[PATCH 1/9] mm: Hardened usercopy

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Wed Jul 6 15:25:20 PDT 2016


This is the start of porting PAX_USERCOPY into the mainline kernel. This
is the first set of features, controlled by CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY. The
work is based on code by PaX Team and Brad Spengler, and an earlier port
from Casey Schaufler. Additional non-slab page tests are from Rik van Riel.

This patch contains the logic for validating several conditions when
performing copy_to_user() and copy_from_user() on the kernel object
being copied to/from:
- address range doesn't wrap around
- address range isn't NULL or zero-allocated (with a non-zero copy size)
- if on the slab allocator:
  - object size must be less than or equal to copy size (when check is
    implemented in the allocator, which appear in subsequent patches)
- otherwise, object must not span page allocations
- if on the stack
  - object must not extend before/after the current process task
  - object must be contained by the current stack frame (when there is
    arch/build support for identifying stack frames)
- object must not overlap with kernel text

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
---
 arch/Kconfig                |   7 ++
 include/linux/slab.h        |  12 +++
 include/linux/thread_info.h |  15 +++
 mm/Makefile                 |   4 +
 mm/usercopy.c               | 239 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 security/Kconfig            |  27 +++++
 6 files changed, 304 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 mm/usercopy.c

diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index d794384a0404..3ea04d8dcf62 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -424,6 +424,13 @@ config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
 
 endchoice
 
+config HAVE_ARCH_LINEAR_KERNEL_MAPPING
+	bool
+	help
+	  An architecture should select this if it has a secondary linear
+	  mapping of the kernel text. This is used to verify that kernel
+	  text exposures are not visible under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY.
+
 config HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index aeb3e6d00a66..96a16a3fb7cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -155,6 +155,18 @@ void kfree(const void *);
 void kzfree(const void *);
 size_t ksize(const void *);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR
+const char *__check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
+				struct page *page);
+#else
+static inline const char *__check_heap_object(const void *ptr,
+					      unsigned long n,
+					      struct page *page)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Some archs want to perform DMA into kmalloc caches and need a guaranteed
  * alignment larger than the alignment of a 64-bit integer.
diff --git a/include/linux/thread_info.h b/include/linux/thread_info.h
index b4c2a485b28a..a02200db9c33 100644
--- a/include/linux/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/thread_info.h
@@ -146,6 +146,21 @@ static inline bool test_and_clear_restore_sigmask(void)
 #error "no set_restore_sigmask() provided and default one won't work"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY
+extern void __check_object_size(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
+					bool to_user);
+
+static inline void check_object_size(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
+				     bool to_user)
+{
+	__check_object_size(ptr, n, to_user);
+}
+#else
+static inline void check_object_size(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
+				     bool to_user)
+{ }
+#endif /* CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY */
+
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_THREAD_INFO_H */
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 78c6f7dedb83..32d37247c7e5 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_memcontrol.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_mmzone.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_vmstat.o := n
 
+# Since __builtin_frame_address does work as used, disable the warning.
+CFLAGS_usercopy.o += $(call cc-disable-warning, frame-address)
+
 mmu-y			:= nommu.o
 mmu-$(CONFIG_MMU)	:= gup.o highmem.o memory.o mincore.o \
 			   mlock.o mmap.o mprotect.o mremap.o msync.o rmap.o \
@@ -99,3 +102,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_USERFAULTFD) += userfaultfd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING) += page_idle.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FRAME_VECTOR) += frame_vector.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGE_REF) += debug_page_ref.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY) += usercopy.o
diff --git a/mm/usercopy.c b/mm/usercopy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad2765dd6dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/usercopy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+/*
+ * This implements the various checks for CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY*,
+ * which are designed to protect kernel memory from needless exposure
+ * and overwrite under many unintended conditions. This code is based
+ * on PAX_USERCOPY, which is:
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2016 PaX Team, Bradley Spengler, Open Source
+ * Security Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
+
+/*
+ * Checks if a given pointer and length is contained by the current
+ * stack frame (if possible).
+ *
+ *	0: not at all on the stack
+ *	1: fully on the stack (when can't do frame-checking)
+ *	2: fully inside the current stack frame
+ *	-1: error condition (invalid stack position or bad stack frame)
+ */
+static noinline int check_stack_object(const void *obj, unsigned long len)
+{
+	const void * const stack = task_stack_page(current);
+	const void * const stackend = stack + THREAD_SIZE;
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER) && defined(CONFIG_X86)
+	const void *frame = NULL;
+	const void *oldframe;
+#endif
+
+	/* Object is not on the stack at all. */
+	if (obj + len <= stack || stackend <= obj)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Reject: object partially overlaps the stack (passing the
+	 * the check above means at least one end is within the stack,
+	 * so if this check fails, the other end is outside the stack).
+	 */
+	if (obj < stack || stackend < obj + len)
+		return -1;
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER) && defined(CONFIG_X86)
+	oldframe = __builtin_frame_address(1);
+	if (oldframe)
+		frame = __builtin_frame_address(2);
+	/*
+	 * low ----------------------------------------------> high
+	 * [saved bp][saved ip][args][local vars][saved bp][saved ip]
+	 *		     ^----------------^
+	 *             allow copies only within here
+	 */
+	while (stack <= frame && frame < stackend) {
+		/*
+		 * If obj + len extends past the last frame, this
+		 * check won't pass and the next frame will be 0,
+		 * causing us to bail out and correctly report
+		 * the copy as invalid.
+		 */
+		if (obj + len <= frame)
+			return obj >= oldframe + 2 * sizeof(void *) ? 2 : -1;
+		oldframe = frame;
+		frame = *(const void * const *)frame;
+	}
+	return -1;
+#else
+	return 1;
+#endif
+}
+
+static void report_usercopy(const void *ptr, unsigned long len,
+			    bool to_user, const char *type)
+{
+	pr_emerg("kernel memory %s attempt detected %s %p (%s) (%lu bytes)\n",
+		to_user ? "exposure" : "overwrite",
+		to_user ? "from" : "to", ptr, type ? : "unknown", len);
+	dump_stack();
+	do_group_exit(SIGKILL);
+}
+
+/* Returns true if any portion of [ptr,ptr+n) over laps with [low,high). */
+static bool overlaps(const void *ptr, unsigned long n, unsigned long low,
+		     unsigned long high)
+{
+	unsigned long check_low = (uintptr_t)ptr;
+	unsigned long check_high = check_low + n;
+
+	/* Does not overlap if entirely above or entirely below. */
+	if (check_low >= high || check_high < low)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/* Is this address range in the kernel text area? */
+static inline const char *check_kernel_text_object(const void *ptr,
+						   unsigned long n)
+{
+	unsigned long textlow = (unsigned long)_stext;
+	unsigned long texthigh = (unsigned long)_etext;
+
+	if (overlaps(ptr, n, textlow, texthigh))
+		return "<kernel text>";
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_LINEAR_KERNEL_MAPPING
+	/* Check against linear mapping as well. */
+	if (overlaps(ptr, n, (unsigned long)__va(__pa(textlow)),
+		     (unsigned long)__va(__pa(texthigh))))
+		return "<linear kernel text>";
+#endif
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline const char *check_bogus_address(const void *ptr, unsigned long n)
+{
+	/* Reject if object wraps past end of memory. */
+	if (ptr + n < ptr)
+		return "<wrapped address>";
+
+	/* Reject if NULL or ZERO-allocation. */
+	if (ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(ptr))
+		return "<null>";
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline const char *check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n)
+{
+	struct page *page, *endpage;
+	const void *end = ptr + n - 1;
+
+	if (!virt_addr_valid(ptr))
+		return NULL;
+
+	page = virt_to_head_page(ptr);
+
+	/* Check slab allocator for flags and size. */
+	if (PageSlab(page))
+		return __check_heap_object(ptr, n, page);
+
+	/* Is the object wholly within one base page? */
+	if (likely(((unsigned long)ptr & (unsigned long)PAGE_MASK) ==
+		   ((unsigned long)end & (unsigned long)PAGE_MASK)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Allow if start and end are inside the same compound page. */
+	endpage = virt_to_head_page(end);
+	if (likely(endpage == page))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Allow special areas, device memory, and sometimes kernel data. */
+	if (PageReserved(page) && PageReserved(endpage))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Sometimes the kernel data regions are not marked Reserved. And
+	 * sometimes [_sdata,_edata) does not cover rodata and/or bss,
+	 * so check each range explicitly.
+	 */
+
+	/* Allow kernel data region (if not marked as Reserved). */
+	if (ptr >= (const void *)_sdata && end <= (const void *)_edata)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Allow kernel rodata region (if not marked as Reserved). */
+	if (ptr >= (const void *)__start_rodata &&
+	    end <= (const void *)__end_rodata)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Allow kernel bss region (if not marked as Reserved). */
+	if (ptr >= (const void *)__bss_start &&
+	    end <= (const void *)__bss_stop)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Uh oh. The "object" spans several independently allocated pages. */
+	return "<spans multiple pages>";
+}
+
+/*
+ * Validates that the given object is one of:
+ * - known safe heap object
+ * - known safe stack object
+ * - not in kernel text
+ */
+void __check_object_size(const void *ptr, unsigned long n, bool to_user)
+{
+	const char *err;
+
+	/* Skip all tests if size is zero. */
+	if (!n)
+		return;
+
+	/* Check for invalid addresses. */
+	err = check_bogus_address(ptr, n);
+	if (err)
+		goto report;
+
+	/* Check for bad heap object. */
+	err = check_heap_object(ptr, n);
+	if (err)
+		goto report;
+
+	/* Check for bad stack object. */
+	switch (check_stack_object(ptr, n)) {
+	case 0:
+		/* Object is not touching the current process stack. */
+		break;
+	case 1:
+	case 2:
+		/*
+		 * Object is either in the correct frame (when it
+		 * is possible to check) or just generally on the
+		 * process stack (when frame checking not available).
+		 */
+		return;
+	default:
+		err = "<process stack>";
+		goto report;
+	}
+
+	/* Check for object in kernel to avoid text exposure. */
+	err = check_kernel_text_object(ptr, n);
+	if (!err)
+		return;
+
+report:
+	report_usercopy(ptr, n, to_user, err);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__check_object_size);
diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index 176758cdfa57..63340ad0b9f9 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -118,6 +118,33 @@ config LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
 	  this low address space will need the permission specific to the
 	  systems running LSM.
 
+config HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR
+	bool
+	help
+	  The heap allocator implements __check_heap_object() for
+	  validating memory ranges against heap object sizes in
+	  support of CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY.
+
+config HAVE_ARCH_HARDENED_USERCOPY
+	bool
+	help
+	  The architecture supports CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY by
+	  calling check_object_size() just before performing the
+	  userspace copies in the low level implementation of
+	  copy_to_user() and copy_from_user().
+
+config HARDENED_USERCOPY
+	bool "Harden memory copies between kernel and userspace"
+	depends on HAVE_ARCH_HARDENED_USERCOPY
+	help
+	  This option checks for obviously wrong memory regions when
+	  copying memory to/from the kernel (via copy_to_user() and
+	  copy_from_user() functions) by rejecting memory ranges that
+	  are larger than the specified heap object, span multiple
+	  separately allocates pages, are not on the process stack,
+	  or are part of the kernel text. This kills entire classes
+	  of heap overflow exploits and similar kernel memory exposures.
+
 source security/selinux/Kconfig
 source security/smack/Kconfig
 source security/tomoyo/Kconfig
-- 
2.7.4




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