Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] arm/syscalls: Optimize address limit check

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On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Disable the generic address limit check in favor of an architecture
> specific optimized implementation. The generic implementation using
> pending work flags did not work well with ARM and alignment faults.
>
> The address limit is checked on each syscall return path to user-mode
> path as well as the irq user-mode return function. If the address limit
> was changed, a function is called to report data corruption (stopping
> the kernel or process based on configuration).
>
> The address limit check has to be done before any pending work because
> they can reset the address limit and the process is killed using a
> SIGKILL signal. For example the lkdtm address limit check does not work
> because the signal to kill the process will reset the user-mode address
> limit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@xxxxxxxxxx>

Any feedback?

> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S | 11 +++++++++++
>  arch/arm/kernel/signal.c       |  7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> index 0b60adf4a5d9..99c908226065 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #include <asm/unistd.h>
>  #include <asm/ftrace.h>
>  #include <asm/unwind.h>
> +#include <asm/memory.h>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_AEABI
>  #include <asm/unistd-oabi.h>
>  #endif
> @@ -48,10 +49,14 @@ ret_fast_syscall:
>   UNWIND(.fnstart       )
>   UNWIND(.cantunwind    )
>         disable_irq_notrace                     @ disable interrupts
> +       ldr     r2, [tsk, #TI_ADDR_LIMIT]
> +       cmp     r2, #TASK_SIZE
> +       blne    addr_limit_check_failed
>         ldr     r1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]            @ re-check for syscall tracing
>         tst     r1, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK | _TIF_WORK_MASK
>         bne     fast_work_pending
>
> +
>         /* perform architecture specific actions before user return */
>         arch_ret_to_user r1, lr
>
> @@ -74,6 +79,9 @@ ret_fast_syscall:
>   UNWIND(.cantunwind    )
>         str     r0, [sp, #S_R0 + S_OFF]!        @ save returned r0
>         disable_irq_notrace                     @ disable interrupts
> +       ldr     r2, [tsk, #TI_ADDR_LIMIT]
> +       cmp     r2, #TASK_SIZE
> +       blne    addr_limit_check_failed
>         ldr     r1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]            @ re-check for syscall tracing
>         tst     r1, #_TIF_SYSCALL_WORK | _TIF_WORK_MASK
>         beq     no_work_pending
> @@ -106,6 +114,9 @@ ENTRY(ret_to_user)
>  ret_slow_syscall:
>         disable_irq_notrace                     @ disable interrupts
>  ENTRY(ret_to_user_from_irq)
> +       ldr     r2, [tsk, #TI_ADDR_LIMIT]
> +       cmp     r2, #TASK_SIZE
> +       blne    addr_limit_check_failed
>         ldr     r1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]
>         tst     r1, #_TIF_WORK_MASK
>         bne     slow_work_pending
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
> index 5814298ef0b7..b67ae12503f3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>  #include <linux/tracehook.h>
>  #include <linux/uprobes.h>
> +#include <linux/syscalls.h>
>
>  #include <asm/elf.h>
>  #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> @@ -673,3 +674,9 @@ struct page *get_signal_page(void)
>
>         return page;
>  }
> +
> +/* Defer to generic check */
> +asmlinkage void addr_limit_check_failed(void)
> +{
> +       addr_limit_user_check();
> +}
> --
> 2.14.1.480.gb18f417b89-goog
>



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Thomas
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