linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 09/10] lkdtm: Fix lkdtm_EXEC

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Date:   Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:23:53 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 09/10] lkdtm: Fix lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA()

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 05:25:36PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Behind a location, lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA() executes a real function,
> not a copy of do_nothing().
>
> So do it directly instead of using execute_location().
>
> And fix displayed addresses by dereferencing the function descriptors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
> index 442d60ed25ef..da16564e1ecd 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
> @@ -153,7 +153,14 @@ void lkdtm_EXEC_VMALLOC(void)
>
>  void lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA(void)
>  {
> -	execute_location(lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing, CODE_AS_IS);
> +	pr_info("attempting ok execution at %px\n",
> +		dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_nothing));
> +	do_nothing();
> +
> +	pr_info("attempting bad execution at %px\n",
> +		dereference_symbol_descriptor(lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing));
> +	lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing();
> +	pr_err("FAIL: func returned\n");
>  }

(In re-reading this more carefully, I see now why kallsyms.h is used
earlier: _function_ vs _symbol_ descriptor.)

In the next patch:

static noinline void execute_location(void *dst, bool write)
{
...
       func = setup_function_descriptor(&fdesc, dst);
       if (IS_ERR(func))
               return;

       pr_info("attempting bad execution at %px\n", dst);
       func();
       pr_err("FAIL: func returned\n");
}

What are the conditions for which dereference_symbol_descriptor works
but dereference _function_descriptor doesn't?

--
Kees Cook