Thread (6 messages) 6 messages, 5 authors, 2017-03-01

[PATCH] arm64: dump: hide kernel pointers

From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
Date: 2017-02-28 10:29:12
Also in: linux-mediatek, lkml

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 08:42:51AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
(+ Mark)
(+ Laura)
On 28 February 2017 at 07:05, Miles Chen [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
Mask kernel pointers of /sys/kernel/debug/kernel_page_tables entry like
/proc/vmallocinfo does.

With sysctl kernel.kptr_restrict=0 or 1:
cat /sys/kernel/debug/kernel_page_tables
I wonder if this file should be accessible at all if kptr_restrict > 0
I don't have strong feelings either way.

This isn't typically enabled, and it's under debugfs, so this shouldn't
be accessible by a typical user anyhow.

That said, there are very few of us who need to take a look at this
file. I'm happy to deal with attacking kptr_restrict when required.

Thanks,
Mark.
quoted
---[ Modules start ]---
---[ Modules end ]---
---[ vmalloc() Area ]---
ffffff8008000000-ffffff8008010000          64K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffff8008015000-ffffff8008016000           4K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffff8008020000-ffffff8008030000          64K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffff8008031000-ffffff8008071000         256K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffff8008080000-ffffff8008200000        1536K PTE       ro x  SHD AF...
ffffff8008200000-ffffff8008400000           2M PMD       ro x  SHD AF...
ffffff8008400000-ffffff8008540000        1280K PTE       ro x  SHD AF...
ffffff8008540000-ffffff8008690000        1344K PTE       ro NX SHD AF...
ffffff8008940000-ffffff8008a10000         832K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffff8008aca000-ffffff8008acd000          12K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffffbebffd8000-ffffffbebffdb000          12K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
---[ vmalloc() End ]---
---[ Fixmap start ]---
ffffffbefe800000-ffffffbefea00000           2M PMD       ro NX SHD AF...
---[ Fixmap end ]---
---[ PCI I/O start ]---
---[ PCI I/O end ]---
---[ Linear Mapping ]---
ffffffc000000000-ffffffc000080000         512K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffffc000080000-ffffffc000200000        1536K PTE       ro NX SHD AF...
ffffffc000200000-ffffffc000600000           4M PMD       ro NX SHD AF...
ffffffc000600000-ffffffc000690000         576K PTE       ro NX SHD AF...
ffffffc000690000-ffffffc000800000        1472K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffffc000800000-ffffffc002000000          24M PMD       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffffc002000000-ffffffc040000000         992M PMD       RW NX SHD AF...
ffffffc040000000-ffffffc080000000           1G PGD       RW NX SHD AF...

With sysctl kernel.kptr_restrict=2:
cat /sys/kernel/debug/kernel_page_tables
---[ Modules start ]---
---[ Modules end ]---
---[ vmalloc() Area ]---
0000000000000000-0000000000000000          64K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000           4K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000          64K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000         256K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000        1536K PTE       ro x  SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000           2M PMD       ro x  SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000        1280K PTE       ro x  SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000        1344K PTE       ro NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000         832K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000          12K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000          12K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
---[ vmalloc() End ]---
---[ Fixmap start ]---
0000000000000000-0000000000000000           2M PMD       ro NX SHD AF...
---[ Fixmap end ]---
---[ PCI I/O start ]---
---[ PCI I/O end ]---
---[ Linear Mapping ]---
0000000000000000-0000000000000000         512K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000        1536K PTE       ro NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000           4M PMD       ro NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000         576K PTE       ro NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000        1472K PTE       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000          24M PMD       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000         992M PMD       RW NX SHD AF...
0000000000000000-0000000000000000           1G PGD       RW NX SHD AF...

Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <redacted>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/dump.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
index ca74a2a..e055ecf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ static void note_page(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr, unsigned level,
                if (st->current_prot) {
                        note_prot_uxn(st, addr);
                        note_prot_wx(st, addr);
-                       pt_dump_seq_printf(st->seq, "0x%016lx-0x%016lx   ",
-                                  st->start_address, addr);
+                       pt_dump_seq_printf(st->seq, "%pK-%pK   ",
+                                  (void *)st->start_address, (void *)addr);

                        delta = (addr - st->start_address) >> 10;
                        while (!(delta & 1023) && unit[1]) {
--
1.9.1


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