linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.6 10/11] binfmt_elf: Leave a gap between .bss and brk

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 05:42:48 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	y0un9n132@...il.com,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	brauner@...nel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.6 10/11] binfmt_elf: Leave a gap between .bss and brk

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

[ Upstream commit 2a5eb9995528441447d33838727f6ec1caf08139 ]

Currently the brk starts its randomization immediately after .bss,
which means there is a chance that when the random offset is 0, linear
overflows from .bss can reach into the brk area. Leave at least a single
page gap between .bss and brk (when it has not already been explicitly
relocated into the mmap range).

Reported-by:  <y0un9n132@...il.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/CA+2EKTVLvc8hDZc+2Yhwmus=dzOUG5E4gV7ayCbu0MPJTZzWkw@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240217062545.1631668-2-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 7b3d2d4914073..aae062a272cef 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1311,6 +1311,9 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE) &&
 		    elf_ex->e_type == ET_DYN && !interpreter) {
 			mm->brk = mm->start_brk = ELF_ET_DYN_BASE;
+		} else {
+			/* Otherwise leave a gap between .bss and brk. */
+			mm->brk = mm->start_brk = mm->brk + PAGE_SIZE;
 		}
 
 		mm->brk = mm->start_brk = arch_randomize_brk(mm);
-- 
2.43.0