[kernel-hardening][PATCH v3 3/3] arm: mm: dump: add checking for writable and executable pages

Laura Abbott labbott at redhat.com
Tue Dec 5 15:51:07 PST 2017


On 12/04/2017 06:27 AM, Jinbum Park wrote:
> Page mappings with full RWX permissions are a security risk.
> x86, arm64 has an option to walk the page tables
> and dump any bad pages.
> 
> (1404d6f13e47
> ("arm64: dump: Add checking for writable and exectuable pages"))
> Add a similar implementation for arm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jinbum Park <jinb.park7 at gmail.com>
> ---
> v3: Reuse pg_level, prot_bits to check ro, nx prot.
> 
>   arch/arm/Kconfig.debug        | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>   arch/arm/include/asm/ptdump.h |  8 +++++++
>   arch/arm/mm/dump.c            | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   arch/arm/mm/init.c            |  2 ++
>   4 files changed, 88 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
> index e7b94db..78a6470 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -20,6 +20,33 @@ config ARM_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS
>   	  kernel.
>   	  If in doubt, say "N"
>   
> +config DEBUG_WX
> +	bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
> +	select ARM_PTDUMP_CORE
> +	---help---
> +		Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
> +
> +		This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
> +		W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
> +
> +		Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
> +
> +			arm/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
> +
> +		or like this, if the check failed:
> +
> +			arm/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
> +
> +		Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
> +		still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
> +		themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
> +		of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
> +
> +		There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
> +		once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
> +
> +		If in doubt, say "Y".
> +
>   # RMK wants arm kernels compiled with frame pointers or stack unwinding.
>   # If you know what you are doing and are willing to live without stack
>   # traces, you can get a slightly smaller kernel by setting this option to
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/ptdump.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/ptdump.h
> index 3a6c0b7..b6a0162 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/ptdump.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/ptdump.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ static inline int ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info,
>   }
>   #endif /* CONFIG_ARM_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS */
>   
> +void ptdump_check_wx(void);
> +
>   #endif /* CONFIG_ARM_PTDUMP_CORE */
>   
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_WX
> +#define debug_checkwx() ptdump_check_wx()
> +#else
> +#define debug_checkwx() do { } while (0)
> +#endif
> +
>   #endif /* __ASM_PTDUMP_H */
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dump.c b/arch/arm/mm/dump.c
> index 43a2bee..3e2e6f0 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/dump.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/dump.c
> @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ struct pg_state {
>   	unsigned long start_address;
>   	unsigned level;
>   	u64 current_prot;
> +	bool check_wx;
> +	unsigned long wx_pages;
>   	const char *current_domain;
>   };
>   
> @@ -194,6 +196,8 @@ struct pg_level {
>   	const struct prot_bits *bits;
>   	size_t num;
>   	u64 mask;
> +	const struct prot_bits *ro_bit;
> +	const struct prot_bits *nx_bit;
>   };
>   
>   static struct pg_level pg_level[] = {
> @@ -203,9 +207,17 @@ struct pg_level {
>   	}, { /* pmd */
>   		.bits	= section_bits,
>   		.num	= ARRAY_SIZE(section_bits),
> +	#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
> +		.ro_bit	= section_bits + 1,
> +	#else
> +		.ro_bit = section_bits,
> +	#endif
> +		.nx_bit	= section_bits + ARRAY_SIZE(section_bits) - 2,
>   	}, { /* pte */
>   		.bits	= pte_bits,
>   		.num	= ARRAY_SIZE(pte_bits),
> +		.ro_bit	= pte_bits + 1,
> +		.nx_bit	= pte_bits + 2,
>   	},
>   };
> 


This is better but the addition offset from the array is still
prone to breakage if we add entries. Maybe something like this
on top of yours:

diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dump.c b/arch/arm/mm/dump.c
index 3e2e6f06e4d9..572cbc4dc247 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dump.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dump.c
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ struct prot_bits {
  	u64		val;
  	const char	*set;
  	const char	*clear;
+	bool		ro_bit;
+	bool		x_bit;
  };
  
  static const struct prot_bits pte_bits[] = {
@@ -75,11 +77,13 @@ static const struct prot_bits pte_bits[] = {
  		.val	= L_PTE_RDONLY,
  		.set	= "ro",
  		.clear	= "RW",
+		.ro_bit	= true,
  	}, {
  		.mask	= L_PTE_XN,
  		.val	= L_PTE_XN,
  		.set	= "NX",
  		.clear	= "x ",
+		.x_bit = true,
  	}, {
  		.mask	= L_PTE_SHARED,
  		.val	= L_PTE_SHARED,
@@ -143,11 +147,13 @@ static const struct prot_bits section_bits[] = {
  		.val	= L_PMD_SECT_RDONLY | PMD_SECT_AP2,
  		.set	= "ro",
  		.clear	= "RW",
+		.ro_bit	= true,
  #elif __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6
  	{
  		.mask	= PMD_SECT_APX | PMD_SECT_AP_READ | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE,
  		.val	= PMD_SECT_APX | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE,
  		.set	= "    ro",
+		.ro_bit	= true,
  	}, {
  		.mask	= PMD_SECT_APX | PMD_SECT_AP_READ | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE,
  		.val	= PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE,
@@ -166,6 +172,7 @@ static const struct prot_bits section_bits[] = {
  		.mask   = PMD_SECT_AP_READ | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE,
  		.val    = 0,
  		.set    = "    ro",
+		.ro_bit	= true,
  	}, {
  		.mask   = PMD_SECT_AP_READ | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE,
  		.val    = PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE,
@@ -184,6 +191,7 @@ static const struct prot_bits section_bits[] = {
  		.val	= PMD_SECT_XN,
  		.set	= "NX",
  		.clear	= "x ",
+		.x_bit	= true,
  	}, {
  		.mask	= PMD_SECT_S,
  		.val	= PMD_SECT_S,
@@ -207,17 +215,9 @@ static struct pg_level pg_level[] = {
  	}, { /* pmd */
  		.bits	= section_bits,
  		.num	= ARRAY_SIZE(section_bits),
-	#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
-		.ro_bit	= section_bits + 1,
-	#else
-		.ro_bit = section_bits,
-	#endif
-		.nx_bit	= section_bits + ARRAY_SIZE(section_bits) - 2,
  	}, { /* pte */
  		.bits	= pte_bits,
  		.num	= ARRAY_SIZE(pte_bits),
-		.ro_bit	= pte_bits + 1,
-		.nx_bit	= pte_bits + 2,
  	},
  };
  
@@ -410,8 +410,13 @@ static void ptdump_initialize(void)
  
  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pg_level); i++)
  		if (pg_level[i].bits)
-			for (j = 0; j < pg_level[i].num; j++)
+			for (j = 0; j < pg_level[i].num; j++) {
  				pg_level[i].mask |= pg_level[i].bits[j].mask;
+				if (pg_level[i].bits[j].ro_bit)
+					pg_level[i].ro_bit = &pg_level[i].bits[j];
+				if (pg_level[i].bits[j].x_bit)
+					pg_level[i].nx_bit = &pg_level[i].bits[j];
+			}
  
  	address_markers[2].start_address = VMALLOC_START;
  }



   
> @@ -226,6 +238,23 @@ static void dump_prot(struct pg_state *st, const struct prot_bits *bits, size_t
>   	}
>   }
>   
> +static void note_prot_wx(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr)
> +{
> +	if (!st->check_wx)
> +		return;
> +	if ((st->current_prot & pg_level[st->level].ro_bit->mask) ==
> +				pg_level[st->level].ro_bit->val)
> +		return;
> +	if ((st->current_prot & pg_level[st->level].nx_bit->mask) ==
> +				pg_level[st->level].nx_bit->val)
> +		return;
> +
> +	WARN_ONCE(1, "arm/mm: Found insecure W+X mapping at address %p/%pS\n",
> +		(void *)st->start_address, (void *)st->start_address);
> +

With the new %p hashing, printing just %p is not useful, so just drop
it and just have the %pS.

Thanks,
Laura




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