The vDSO does not need to be writable after __init, so mark it as
__ro_after_init. The result kills the exploit method of writing to the
vDSO from kernel space resulting in userspace executing the modified code,
as shown here to bypass SMEP restrictions: http://itszn.com/blog/?p=21
The memory map (with added vDSO address reporting) shows the vDSO moving
into read-only memory:
Before:
[ 0.143067] vDSO @
ffffffff82004000
[ 0.143551] vDSO @
ffffffff82006000
---[ High Kernel Mapping ]---
0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd
0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81800000 8M ro PSE GLB x pmd
0xffffffff81800000-0xffffffff819f3000 1996K ro GLB x pte
0xffffffff819f3000-0xffffffff81a00000 52K ro NX pte
0xffffffff81a00000-0xffffffff81e00000 4M ro PSE GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff81e00000-0xffffffff81e05000 20K ro GLB NX pte
0xffffffff81e05000-0xffffffff82000000 2028K ro NX pte
0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff8214f000 1340K RW GLB NX pte
0xffffffff8214f000-0xffffffff82281000 1224K RW NX pte
0xffffffff82281000-0xffffffff82400000 1532K RW GLB NX pte
0xffffffff82400000-0xffffffff83200000 14M RW PSE GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff83200000-0xffffffffc0000000 974M pmd
After:
[ 0.145062] vDSO @
ffffffff81da1000
[ 0.146057] vDSO @
ffffffff81da4000
---[ High Kernel Mapping ]---
0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd
0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81800000 8M ro PSE GLB x pmd
0xffffffff81800000-0xffffffff819f3000 1996K ro GLB x pte
0xffffffff819f3000-0xffffffff81a00000 52K ro NX pte
0xffffffff81a00000-0xffffffff81e00000 4M ro PSE GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff81e00000-0xffffffff81e0b000 44K ro GLB NX pte
0xffffffff81e0b000-0xffffffff82000000 2004K ro NX pte
0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff8214c000 1328K RW GLB NX pte
0xffffffff8214c000-0xffffffff8227e000 1224K RW NX pte
0xffffffff8227e000-0xffffffff82400000 1544K RW GLB NX pte
0xffffffff82400000-0xffffffff83200000 14M RW PSE GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff83200000-0xffffffffc0000000 974M pmd
Based on work by PaX Team and Brad Spengler.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brad Spengler <spender@grsecurity.net>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: David Brown <david.brown@linaro.org>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: PaX Team <pageexec@freemail.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455748879-21872-7-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>