linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 10/13] lkdtm: Really write into kernel text in WRITE

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Date:   Thu, 14 Oct 2021 07:49:59 +0200
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     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>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        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: [PATCH v2 10/13] lkdtm: Really write into kernel text in WRITE_KERN

WRITE_KERN is supposed to overwrite some kernel text, namely
do_overwritten() function.

But at the time being it overwrites do_overwritten() function
descriptor, not function text.

Fix it by dereferencing the function descriptor to obtain
function text pointer.

And make do_overwritten() noinline so that it is really
do_overwritten() which is called by lkdtm_WRITE_KERN().

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
index 60b3b2fe929d..035fcca441f0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 /* Whether or not to fill the target memory area with do_nothing(). */
 #define CODE_WRITE	true
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ static noinline void do_nothing(void)
 }
 
 /* Must immediately follow do_nothing for size calculuations to work out. */
-static void do_overwritten(void)
+static noinline void do_overwritten(void)
 {
 	pr_info("do_overwritten wasn't overwritten!\n");
 	return;
@@ -113,8 +114,9 @@ void lkdtm_WRITE_KERN(void)
 	size_t size;
 	volatile unsigned char *ptr;
 
-	size = (unsigned long)do_overwritten - (unsigned long)do_nothing;
-	ptr = (unsigned char *)do_overwritten;
+	size = (unsigned long)dereference_function_descriptor(do_overwritten) -
+	       (unsigned long)dereference_function_descriptor(do_nothing);
+	ptr = dereference_function_descriptor(do_overwritten);
 
 	pr_info("attempting bad %zu byte write at %px\n", size, ptr);
 	memcpy((void *)ptr, (unsigned char *)do_nothing, size);
-- 
2.31.1