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Message-ID: <CAJcbSZGY3JmZankf+d6=gfg9gBWUoVUkWLDnCzaC81scPm+uBA@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:12:56 -0700 From: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, René Nyffenegger <mail@...enyffenegger.ch>, "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>, Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov@...tuozzo.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>, "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>, Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>, "linux-s390@...r.kernel.org" <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] syscalls: Restore address limit after a syscall On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:23 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote: > > * Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> wrote: >> > This patch ensures a syscall does not return to user-mode with a kernel >> > address limit. If that happened, a process can corrupt kernel-mode >> > memory and elevate privileges. >> > >> > For example, it would mitigation this bug: >> > >> > - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=990 >> > >> > The CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE option is also >> > added so each architecture can optimize this change. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> >> > Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> >> >> Ingo, I think this series is ready. Can you pull it? (And if not, what >> should next steps be?) > > I have some feedback for other patches in this series, plus for this one as well: > >> > +/* >> > + * 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 verify_pre_usermode_state(void) { >> > + BUG_ON(!segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS)); >> > +} > > That's not standard kernel coding style. > > Also, patch titles should start with a verb - 75% of the series doesn't. Will fix both. > >> > +#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE >> > +#define __CHECK_USER_CALLER() \ >> > + bool user_caller = segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS) >> > +#define __VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE() \ >> > + if (user_caller) verify_pre_usermode_state() >> > +#else >> > +#define __CHECK_USER_CALLER() >> > +#define __VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE() >> > +asmlinkage void address_limit_check_failed(void); >> > +#endif > >> > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE > > That Kconfig name is way too long. > > Plus please don't put logical operations into Kconfig names. > >> > +/* >> > + * This function is called when an architecture specific implementation detected >> > + * an invalid address limit. The generic user-mode state checker will finish on >> > + * the appropriate BUG_ON. >> > + */ >> > +asmlinkage void address_limit_check_failed(void) >> > +{ >> > + verify_pre_usermode_state(); >> > + panic("address_limit_check_failed called with a valid user-mode state"); >> > +} >> > +#endif > > Awful naming all around: > > verify_pre_usermode_state() > address_limit_check_failed() > > Both names start with very common names that makes one read these again and again. > (And yes, there's lots of bad names in the kernel, but we should not follow bad > examples.) > > Best practice for such functionality is to use a common prefix that is both easy > to recognize and easy to skip. For example we could use 'addr_limit_check' as the > prefix: > > addr_limit_check_failed() > addr_limit_check_syscall() > > No need to over-specify it that it's a "pre" check - it's obvious from existing > implementation and should be documented in the function itself for new > implementations. > > Harmonize the Kconfig namespace to the common prefix as well, i.e. use something > like: > > CONFIG_ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK > > No need to add 'ARCH' I think - an architecture that enables this should get it > unconditionally. > > etc. > > It's all cobbled together I'm afraid and will need more iterations. Make sense. Thanks for the feedback. > > Thanks, > > Ingo -- Thomas
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