[RFC PATCH v4 17/18] mm: Add basic tests for kpkeys_hardened_pgtables

Kevin Brodsky kevin.brodsky at arm.com
Fri Apr 11 02:16:30 PDT 2025


Add basic tests for the kpkeys_hardened_pgtables feature: try to
perform a direct write to kernel and user page table entries and
ensure it fails.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky at arm.com>
---
 mm/Makefile                               |  1 +
 mm/tests/kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_kunit.c | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 security/Kconfig.hardening                | 12 +++
 3 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 mm/tests/kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_kunit.c

diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 0f30cc85c6f1..778df78c65d5 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -149,3 +149,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EXECMEM) += execmem.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TMPFS_QUOTA) += shmem_quota.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PT_RECLAIM) += pt_reclaim.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KPKEYS_HARDENED_PGTABLES) += kpkeys_hardened_pgtables.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_KPKEYS_HARDENED_PGTABLES_KUNIT_TEST) += tests/kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_kunit.o
diff --git a/mm/tests/kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_kunit.c b/mm/tests/kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_kunit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e29721262b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/tests/kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_kunit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+#include <linux/mman.h>
+#include <linux/pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+KUNIT_DEFINE_ACTION_WRAPPER(vfree_wrapper, vfree, const void *);
+
+static void write_linear_map_pte(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	pte_t *ptep;
+	pte_t pte;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!arch_kpkeys_enabled())
+		kunit_skip(test, "kpkeys are not supported");
+
+	/*
+	 * The choice of address is mostly arbitrary - we just need something
+	 * that falls in the linear mapping, such as the address of a global
+	 * variable.
+	 */
+	ptep = virt_to_kpte((unsigned long)&init_mm);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MSG(test, ptep, "Failed to get PTE");
+
+	pte = ptep_get(ptep);
+	pte = set_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_WRITE));
+	ret = copy_to_kernel_nofault(ptep, &pte, sizeof(pte));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test, ret, -EFAULT,
+			    "Direct PTE write wasn't prevented");
+}
+
+static void write_kernel_vmalloc_pte(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	void *mem;
+	pte_t *ptep;
+	pte_t pte;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!arch_kpkeys_enabled())
+		kunit_skip(test, "kpkeys are not supported");
+
+	mem = vmalloc(PAGE_SIZE);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(test, mem);
+	ret = kunit_add_action_or_reset(test, vfree_wrapper, mem);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
+
+	ptep = virt_to_kpte((unsigned long)mem);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MSG(test, ptep, "Failed to get PTE");
+
+	pte = ptep_get(ptep);
+	pte = set_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_WRITE));
+	ret = copy_to_kernel_nofault(ptep, &pte, sizeof(pte));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test, ret, -EFAULT,
+			    "Direct PTE write wasn't prevented");
+}
+
+static void write_user_pmd(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	pmd_t *pmdp;
+	pmd_t pmd;
+	unsigned long uaddr;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!arch_kpkeys_enabled())
+		kunit_skip(test, "kpkeys are not supported");
+
+	uaddr = kunit_vm_mmap(test, NULL, 0, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ,
+			      MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_POPULATE, 0);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_NE_MSG(test, uaddr, 0, "Could not create userspace mm");
+
+	/* We passed MAP_POPULATE so a PMD should already be allocated */
+	pmdp = pmd_off(current->mm, uaddr);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MSG(test, pmdp, "Failed to get PMD");
+
+	pmd = pmdp_get(pmdp);
+	pmd = set_pmd_bit(pmd, __pgprot(PROT_SECT_NORMAL));
+	ret = copy_to_kernel_nofault(pmdp, &pmd, sizeof(pmd));
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test, ret, -EFAULT,
+			    "Direct PMD write wasn't prevented");
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_test_cases[] = {
+	KUNIT_CASE(write_linear_map_pte),
+	KUNIT_CASE(write_kernel_vmalloc_pte),
+	KUNIT_CASE(write_user_pmd),
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_test_suite = {
+	.name = "Hardened pgtables using kpkeys",
+	.test_cases = kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_test_cases,
+};
+kunit_test_suite(kpkeys_hardened_pgtables_test_suite);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Tests for the kpkeys_hardened_pgtables feature");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index c2b0987768ca..cc3458510e97 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -346,6 +346,18 @@ config KPKEYS_HARDENED_PGTABLES
 	  This option has no effect if the system does not support
 	  kernel pkeys.
 
+config KPKEYS_HARDENED_PGTABLES_KUNIT_TEST
+	tristate "KUnit tests for kpkeys_hardened_pgtables" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+	depends on KPKEYS_HARDENED_PGTABLES
+	depends on KUNIT
+	default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+	help
+	  Enable this option to check that the kpkeys_hardened_pgtables feature
+	  functions as intended, i.e. prevents arbitrary writes to user and
+	  kernel page tables.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 endmenu
 
 config CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT
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