linux-kernel - [PATCH] module: Harden STRICT_MODULE

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Message-ID: <20200403163716.GV20730@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 3 Apr 2020 18:37:16 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     jeyu@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        keescook@...omium.org, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH] module: Harden STRICT_MODULE_RWX


We're very close to enforcing W^X memory, refuse to load modules that
violate this principle per construction.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 kernel/module.c |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2044,9 +2044,28 @@ static void module_enable_x(const struct
 	frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x);
 	frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_x);
 }
+
+static int module_rwx_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
+			       char *secstrings, struct module *mod)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
+		if (sechdrs[i].sh_flags & (SHF_EXECINSTR|SHF_WRITE))
+			return -ENOEXEC;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX */
 static void module_enable_nx(const struct module *mod) { }
 static void module_enable_x(const struct module *mod) { }
+static int module_rwx_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
+			       char *secstrings, struct module *mod)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX */
 
 
@@ -3378,6 +3397,11 @@ static struct module *layout_and_allocat
 	if (err < 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
+	err = module_rwx_sections(info->hdr, info->sechdrs,
+				  info->secstrings, info->mod);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+
 	/* We will do a special allocation for per-cpu sections later. */
 	info->sechdrs[info->index.pcpu].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;