[PATCH] arm64: Add support to supply 'kaslr-seed' to secondary kernel
AKASHI, Takahiro
takahiro.akashi at linaro.org
Tue Apr 24 02:40:58 PDT 2018
Bhupesh,
On 23 April 2018 at 20:05, Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hello Akashi,
>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:35 AM, Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Hello Akashi,
>>
>> Thanks for the review comments.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 8:00 AM, AKASHI Takahiro
>> <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org> wrote:
>>> Bhupesh,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 01:49:40AM +0530, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
>>>> This patch adds the support to supply 'kaslr-seed' to secondary kernel,
>>>> when we do a 'kexec warm reboot to another kernel' (although the
>>>> behaviour remains the same for the 'kdump' case as well) on arm64
>>>> platforms using the 'kexec_load' invocation method.
>>>>
>>>> Lets consider the case where the primary kernel working on the arm64
>>>> platform supports kaslr (i.e 'CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE' was set to y and
>>>> we have a compliant EFI firmware which supports EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL and
>>>> hence can pass a non-zero (valid) seed to the primary kernel).
>>>>
>>>> Now the primary kernel reads the 'kaslr-seed' and wipes it to 0 and
>>>> uses the seed value to randomize for e.g. the module base address
>>>> offset.
>>>>
>>>> In the case of 'kexec_load' (or even kdump for brevity),
>>>> we rely on the user-space kexec-tools to pass an appropriate dtb to the
>>>> secondary kernel and since 'kaslr-seed' is wiped to 0 by the primary
>>>> kernel, the secondary will essentially work with *nokaslr* as
>>>> 'kaslr-seed' is set to 0 when it is passed to the secondary kernel.
>>>>
>>>> This can be true even in case the secondary kernel had
>>>> 'CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE' and 'CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MODULE_REGION_FULL' set to
>>>> y.
>>>>
>>>> This patch addresses this issue by first checking if the device tree
>>>> provided by the firmware to the kernel supports the 'kaslr-seed'
>>>> property and verifies that it is really wiped to 0. If this condition is
>>>> met, it fixes up the 'kaslr-seed' property by using the getrandom()
>>>> syscall to get a suitable random number.
>>>>
>>>> I verified this patch on my Qualcomm arm64 board and here are some test
>>>> results:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Ensure that the primary kernel is boot'ed with 'kaslr-seed'
>>>> dts property and it is really wiped to 0:
>>>>
>>>> [root at qualcomm-amberwing]# dtc -I dtb -O dts /sys/firmware/fdt | grep -A 10 -i chosen
>>>> chosen {
>>>> kaslr-seed = <0x0 0x0>;
>>>> ...
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> 2. Now issue 'kexec_load' to load the secondary kernel (let's assume
>>>> that we are using the same kernel as the secondary kernel):
>>>> # kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r` --initrd=/boot/initramfs-`uname
>>>> -r`.img --reuse-cmdline -d
>>>>
>>>> 3. Issue 'kexec -e' to warm boot to the secondary:
>>>> # kexec -e
>>>>
>>>> 4. Now after the secondary boots, confirm that the load address of the
>>>> modules is randomized in every successive boot:
>>>>
>>>> [root at qualcomm-amberwing]# cat /proc/modules
>>>> sunrpc 524288 1 - Live 0xffff0307db190000
>>>> vfat 262144 1 - Live 0xffff0307db110000
>>>> fat 262144 1 vfat, Live 0xffff0307db090000
>>>> crc32_ce 262144 0 - Live 0xffff0307d8c70000
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma at redhat.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.c | 135 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>>> 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.c b/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.c
>>>> index 62f37585b788..2ab11227447a 100644
>>>> --- a/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.c
>>>> +++ b/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.c
>>>> @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
>>>> #include <linux/elf-em.h>
>>>> #include <elf.h>
>>>>
>>>> +#include <unistd.h>
>>>> +#include <syscall.h>
>>>> +#include <errno.h>
>>>> +#include <linux/random.h>
>>>> +
>>>> #include "kexec.h"
>>>> #include "kexec-arm64.h"
>>>> #include "crashdump.h"
>>>> @@ -392,11 +397,13 @@ static int fdt_setprop_range(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
>>>> static int setup_2nd_dtb(struct dtb *dtb, char *command_line, int on_crash)
>>>> {
>>>> uint32_t address_cells, size_cells;
>>>> - int range_len;
>>>> - int nodeoffset;
>>>> + uint64_t fdt_val64;
>>>> + uint64_t *prop;
>>>> char *new_buf = NULL;
>>>> + int len, range_len;
>>>> + int nodeoffset;
>>>> int new_size;
>>>> - int result;
>>>> + int result, kaslr_seed;
>>>>
>>>> result = fdt_check_header(dtb->buf);
>>>>
>>>> @@ -407,47 +414,99 @@ static int setup_2nd_dtb(struct dtb *dtb, char *command_line, int on_crash)
>>>>
>>>> result = set_bootargs(dtb, command_line);
>>>>
>>>> - if (on_crash) {
>>>> - /* determine #address-cells and #size-cells */
>>>> - result = get_cells_size(dtb->buf, &address_cells, &size_cells);
>>>> - if (result) {
>>>> - fprintf(stderr,
>>>> - "kexec: cannot determine cells-size.\n");
>>>> - result = -EINVAL;
>>>> - goto on_error;
>>>> - }
>>>> + /* determine #address-cells and #size-cells */
>>>> + result = get_cells_size(dtb->buf, &address_cells, &size_cells);
>>>> + if (result) {
>>>> + fprintf(stderr, "kexec: cannot determine cells-size.\n");
>>>> + result = -EINVAL;
>>>> + goto on_error;
>>>> + }
>>>>
>>>> - if (!cells_size_fitted(address_cells, size_cells,
>>>> - &elfcorehdr_mem)) {
>>>> - fprintf(stderr,
>>>> - "kexec: elfcorehdr doesn't fit cells-size.\n");
>>>> + if (!cells_size_fitted(address_cells, size_cells,
>>>> + &elfcorehdr_mem)) {
>>>> + fprintf(stderr, "kexec: elfcorehdr doesn't fit cells-size.\n");
>>>> + result = -EINVAL;
>>>> + goto on_error;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + if (!cells_size_fitted(address_cells, size_cells,
>>>> + &crash_reserved_mem)) {
>>>> + fprintf(stderr, "kexec: usable memory range doesn't fit cells-size.\n");
>>>> + result = -EINVAL;
>>>> + goto on_error;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + /* duplicate dt blob */
>>>> + range_len = sizeof(uint32_t) * (address_cells + size_cells);
>>>> + new_size = fdt_totalsize(dtb->buf)
>>>> + + fdt_prop_len(PROP_ELFCOREHDR, range_len)
>>>> + + fdt_prop_len(PROP_USABLE_MEM_RANGE, range_len);
>>>> +
>>>> + new_buf = xmalloc(new_size);
>>>> + result = fdt_open_into(dtb->buf, new_buf, new_size);
>>>> + if (result) {
>>>> + dbgprintf("%s: fdt_open_into failed: %s\n", __func__,
>>>> + fdt_strerror(result));
>>>> + result = -ENOSPC;
>>>> + goto on_error;
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + /* fixup 'kaslr-seed' with a random value, if supported */
>>>> + nodeoffset = fdt_path_offset(new_buf, "/chosen");
>>>> + prop = fdt_getprop_w(new_buf, nodeoffset,
>>>> + "kaslr-seed", &len);
>>>> + if (!prop || len != sizeof(uint64_t)) {
>>>
>>> Do we need this check?
>>> Please note that people are allowed to provide a dtb explicitly
>>> at command line and may want to use kexec as bootloader on
>>> no-uefi platform.
>>
>> I agree. Lets look at the original behaviour (before this patch). We
>> used to unpack and fixup dtb properties and then pack it back when
>> 'on_crash' was true (i.e only for the kdump case). In case of 'kexec'
>> we do not fixup the dtb (as per my understanding, please correct me if
>> I am wrong here).
>>
>> With this patch I wanted the dtb's kaslr-seed property to be fixed-up
>> (if its supported and is wiped to 0 by the primary kernel). But this
>> check is harmless in case we don't find the 'kaslr-seed' property in
>> the dtb (for e.g. on non-uefi/u-boot based arm64 platforms).
>>
>> In case the property is not seen in the dtb, we just print a debug
>> message (if '-d' flag was used to launch kexec) and proceed to perform
>> fixup of other dtb properties (like 'linux, usable-memory-range) in
>> case 'on_crash' is true (i.e. 'kexec -p' use case). In the 'kexec -l'
>> case since we don't do any other fixups in the original approach so we
>> retain the same behavior here.
>>
>>>> + dbgprintf("%s: no kaslr-seed found: %s\n",
>>>> + __func__, fdt_strerror(result));
>>>> + /* for kexec warm reboot case, we don't need to fixup
>>>> + * other dtb properties
>>>> + */
>>>> + if (!on_crash)
>>>> + goto free_new_buf;
>>>> +
>>>> + } else {
>>>> + kaslr_seed = fdt64_to_cpu(*prop);
>>>> +
>>>> + /* kaslr_seed must be wiped clean by primary
>>>> + * kernel during boot
>>>> + */
>>>> + if (kaslr_seed != 0) {
>>>> + dbgprintf("%s: kaslr-seed is not wiped to 0.\n",
>>>> + __func__);
>>>
>>> Ditto
>>> If this is a user-provided dtb, there is no reason to reject it.
>>> I think all what is needed here is to feed a *sane* dtb to kexec.
>>>
>>> So along with the comment above, it may be useful to add a command line
>>> option for turning on or off "kaslr-seed".
>>
>> Please see my comments above. Since the 'kaslr-seed' property just
>> needs to be read from the dtb, we probably don't need a separate
>> command line option for the same as we already have nokaslr available.
>> If we want the secondary kernel to boot with *nokaslr*, we can pass
>> the same to the secondary via the command line arguments.
>>
>> BTW, I also tried the behaviour with --dtb being passed while invoking
>> the 'kexec -l' with the patch in question and the resulting behaviour
>> is correct, i.e. we see that if the secondary kernel supports
>> CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y, we get the resulting randomization in module
>> load address (for e.g.):
>>
>> # kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz-`uname -r` --initrd=/boot/initramfs-`uname
>> -r`.img --command-line="$(cat /proc/cmdline)" --dtb /sys/firmware/fdt
>> -d
>>
>> # kexec -e
>>
>> On successive kexec warm reboots I see that '/proc/kallsyms' and
>> '/proc/modules' have randomized addresses.
>>
>>>> result = -EINVAL;
>>>> goto on_error;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - if (!cells_size_fitted(address_cells, size_cells,
>>>> - &crash_reserved_mem)) {
>>>> - fprintf(stderr,
>>>> - "kexec: usable memory range doesn't fit cells-size.\n");
>>>> + /*
>>>> + * Invoke the getrandom system call with
>>>> + * GRND_NONBLOCK, to make sure we
>>>> + * have a valid random seed to pass to the
>>>> + * secondary kernel.
>>>> + */
>>>> + result = syscall(SYS_getrandom, &fdt_val64,
>>>> + sizeof(fdt_val64),
>>>> + GRND_NONBLOCK);
>>>
>>> Why do you use syscall() here?
>>
>> I found that the standard way to invokde a getrandom() call is via a
>> SYSCALL (please see
>> <https://nikmav.blogspot.in/2016/10/random-generator-linux.html>).
>>
>>>> +
>>>> + if(result == -1) {
>>>> + dbgprintf("%s: Reading random bytes failed.\n",
>>>> + __func__);
>>>> result = -EINVAL;
>>>> goto on_error;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - /* duplicate dt blob */
>>>> - range_len = sizeof(uint32_t) * (address_cells + size_cells);
>>>> - new_size = fdt_totalsize(dtb->buf)
>>>> - + fdt_prop_len(PROP_ELFCOREHDR, range_len)
>>>> - + fdt_prop_len(PROP_USABLE_MEM_RANGE, range_len);
>>>> -
>>>> - new_buf = xmalloc(new_size);
>>>> - result = fdt_open_into(dtb->buf, new_buf, new_size);
>>>> + nodeoffset = fdt_path_offset(new_buf, "/chosen");
>>>> + result = fdt_setprop_inplace(new_buf,
>>>> + nodeoffset, "kaslr-seed",
>>>> + &fdt_val64, sizeof(fdt_val64));
>>>> if (result) {
>>>> - dbgprintf("%s: fdt_open_into failed: %s\n", __func__,
>>>> - fdt_strerror(result));
>>>> - result = -ENOSPC;
>>>> + dbgprintf("%s: fdt_setprop failed: %s\n",
>>>> + __func__, fdt_strerror(result));
>>>> + result = -EINVAL;
>>>> goto on_error;
>>>> }
>>>> + }
>>>>
>>>> + if (on_crash) {
>>>> /* add linux,elfcorehdr */
>>>> nodeoffset = fdt_path_offset(new_buf, "/chosen");
>>>> result = fdt_setprop_range(new_buf, nodeoffset,
>>>> @@ -455,7 +514,7 @@ static int setup_2nd_dtb(struct dtb *dtb, char *command_line, int on_crash)
>>>> address_cells, size_cells);
>>>> if (result) {
>>>> dbgprintf("%s: fdt_setprop failed: %s\n", __func__,
>>>> - fdt_strerror(result));
>>>> + fdt_strerror(result));
>>>> result = -EINVAL;
>>>> goto on_error;
>>>> }
>>>> @@ -467,23 +526,23 @@ static int setup_2nd_dtb(struct dtb *dtb, char *command_line, int on_crash)
>>>> address_cells, size_cells);
>>>> if (result) {
>>>> dbgprintf("%s: fdt_setprop failed: %s\n", __func__,
>>>> - fdt_strerror(result));
>>>> + fdt_strerror(result));
>>>> result = -EINVAL;
>>>> goto on_error;
>>>> }
>>>> -
>>>> - fdt_pack(new_buf);
>>>> - dtb->buf = new_buf;
>>>> - dtb->size = fdt_totalsize(new_buf);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - dump_reservemap(dtb);
>>>> + fdt_pack(new_buf);
>>>> + dtb->buf = new_buf;
>>>> + dtb->size = fdt_totalsize(new_buf);
>>>>
>>>> + dump_reservemap(dtb);
>>>>
>>>> return result;
>>>>
>>>> on_error:
>>>> fprintf(stderr, "kexec: %s failed.\n", __func__);
>>>> +free_new_buf:
>>>
>>> Well, technically correct, but it looks odd as it is placed
>>> on *error* return path.
>>
>> I agree. I was not too comfortable with placing this label here.
>> I will try to find a better approach in v2.
>>
>>> You also miss dump_reservemap().
>>
>> Oops. Sure will fix this in v2.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bhupesh
>
> I was about to send a v2 for this feature and was wondering if you
> have any further comments on the comments I shared last on the review
> comments you had for the v1. If yes, I can try and include them in the
> v2.
I have no more comments for now.
Thanks,
-Takahiro AKASHI
> Please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Bhupesh
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