[PATCH v7 1/4] syscalls: Restore address limit after a syscall

Kees Cook keescook at chromium.org
Mon Apr 24 19:57:34 EDT 2017


On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie at google.com> wrote:
> This patch ensures a syscall does not return to user-mode with a kernel
> address limit. If that happened, a process can corrupt kernel-mode
> memory and elevate privileges.
>
> For example, it would mitigation this bug:
>
> - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=990
>
> The CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE option is also
> added so each architecture can optimize this change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie at google.com>
> Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>

Ingo, I think this series is ready. Can you pull it? (And if not, what
should next steps be?)

-Kees

> ---
> Based on next-20170410
> ---
>  arch/s390/Kconfig        |  1 +
>  include/linux/syscalls.h | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  init/Kconfig             |  6 ++++++
>  kernel/sys.c             | 13 +++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
> index d25435d94b6e..489a0cc6e46b 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
> @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ config S390
>         select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_BH
>         select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQ
>         select ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQRESTORE
> +       select ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE
>         select ARCH_SAVE_PAGE_KEYS if HIBERNATION
>         select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
>         select ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
> diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> index 980c3c9b06f8..801a7a74fe28 100644
> --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
> +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> @@ -191,6 +191,27 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
>         SYSCALL_METADATA(sname, x, __VA_ARGS__)                 \
>         __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, sname, __VA_ARGS__)
>
> +
> +/*
> + * Called before coming back to user-mode. Returning to user-mode with an
> + * address limit different than USER_DS can allow to overwrite kernel memory.
> + */
> +static inline void verify_pre_usermode_state(void) {
> +       BUG_ON(!segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS));
> +}
> +
> +#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE
> +#define __CHECK_USER_CALLER() \
> +       bool user_caller = segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS)
> +#define __VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE() \
> +       if (user_caller) verify_pre_usermode_state()
> +#else
> +#define __CHECK_USER_CALLER()
> +#define __VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE()
> +asmlinkage void address_limit_check_failed(void);
> +#endif
> +
> +
>  #define __PROTECT(...) asmlinkage_protect(__VA_ARGS__)
>  #define __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, name, ...)                                        \
>         asmlinkage long sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_DECL,__VA_ARGS__))       \
> @@ -199,7 +220,10 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs;
>         asmlinkage long SyS##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__));      \
>         asmlinkage long SyS##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__))       \
>         {                                                               \
> -               long ret = SYSC##name(__MAP(x,__SC_CAST,__VA_ARGS__));  \
> +               long ret;                                               \
> +               __CHECK_USER_CALLER();                                  \
> +               ret = SYSC##name(__MAP(x,__SC_CAST,__VA_ARGS__));       \
> +               __VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE();                          \
>                 __MAP(x,__SC_TEST,__VA_ARGS__);                         \
>                 __PROTECT(x, ret,__MAP(x,__SC_ARGS,__VA_ARGS__));       \
>                 return ret;                                             \
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index 7f7027817bce..e5fbd0becfa7 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -1958,6 +1958,12 @@ config PROFILING
>  config TRACEPOINTS
>         bool
>
> +config ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE
> +       bool
> +       help
> +         Disable the generic pre-usermode state verification. Allow each
> +         architecture to optimize how and when the verification is done.
> +
>  source "arch/Kconfig"
>
>  endmenu                # General setup
> diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
> index 196c7134bee6..d30530ff8166 100644
> --- a/kernel/sys.c
> +++ b/kernel/sys.c
> @@ -2459,3 +2459,16 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sysinfo, struct compat_sysinfo __user *, info)
>         return 0;
>  }
>  #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE
> +/*
> + * This function is called when an architecture specific implementation detected
> + * an invalid address limit. The generic user-mode state checker will finish on
> + * the appropriate BUG_ON.
> + */
> +asmlinkage void address_limit_check_failed(void)
> +{
> +       verify_pre_usermode_state();
> +       panic("address_limit_check_failed called with a valid user-mode state");
> +}
> +#endif
> --
> 2.12.2.715.g7642488e1d-goog
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security



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