[PATCH v9 1/4] syscalls: Verify address limit before returning to user-mode
From: Thomas Garnier <hidden>
Date: 2017-04-28 15:32:29
Also in:
linux-arm-kernel, linux-s390, lkml
Subsystem:
abi/api, s390 architecture, the rest · Maintainers:
Heiko Carstens, Vasily Gorbik, Alexander Gordeev, Linus Torvalds
Ensure that a syscall does not return to user-mode with a kernel address limit. If that happens, a process can corrupt kernel-mode memory and elevate privileges [1]. The CONFIG_ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK option disables the generic check so each architecture can create optimized versions. This option is enabled by default on s390 because a similar feature already exists. [1] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=990 Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <redacted> Tested-by: Kees Cook <redacted> --- Based on next-20170426 --- arch/s390/Kconfig | 1 + include/linux/syscalls.h | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- init/Kconfig | 6 ++++++ kernel/sys.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index d25435d94b6e..3d2ec084d5fc 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES config S390 def_bool y + select ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 980c3c9b06f8..e534b93ce43a 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h@@ -191,6 +191,28 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs; SYSCALL_METADATA(sname, x, __VA_ARGS__) \ __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, sname, __VA_ARGS__) + +/* + * Called before coming back to user-mode. Returning to user-mode with an + * address limit different than USER_DS can allow to overwrite kernel memory. + */ +static inline void addr_limit_check_syscall(void) +{ + BUG_ON(!segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS)); +} + +#ifndef CONFIG_ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK +#define ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK_PRE() \ + bool user_caller = segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS) +#define ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK_POST() \ + if (user_caller) addr_limit_check_syscall() +#else +#define ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK_PRE() +#define ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK_POST() +asmlinkage void addr_limit_check_failed(void) __noreturn; +#endif + + #define __PROTECT(...) asmlinkage_protect(__VA_ARGS__) #define __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, name, ...) \ asmlinkage long sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_DECL,__VA_ARGS__)) \
@@ -199,7 +221,10 @@ extern struct trace_event_functions exit_syscall_print_funcs; asmlinkage long SyS##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__)); \ asmlinkage long SyS##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__)) \ { \ - long ret = SYSC##name(__MAP(x,__SC_CAST,__VA_ARGS__)); \ + long ret; \ + ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK_PRE(); \ + ret = SYSC##name(__MAP(x,__SC_CAST,__VA_ARGS__)); \ + ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK_POST(); \ __MAP(x,__SC_TEST,__VA_ARGS__); \ __PROTECT(x, ret,__MAP(x,__SC_ARGS,__VA_ARGS__)); \ return ret; \
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 42a346b0df43..599d9fe30703 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig@@ -1961,6 +1961,12 @@ config PROFILING config TRACEPOINTS bool +config ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK + bool + help + Disable the generic address limit check. Allow each architecture to + optimize how and when the verification is done. + source "arch/Kconfig" endmenu # General setup
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 8a94b4eabcaa..a1cbcd715d62 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c@@ -2458,3 +2458,16 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sysinfo, struct compat_sysinfo __user *, info) return 0; } #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */ + +#ifdef CONFIG_ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK +/* + * Used when an architecture specific implementation detects an invalid address + * limit. This function does not return. + */ +asmlinkage void addr_limit_check_failed(void) +{ + /* Try to fail on the generic address limit check */ + addr_limit_check_syscall(); + panic("Invalid address limit before returning to user-mode"); +} +#endif
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