linux-kernel - [PATCH] lkdtm: disable KASAN for rodata.o

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Message-Id: <20201214191413.3164796-1-elver@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:14:15 +0100
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     elver@...gle.com, keescook@...omium.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        arnd@...db.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, andreyknvl@...gle.com,
        dvyukov@...gle.com, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: [PATCH] lkdtm: disable KASAN for rodata.o

Building lkdtm with KASAN and Clang 11 or later results in the following
error when attempting to load the module:

  kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffc019cd70
  #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0011) - permissions violation
  ...
  RIP: 0010:asan.module_ctor+0x0/0xffffffffffffa290 [lkdtm]
  ...
  Call Trace:
   do_init_module+0x17c/0x570
   load_module+0xadee/0xd0b0
   __x64_sys_finit_module+0x16c/0x1a0
   do_syscall_64+0x34/0x50
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9

The reason is that rodata.o generates a dummy function that lives in
.rodata to validate that .rodata can't be executed; however, Clang 11
adds KASAN globals support by generating module constructors to
initialize globals redzones. When Clang 11 adds a module constructor to
rodata.o, it is also added to .rodata: any attempt to call it on
initialization results in the above error.

Therefore, disable KASAN instrumentation for rodata.o.

Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
index c70b3822013f..1c4c7aca0026 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM)		+= usercopy.o
 lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM)		+= stackleak.o
 lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM)		+= cfi.o

+KASAN_SANITIZE_rodata.o		:= n
 KASAN_SANITIZE_stackleak.o	:= n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rodata.o	:= n

base-commit: 2c85ebc57b3e1817b6ce1a6b703928e113a90442
-- 
2.29.2.684.gfbc64c5ab5-goog