Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: add MAP_EXCLUSIVE to create exclusive user mappings

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On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 3:17 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The mappings created with MAP_EXCLUSIVE are visible only in the context of
> the owning process and can be used by applications to store secret
> information that will not be visible not only to other processes but to the
> kernel as well.
>
> The pages in these mappings are removed from the kernel direct map and
> marked with PG_user_exclusive flag. When the exclusive area is unmapped,
> the pages are mapped back into the direct map.
>
> The MAP_EXCLUSIVE flag implies MAP_POPULATE and MAP_LOCKED.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/fault.c                    | 14 ++++++++++
>  fs/proc/task_mmu.c                     |  1 +
>  include/linux/mm.h                     |  9 +++++++
>  include/linux/page-flags.h             |  7 +++++
>  include/linux/page_excl.h              | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/trace/events/mmflags.h         |  9 ++++++-
>  include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h |  1 +
>  kernel/fork.c                          |  3 ++-
>  mm/Kconfig                             |  3 +++
>  mm/gup.c                               |  8 ++++++
>  mm/memory.c                            |  3 +++
>  mm/mmap.c                              | 16 +++++++++++
>  mm/page_alloc.c                        |  5 ++++
>  13 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/page_excl.h
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
> index 9ceacd1..8f73a75 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #include <linux/context_tracking.h>    /* exception_enter(), ...       */
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>             /* faulthandler_disabled()      */
>  #include <linux/efi.h>                 /* efi_recover_from_page_fault()*/
> +#include <linux/page_excl.h>           /* page_is_user_exclusive()     */
>  #include <linux/mm_types.h>
>
>  #include <asm/cpufeature.h>            /* boot_cpu_has, ...            */
> @@ -1218,6 +1219,13 @@ static int fault_in_kernel_space(unsigned long address)
>         return address >= TASK_SIZE_MAX;
>  }
>
> +static bool fault_in_user_exclusive_page(unsigned long address)
> +{
> +       struct page *page = virt_to_page(address);
> +
> +       return page_is_user_exclusive(page);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Called for all faults where 'address' is part of the kernel address
>   * space.  Might get called for faults that originate from *code* that
> @@ -1261,6 +1269,12 @@ do_kern_addr_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long hw_error_code,
>         if (spurious_kernel_fault(hw_error_code, address))
>                 return;
>
> +       /* FIXME: warn and handle gracefully */
> +       if (unlikely(fault_in_user_exclusive_page(address))) {
> +               pr_err("page fault in user exclusive page at %lx", address);
> +               force_sig_fault(SIGSEGV, SEGV_MAPERR, (void __user *)address);
> +       }

Sending a signal here is not a reasonable thing to do in response to
an unexpected kernel fault.  You need to OOPS.  Printing a nice
message would be nice.

--Andy




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