linux-kernel - [PATCH] lkdtm: don't move ctors to .rodata

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Message-Id: <20201207170533.10738-1-mark.rutland@arm.com>
Date:   Mon,  7 Dec 2020 17:05:33 +0000
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH] lkdtm: don't move ctors to .rodata

When building with KASAN and LKDTM, clang may implictly generate an
asan.module_ctor function in the LKDTM rodata object. The Makefile moves
the lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing() function into .rodata by renaming the
file's .text section to .rodata, and consequently also moves the ctor
function into .rodata, leading to a boot time crash (splat below) when
the ctor is invoked by do_ctors().

Let's prevent this by marking the function as noinstr rather than
notrace, and renaming the file's .noinstr.text to .rodata. Marking the
function as noinstr will prevent tracing and kprobes, and will inhibit
any undesireable compiler instrumentation.

The ctor function (if any) will be placed in .text and will work
correctly.

Example splat before this patch is applied:

[    0.916359] Unable to handle kernel execute from non-executable memory at virtual address ffffa0006b60f5ac
[    0.922088] Mem abort info:
[    0.922828]   ESR = 0x8600000e
[    0.923635]   EC = 0x21: IABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[    0.925036]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[    0.925838]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[    0.926714] swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000427b3000
[    0.928489] [ffffa0006b60f5ac] pgd=000000023ffff003, p4d=000000023ffff003, pud=000000023fffe003, pmd=0068000042000f01
[    0.931330] Internal error: Oops: 8600000e [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[    0.932806] Modules linked in:
[    0.933617] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.10.0-rc7 #2
[    0.935620] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
[    0.936924] pstate: 40400005 (nZcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
[    0.938609] pc : asan.module_ctor+0x0/0x14
[    0.939759] lr : do_basic_setup+0x4c/0x70
[    0.940889] sp : ffff27b600177e30
[    0.941815] x29: ffff27b600177e30 x28: 0000000000000000
[    0.943306] x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000
[    0.944803] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
[    0.946289] x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000000000000000
[    0.947777] x21: ffffa0006bf4a890 x20: ffffa0006befb6c0
[    0.949271] x19: ffffa0006bef9358 x18: 0000000000000068
[    0.950756] x17: fffffffffffffff8 x16: 0000000000000000
[    0.952246] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000
[    0.953734] x13: 00000000838a16d5 x12: 0000000000000001
[    0.955223] x11: ffff94000da74041 x10: dfffa00000000000
[    0.956715] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : ffffa0006b60f5ac
[    0.958199] x7 : f9f9f9f9f9f9f9f9 x6 : 000000000000003f
[    0.959683] x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : 0000000000000000
[    0.961178] x3 : ffffa0006bdc15a0 x2 : 0000000000000005
[    0.962662] x1 : 00000000000000f9 x0 : ffffa0006bef9350
[    0.964155] Call trace:
[    0.964844]  asan.module_ctor+0x0/0x14
[    0.965895]  kernel_init_freeable+0x158/0x198
[    0.967115]  kernel_init+0x14/0x19c
[    0.968104]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30
[    0.969110] Code: 00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 (00000000)
[    0.970815] ---[ end trace b5339784e20d015c ]---

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile | 2 +-
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
index c70b3822013f..30c8ac24635d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rodata.o	:= n
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS :=
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_rodata_objcopy.o	:= \
-			--rename-section .text=.rodata,alloc,readonly,load
+			--rename-section .noinstr.text=.rodata,alloc,readonly,load
 targets += rodata.o rodata_objcopy.o
 $(obj)/rodata_objcopy.o: $(obj)/rodata.o FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c
index 58d180af72cf..baacb876d1d9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 #include "lkdtm.h"
 
-void notrace lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing(void)
+void noinstr lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing(void)
 {
 	/* Does nothing. We just want an architecture agnostic "return". */
 }
-- 
2.11.0