Multiple changes were made on KASLR (right now in linux-next). One of
them is randomizing the virtual address of the physical mapping, vmalloc
and vmemmap memory sections. It breaks kdump ability to read physical
memory.
This change identifies if KASLR memories randomization is used by
checking if the page_offset_base variable exists. It search for the
correct PAGE_OFFSET value by looking at the loaded memory section and
find the lowest aligned on PUD (the randomization level).
Related commits on linux-next:
- 0483e1fa6e09d4948272680f691dccb1edb9677f: Base for randomization
- 021182e52fe01c1f7b126f97fd6ba048dc4234fd: Enable for PAGE_OFFSET
Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie at google.com>
---
kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c b/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
index bbc0f35..ab833d4 100644
--- a/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
+++ b/kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
@@ -102,11 +102,10 @@ static int get_kernel_paddr(struct kexec_info *UNUSED(info),
return -1;
}
-/* Retrieve kernel _stext symbol virtual address from /proc/kallsyms */
-static unsigned long long get_kernel_stext_sym(void)
+/* Retrieve kernel symbol virtual address from /proc/kallsyms */
+static unsigned long long get_kernel_sym(const char *symbol)
{
const char *kallsyms = "/proc/kallsyms";
- const char *stext = "_stext";
char sym[128];
char line[128];
FILE *fp;
@@ -122,13 +121,13 @@ static unsigned long long get_kernel_stext_sym(void)
while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL) {
if (sscanf(line, "%Lx %c %s", &vaddr, &type, sym) != 3)
continue;
- if (strcmp(sym, stext) == 0) {
- dbgprintf("kernel symbol %s vaddr = %16llx\n", stext, vaddr);
+ if (strcmp(sym, symbol) == 0) {
+ dbgprintf("kernel symbol %s vaddr = %16llx\n", symbol, vaddr);
return vaddr;
}
}
- fprintf(stderr, "Cannot get kernel %s symbol address\n", stext);
+ fprintf(stderr, "Cannot get kernel %s symbol address\n", symbol);
return 0;
}
@@ -151,6 +150,8 @@ static int get_kernel_vaddr_and_size(struct kexec_info *UNUSED(info),
off_t size;
uint32_t elf_flags = 0;
uint64_t stext_sym;
+ const unsigned long long pud_mask = ~((1 << 30) - 1);
+ unsigned long long vaddr, lowest_vaddr = 0;
if (elf_info->machine != EM_X86_64)
return 0;
@@ -180,9 +181,23 @@ static int get_kernel_vaddr_and_size(struct kexec_info *UNUSED(info),
end_phdr = &ehdr.e_phdr[ehdr.e_phnum];
+ /* Search for the real PAGE_OFFSET when KASLR memory randomization
+ * is enabled */
+ if (get_kernel_sym("page_offset_base") != 0) {
+ for(phdr = ehdr.e_phdr; phdr != end_phdr; phdr++) {
+ if (phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD) {
+ vaddr = phdr->p_vaddr & pud_mask;
+ if (lowest_vaddr == 0 || lowest_vaddr > vaddr)
+ lowest_vaddr = vaddr;
+ }
+ }
+ if (lowest_vaddr != 0)
+ elf_info->page_offset = lowest_vaddr;
+ }
+
/* Traverse through the Elf headers and find the region where
* _stext symbol is located in. That's where kernel is mapped */
- stext_sym = get_kernel_stext_sym();
+ stext_sym = get_kernel_sym("_stext");
for(phdr = ehdr.e_phdr; stext_sym && phdr != end_phdr; phdr++) {
if (phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD) {
unsigned long long saddr = phdr->p_vaddr;
--
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
