netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 09/10] arm64: unexport set_memory_ro and set_memory

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:	Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:51:57 -0800
From:	Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, davem@...emloft.net
CC:	ast@...mgrid.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 09/10] arm64: unexport set_memory_ro and set_memory_rw

On 2/27/2015 6:55 AM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> This effectively unexports set_memory_ro and set_memory_rw functions from
> commit 11d91a770f1f ("arm64: Add CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX support").
>
> No module user of those is in mainline kernel and we explicitly do not want
> modules to use these functions, as they i.e. protect eBPF (interpreted and
> JIT'ed) images from malicious modifications or bugs.
>
> Outside of eBPF scope, I believe also other set_memory_* functions should
> be unexported on arm64 for modules.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> Cc: Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c | 2 --
>   1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>

We have some uses for modules doing set_memory_ro/rw but none that are
in mainline. That can be dealt with if the features ever get
mainlined which seems unlikely.

Acked-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
> index bb0ea94..8659357 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
> @@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ int set_memory_ro(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
>   					__pgprot(PTE_RDONLY),
>   					__pgprot(PTE_WRITE));
>   }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_memory_ro);
>
>   int set_memory_rw(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
>   {
> @@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ int set_memory_rw(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
>   					__pgprot(PTE_WRITE),
>   					__pgprot(PTE_RDONLY));
>   }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_memory_rw);
>
>   int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
>   {
>


-- 
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum,
a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html