linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH mm v3 31/38] kasan, arm64: don't tag executable vmalloc allocations

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Message-ID: <YbyUY/A1G+7SmdRo@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:45:07 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     andrey.konovalov@...ux.dev
Cc:     Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>,
        Evgenii Stepanov <eugenis@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH mm v3 31/38] kasan, arm64: don't tag executable vmalloc
 allocations

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 10:54:27PM +0100, andrey.konovalov@...ux.dev wrote:
> From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
> 
> Besides asking vmalloc memory to be executable via the prot argument
> of __vmalloc_node_range() (see the previous patch), the kernel can skip
> that bit and instead mark memory as executable via set_memory_x().
> 
> Once tag-based KASAN modes start tagging vmalloc allocations, executing
> code from such allocations will lead to the PC register getting a tag,
> which is not tolerated by the kernel.
> 
> Generic kernel code typically allocates memory via module_alloc() if
> it intends to mark memory as executable. (On arm64 module_alloc()
> uses __vmalloc_node_range() without setting the executable bit).
> 
> Thus, reset pointer tags of pointers returned from module_alloc().
> 
> However, on arm64 there's an exception: the eBPF subsystem. Instead of
> using module_alloc(), it uses vmalloc() (via bpf_jit_alloc_exec())
> to allocate its JIT region.
> 
> Thus, reset pointer tags of pointers returned from bpf_jit_alloc_exec().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>