The patch titled Subject: mm/page_poison.c: enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ From: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/page_poison.c: enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option Page poisoning is currently set up as a feature if architectures don't have architecture debug page_alloc to allow unmapping of pages. It has uses apart from that though. Clearing of the pages on free provides an increase in security as it helps to limit the risk of information leaks. Allow page poisoning to be enabled as a separate option independent of any other debug feature. Because of how hiberanation is implemented, the checks on alloc cannot occur if hibernation is enabled. This option can also be set on !HIBERNATION as well. Credit to Mathias Krause and grsecurity for original work Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/mm.h | 3 +++ mm/Kconfig.debug | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- mm/debug-pagealloc.c | 8 +------- mm/page_alloc.c | 2 ++ mm/page_poison.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/mm.h~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option include/linux/mm.h --- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option +++ a/include/linux/mm.h @@ -2179,10 +2179,13 @@ extern int apply_to_page_range(struct mm extern void poison_pages(struct page *page, int n); extern void unpoison_pages(struct page *page, int n); extern bool page_poisoning_enabled(void); +extern void kernel_poison_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable); #else static inline void poison_pages(struct page *page, int n) { } static inline void unpoison_pages(struct page *page, int n) { } static inline bool page_poisoning_enabled(void) { return false; } +static inline void kernel_poison_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, + int enable) { } #endif #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC diff -puN mm/Kconfig.debug~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option mm/Kconfig.debug --- a/mm/Kconfig.debug~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option +++ a/mm/Kconfig.debug @@ -41,4 +41,24 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC_ENABLE_DEFAULT can be overridden by debug_pagealloc=off|on. config PAGE_POISONING - bool + bool "Poisson pages after freeing" + select PAGE_EXTENSION + select PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY if HIBERNATION + ---help--- + Fill the pages with poison patterns after free_pages() and verify + the patterns before alloc_pages. The filling of the memory helps + reduce the risk of information leaks from freed data. This does + have a potential performance impact. + + If unsure, say N + +config PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY + depends on PAGE_POISONING + bool "Only poison, don't sanity check" + ---help--- + Skip the sanity checking on alloc, only fill the pages with + poison on free. This reduces some of the overhead of the + poisoning feature. + + If you are only interested in sanitization, say Y. Otherwise + say N. diff -puN mm/debug-pagealloc.c~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option mm/debug-pagealloc.c --- a/mm/debug-pagealloc.c~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option +++ a/mm/debug-pagealloc.c @@ -8,11 +8,5 @@ void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable) { - if (!page_poisoning_enabled()) - return; - - if (enable) - unpoison_pages(page, numpages); - else - poison_pages(page, numpages); + kernel_poison_pages(page, numpages, enable); } diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@ static bool free_pages_prepare(struct pa PAGE_SIZE << order); } arch_free_page(page, order); + kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 0); kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 0); return true; @@ -1401,6 +1402,7 @@ static int prep_new_page(struct page *pa set_page_refcounted(page); arch_alloc_page(page, order); + kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 1); kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 1); kasan_alloc_pages(page, order); diff -puN mm/page_poison.c~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option mm/page_poison.c --- a/mm/page_poison.c~mm-page_poisonc-enable-page_poisoning-as-a-separate-option +++ a/mm/page_poison.c @@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ static void check_poison_mem(unsigned ch unsigned char *start; unsigned char *end; + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY)) + return; + start = memchr_inv(mem, PAGE_POISON, bytes); if (!start) return; @@ -142,3 +145,14 @@ void unpoison_pages(struct page *page, i for (i = 0; i < n; i++) unpoison_page(page + i); } + +void kernel_poison_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable) +{ + if (!page_poisoning_enabled()) + return; + + if (enable) + unpoison_pages(page, numpages); + else + poison_pages(page, numpages); +} _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from labbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are slub-drop-lock-at-the-end-of-free_debug_processing.patch slub-fix-clean-free_debug_processing-return-paths.patch slub-convert-slab_debug_free-to-slab_consistency_checks.patch slub-relax-cmpxchg-consistency-restrictions.patch mm-page_poisoningc-allow-for-zero-poisoning.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html