On 11/27/2017 11:38 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> This patch adds basic support for pointer authentication, allowing
> userspace to make use of APIAKey. The kernel maintains an APIAKey value
> for each process (shared by all threads within), which is initialised to
> a random value at exec() time.
>
> To describe that address authentication instructions are available, the
> ID_AA64ISAR0.{APA,API} fields are exposed to userspace. A new hwcap,
> APIA, is added to describe that the kernel manages APIAKey.
>
> Instructions using other keys (APIBKey, APDAKey, APDBKey) are disabled,
> and will behave as NOPs. These may be made use of in future patches.
>
> No support is added for the generic key (APGAKey), though this cannot be
> trapped or made to behave as a NOP. Its presence is not advertised with
> a hwcap.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu.h | 5 ++
> arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 25 +++++++++-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/pointer_auth.h | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h | 1 +
> arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 17 ++++++-
> arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c | 1 +
> 6 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/pointer_auth.h
Mark, I was able to verify that a buffer overflow exploit results in a segfault
with these PAC patches. When I compile the same binary without
"-msign-return-address=none", I am able to successfully overflow the stack and
execute malicious code.
Thanks
Adam
Tested-by: Adam Wallis <awallis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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