Page mappings with full RWX permissions are a security risk. x86 has an option to walk the page tables and dump any bad pages. (See e1a58320a38d ("x86/mm: Warn on W^X mappings")). Add a similar implementation for arm64. Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v4: Changed pr_info -> pr_warn. Added a separate count variable for uxn to avoid double counting. --- arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h | 8 +++++++ arch/arm64/mm/dump.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 2 ++ 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug index 21a5b74..d1ebd46 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug @@ -42,6 +42,35 @@ config ARM64_RANDOMIZE_TEXT_OFFSET of TEXT_OFFSET and platforms must not require a specific value. +config DEBUG_WX + bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot" + select ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE + ---help--- + Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot. + + This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving + W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk. + This check also includes UXN, which should be set on all kernel + mappings. + + Look for a message in dmesg output like this: + + arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found. + + or like this, if the check failed: + + arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found. + + Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly + still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in + themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation + of other unfixed kernel bugs easier. + + There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option + once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check. + + If in doubt, say "Y". + config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO" depends on MODULES diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h index f72ee69..6afd847 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h @@ -42,5 +42,13 @@ static inline int ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info, return 0; } #endif +void ptdump_check_wx(void); #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE */ + +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_WX +#define debug_checkwx() ptdump_check_wx() +#else +#define debug_checkwx() do { } while (0) +#endif + #endif /* __ASM_PTDUMP_H */ diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c index bb36649..ef8aca8 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c @@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ struct pg_state { unsigned long start_address; unsigned level; u64 current_prot; + bool check_wx; + unsigned long wx_pages; + unsigned long uxn_pages; }; struct prot_bits { @@ -202,6 +205,35 @@ static void dump_prot(struct pg_state *st, const struct prot_bits *bits, } } +static void note_prot_uxn(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr) +{ + if (!st->check_wx) + return; + + if ((st->current_prot & PTE_UXN) == PTE_UXN) + return; + + WARN_ONCE(1, "arm64/mm: Found non-UXN mapping at address %p/%pS\n", + (void *)st->start_address, (void *)st->start_address); + + st->uxn_pages += (addr - st->start_address) / PAGE_SIZE; +} + +static void note_prot_wx(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr) +{ + if (!st->check_wx) + return; + if ((st->current_prot & PTE_RDONLY) == PTE_RDONLY) + return; + if ((st->current_prot & PTE_PXN) == PTE_PXN) + return; + + WARN_ONCE(1, "arm64/mm: Found insecure W+X mapping at address %p/%pS\n", + (void *)st->start_address, (void *)st->start_address); + + st->wx_pages += (addr - st->start_address) / PAGE_SIZE; +} + static void note_page(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr, unsigned level, u64 val) { @@ -219,6 +251,8 @@ static void note_page(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr, unsigned level, unsigned long delta; if (st->current_prot) { + note_prot_uxn(st, addr); + note_prot_wx(st, addr); pt_dump_seq_printf(st->seq, "0x%016lx-0x%016lx ", st->start_address, addr); @@ -344,6 +378,25 @@ static struct ptdump_info kernel_ptdump_info = { .base_addr = VA_START, }; +void ptdump_check_wx(void) +{ + struct pg_state st = { + .seq = NULL, + .marker = (struct addr_marker[]) { + { -1, NULL}, + }, + .check_wx = true, + }; + + walk_pgd(&st, &init_mm, 0); + note_page(&st, 0, 0, 0); + if (st.wx_pages || st.uxn_pages) + pr_warn("Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, %lu W+X pages found, %lu non-UXN pages found\n", + st.wx_pages, st.uxn_pages); + else + pr_info("Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found\n"); +} + static int ptdump_init(void) { ptdump_initialize(); diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c index 05615a3..2cbe2fe 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ #include <asm/tlb.h> #include <asm/memblock.h> #include <asm/mmu_context.h> +#include <asm/ptdump.h> u64 idmap_t0sz = TCR_T0SZ(VA_BITS); @@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void) section_size = (unsigned long)__init_begin - (unsigned long)__start_rodata; create_mapping_late(__pa(__start_rodata), (unsigned long)__start_rodata, section_size, PAGE_KERNEL_RO); + debug_checkwx(); } static void __init map_kernel_segment(pgd_t *pgd, void *va_start, void *va_end, -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html