB)\n"
-		"      .init : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld kB)\n"
-		"      .data : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld kB)\n"
-		"      .text : 0x%08lx - 0x%08lx   (%4ld kB)\n",
-		FIXADDR_START, FIXADDR_TOP,
-		(FIXADDR_TOP - FIXADDR_START) >> 10,
-
-		CPU_ENTRY_AREA_BASE,
-		CPU_ENTRY_AREA_BASE + CPU_ENTRY_AREA_MAP_SIZE,
-		CPU_ENTRY_AREA_MAP_SIZE >> 10,
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
-		PKMAP_BASE, PKMAP_BASE+LAST_PKMAP*PAGE_SIZE,
-		(LAST_PKMAP*PAGE_SIZE) >> 10,
-#endif
-
-		VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
-		(VMALLOC_END - VMALLOC_START) >> 20,
-
-		(unsigned long)__va(0), (unsigned long)high_memory,
-		((unsigned long)high_memory - (unsigned long)__va(0)) >> 20,
-
-		(unsigned long)&__init_begin, (unsigned long)&__init_end,
-		((unsigned long)&__init_end -
-		 (unsigned long)&__init_begin) >> 10,
-
-		(unsigned long)&_etext, (unsigned long)&_edata,
-		((unsigned long)&_edata - (unsigned long)&_etext) >> 10,
-
-		(unsigned long)&_text, (unsigned long)&_etext,
-		((unsigned long)&_etext - (unsigned long)&_text) >> 10);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check boundaries twice: Some fundamental inconsistencies can
-- 
2.24.1