Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] x86/signal: Prevent an alternate stack overflow before a signal delivery
From: Bae, Chang Seok <hidden>
Date: 2020-11-24 20:43:51
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On Nov 24, 2020, at 10:41, Jann Horn [off-list ref] wrote: On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 7:22 PM Bae, Chang Seok [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
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On Nov 20, 2020, at 15:04, Jann Horn [off-list ref] wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 8:40 PM Chang S. Bae [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c index ee6f1ceaa7a2..cee41d684dc2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c@@ -251,8 +251,13 @@ get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, struct pt_regs *regs, size_t frame_size, /* This is the X/Open sanctioned signal stack switching. */ if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) { - if (sas_ss_flags(sp) == 0) + if (sas_ss_flags(sp) == 0) { + /* If the altstack might overflow, die with SIGSEGV: */ + if (!altstack_size_ok(current)) + return (void __user *)-1L; + sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size; + }A couple lines further down, we have this (since commit 14fc9fbc700d): /* * If we are on the alternate signal stack and would overflow it, don't. * Return an always-bogus address instead so we will die with SIGSEGV. */ if (onsigstack && !likely(on_sig_stack(sp))) return (void __user *)-1L; Is that not working?onsigstack is set at the beginning here. If a signal hits under normal stack, this flag is not set. Then it will miss the overflow. The added check allows to detect the sigaltstack overflow (always).Ah, I think I understand what you're trying to do. But wouldn't the better approach be to ensure that the existing on_sig_stack() check is also used if we just switched to the signal stack? Something like:diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c index be0d7d4152ec..2f57842fb4d6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, structpt_regs *regs, size_t frame_size, unsigned long math_size = 0; unsigned long sp = regs->sp; unsigned long buf_fx = 0; - int onsigstack = on_sig_stack(sp); + bool onsigstack = on_sig_stack(sp); int ret; /* redzone */@@ -246,8 +246,10 @@ get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, structpt_regs *regs, size_t frame_size, /* This is the X/Open sanctioned signal stack switching. */ if (ka->sa.sa_flags & SA_ONSTACK) { - if (sas_ss_flags(sp) == 0) + if (sas_ss_flags(sp) == 0) { sp = current->sas_ss_sp + current->sas_ss_size; + onsigstack = true; + } } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32) && !onsigstack && regs->ss != __USER_DS &&
Yeah, but wouldn't it better to avoid overwriting user data if we can? The old check raises segfault *after* overwritten. The old check is still helpful to detect an overflow from the nested signal(s) under sigaltstack. Thanks, Chang