[PATCH 5/5] kasan: Extend KASAN mode kernel parameter
Marco Elver
elver at google.com
Thu Sep 16 03:43:38 PDT 2021
On Mon, 13 Sept 2021 at 10:14, Vincenzo Frascino
<vincenzo.frascino at arm.com> wrote:
>
> Architectures supported by KASAN_HW_TAGS can provide an asymmetric mode
> of execution. On an MTE enabled arm64 hw for example this can be
> identified with the asymmetric tagging mode of execution. In particular,
> when such a mode is present, the CPU triggers a fault on a tag mismatch
> during a load operation and asynchronously updates a register when a tag
> mismatch is detected during a store operation.
>
> Extend the KASAN HW execution mode kernel command line parameter to
> support asymmetric mode.
>
> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov at google.com>
> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin at virtuozzo.com>
> Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider at google.com>
> Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino at arm.com>
> ---
> Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst | 10 ++++++++--
> mm/kasan/hw_tags.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> mm/kasan/kasan.h | 5 +++++
> 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
> index 21dc03bc10a4..7f43e603bfbe 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
> @@ -194,14 +194,20 @@ additional boot parameters that allow disabling KASAN or controlling features:
>
> - ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``).
>
> -- ``kasan.mode=sync`` or ``=async`` controls whether KASAN is configured in
> - synchronous or asynchronous mode of execution (default: ``sync``).
> +- ``kasan.mode=sync``, ``=async`` or ``=asymm`` controls whether KASAN
> + is configured in synchronous, asynchronous or asymmetric mode of
> + execution (default: ``sync``).
> Synchronous mode: a bad access is detected immediately when a tag
> check fault occurs.
> Asynchronous mode: a bad access detection is delayed. When a tag check
> fault occurs, the information is stored in hardware (in the TFSR_EL1
> register for arm64). The kernel periodically checks the hardware and
> only reports tag faults during these checks.
> + Asymmetric mode: a bad access is detected immediately when a tag
> + check fault occurs during a load operation and its detection is
> + delayed during a store operation. For the store operations the kernel
> + periodically checks the hardware and only reports tag faults during
> + these checks.
>
> - ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack
> traces collection (default: ``on``).
> diff --git a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
> index 05d1e9460e2e..87eb7aa13918 100644
> --- a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
> +++ b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ enum kasan_arg_mode {
> KASAN_ARG_MODE_DEFAULT,
> KASAN_ARG_MODE_SYNC,
> KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYNC,
> + KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYMM,
> };
>
> enum kasan_arg_stacktrace {
> @@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kasan_flag_enabled);
> bool kasan_flag_async __ro_after_init;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kasan_flag_async);
>
> +/* Whether the asymmetric mode is enabled. */
> +bool kasan_flag_asymm __ro_after_init;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kasan_flag_asymm);
> +
> /* Whether to collect alloc/free stack traces. */
> DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kasan_flag_stacktrace);
>
> @@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ static int __init early_kasan_flag(char *arg)
> }
> early_param("kasan", early_kasan_flag);
>
> -/* kasan.mode=sync/async */
> +/* kasan.mode=sync/async/asymm */
> static int __init early_kasan_mode(char *arg)
> {
> if (!arg)
> @@ -79,6 +84,8 @@ static int __init early_kasan_mode(char *arg)
> kasan_arg_mode = KASAN_ARG_MODE_SYNC;
> else if (!strcmp(arg, "async"))
> kasan_arg_mode = KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYNC;
> + else if (!strcmp(arg, "asymm"))
> + kasan_arg_mode = KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYMM;
> else
> return -EINVAL;
>
> @@ -116,11 +123,13 @@ void kasan_init_hw_tags_cpu(void)
> return;
>
> /*
> - * Enable async mode only when explicitly requested through
> - * the command line.
> + * Enable async or asymm modes only when explicitly requested
> + * through the command line.
> */
> if (kasan_arg_mode == KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYNC)
> hw_enable_tagging_async();
> + else if (kasan_arg_mode == KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYMM)
> + hw_enable_tagging_asymm();
> else
> hw_enable_tagging_sync();
> }
> @@ -143,16 +152,24 @@ void __init kasan_init_hw_tags(void)
> case KASAN_ARG_MODE_DEFAULT:
> /*
> * Default to sync mode.
> - * Do nothing, kasan_flag_async keeps its default value.
> + * Do nothing, kasan_flag_async and kasan_flag_asymm keep
> + * their default values.
> */
> break;
> case KASAN_ARG_MODE_SYNC:
> - /* Do nothing, kasan_flag_async keeps its default value. */
> + /*
> + * Do nothing, kasan_flag_async and kasan_flag_asymm keep
> + * their default values.
> + */
> break;
> case KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYNC:
> /* Async mode enabled. */
> kasan_flag_async = true;
> break;
> + case KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYMM:
> + /* Asymm mode enabled. */
> + kasan_flag_asymm = true;
> + break;
> }
>
> switch (kasan_arg_stacktrace) {
> diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.h b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
> index 3639e7c8bb98..a8be62058d32 100644
> --- a/mm/kasan/kasan.h
> +++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
Shouldn't kasan.h also define kasan_asymm_mode_enabled() similar to
kasan_async_mode_enabled()?
And based on that, also use it where kasan_async_mode_enabled() is
used in tests to ensure the tests do not fail. Otherwise, there is no
purpose for kasan_flag_asymm.
Thanks,
-- Marco
> @@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ static inline const void *arch_kasan_set_tag(const void *addr, u8 tag)
> #ifndef arch_enable_tagging_async
> #define arch_enable_tagging_async()
> #endif
> +#ifndef arch_enable_tagging_asymm
> +#define arch_enable_tagging_asymm()
> +#endif
> #ifndef arch_force_async_tag_fault
> #define arch_force_async_tag_fault()
> #endif
> @@ -302,6 +305,7 @@ static inline const void *arch_kasan_set_tag(const void *addr, u8 tag)
>
> #define hw_enable_tagging_sync() arch_enable_tagging_sync()
> #define hw_enable_tagging_async() arch_enable_tagging_async()
> +#define hw_enable_tagging_asymm() arch_enable_tagging_asymm()
> #define hw_force_async_tag_fault() arch_force_async_tag_fault()
> #define hw_get_random_tag() arch_get_random_tag()
> #define hw_get_mem_tag(addr) arch_get_mem_tag(addr)
> @@ -312,6 +316,7 @@ static inline const void *arch_kasan_set_tag(const void *addr, u8 tag)
>
> #define hw_enable_tagging_sync()
> #define hw_enable_tagging_async()
> +#define hw_enable_tagging_asymm()
>
> #endif /* CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS */
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