Add tables to document the current behavior of READ_IMPLIES_EXEC in preparation for changing the behavior for both arm64 and arm. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm/kernel/elf.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/elf.c b/arch/arm/kernel/elf.c index 182422981386..2f69cf978fe3 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/elf.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/elf.c @@ -78,9 +78,27 @@ void elf_set_personality(const struct elf32_hdr *x) EXPORT_SYMBOL(elf_set_personality); /* - * Set READ_IMPLIES_EXEC if: - * - the binary requires an executable stack - * - we're running on a CPU which doesn't support NX. + * An executable for which elf_read_implies_exec() returns TRUE will + * have the READ_IMPLIES_EXEC personality flag set automatically. + * + * The decision process for determining the results are: + * + * CPU: | lacks NX* | has NX | + * ELF: | | | + * -------------------------------|------------| + * missing GNU_STACK | exec-all | exec-all | + * GNU_STACK == RWX | exec-all | exec-all | + * GNU_STACK == RW | exec-all | exec-none | + * + * exec-all : all PROT_READ user mappings are executable, except when + * backed by files on a noexec-filesystem. + * exec-none : only PROT_EXEC user mappings are executable. + * + * *this column has no architectural effect: NX markings are ignored by + * hardware, but may have behavioral effects when "wants X" collides with + * "cannot be X" constraints in memory permission flags, as in + * https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190418055759.GA3155@xxxxxxxxxxxx + * */ int arm_elf_read_implies_exec(int executable_stack) { diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h index b618017205a3..7fc779e3f1ec 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h @@ -96,6 +96,26 @@ */ #define elf_check_arch(x) ((x)->e_machine == EM_AARCH64) +/* + * An executable for which elf_read_implies_exec() returns TRUE will + * have the READ_IMPLIES_EXEC personality flag set automatically. + * + * The decision process for determining the results are: + * + * CPU*: | arm32 | arm64 | + * ELF: | | | + * -------------------------------|------------| + * missing GNU_STACK | exec-all | exec-all | + * GNU_STACK == RWX | exec-all | exec-all | + * GNU_STACK == RW | exec-none | exec-none | + * + * exec-all : all PROT_READ user mappings are executable, except when + * backed by files on a noexec-filesystem. + * exec-none : only PROT_EXEC user mappings are executable. + * + * *all arm64 CPUs support NX, so there is no "lacks NX" column. + * + */ #define elf_read_implies_exec(ex,stk) (stk != EXSTACK_DISABLE_X) #define CORE_DUMP_USE_REGSET -- 2.20.1
