Re: [PATCH v3 02/11] mm: Hardened usercopy

On 07/19/2016 09:31 PM, Kees Cook wrote:

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 2:21 AM, Christian Borntraeger
[off-list ref] wrote:

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On 07/15/2016 11:44 PM, Kees Cook wrote:

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+config HAVE_ARCH_LINEAR_KERNEL_MAPPING
+     bool
+     help
+       An architecture should select this if it has a secondary linear
+       mapping of the kernel text. This is used to verify that kernel
+       text exposures are not visible under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY.

I have trouble parsing this. (What does secondary linear mapping mean?)

I likely need help clarifying this language...

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So let me give an example below

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+/* Is this address range in the kernel text area? */
+static inline const char *check_kernel_text_object(const void *ptr,
+                                                unsigned long n)
+{
+     unsigned long textlow = (unsigned long)_stext;
+     unsigned long texthigh = (unsigned long)_etext;
+
+     if (overlaps(ptr, n, textlow, texthigh))
+             return "<kernel text>";
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_LINEAR_KERNEL_MAPPING
+     /* Check against linear mapping as well. */
+     if (overlaps(ptr, n, (unsigned long)__va(__pa(textlow)),
+                  (unsigned long)__va(__pa(texthigh))))
+             return "<linear kernel text>";
+#endif
+
+     return NULL;
+}

s390 has an address space for user (primary address space from 0..4TB/8PB) and a separate
address space (home space from 0..4TB/8PB) for the kernel. In this home space the kernel
mapping is virtual containing the physical memory as well as vmalloc memory (creating aliases
into the physical one). The kernel text is mapped from _stext to _etext in this mapping.
So I assume this would qualify for HAVE_ARCH_LINEAR_KERNEL_MAPPING ?

If I understand your example, yes. In the home space you have two
addresses that reference the kernel image?

No, there is only one address that points to the kernel.
As we have no kernel ASLR yet, and the kernel mapping is 
a 1:1 mapping from 0 to memory end and the kernel is only
from _stext to _etext. The vmalloc area contains modules
and vmalloc but not a 2nd kernel mapping.

But thanks for your example, now I understood. If we have only
one address 

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+     if (overlaps(ptr, n, textlow, texthigh))
+             return "<kernel text>";

This is just enough.

So what about for the CONFIG text:

       An architecture should select this if the kernel mapping has a secondary
       linear mapping of the kernel text - in other words more than one virtual
       kernel address that points to the kernel image. This is used to verify 
       that kernel text exposures are not visible under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY.

I wonder if I can avoid the CONFIG entirely if I just did a
__va(__pa(_stext)) != _stext test... would that break anyone?

Can this be resolved on all platforms at compile time?