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Message-ID: <202002261348.8957F0E8D@keescook>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:52:14 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, jniethe5@...il.com,
christophe.leroy@....fr, joel@....id.au, mpe@...erman.id.au,
ajd@...ux.ibm.com, dja@...ens.net, npiggin@...il.com,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/8] powerpc/mm/ptdump: debugfs handler for W+X checks
at runtime
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 05:35:46PM +1100, Russell Currey wrote:
> Very rudimentary, just
>
> echo 1 > [debugfs]/check_wx_pages
>
> and check the kernel log. Useful for testing strict module RWX.
>
> Updated the Kconfig entry to reflect this.
Oh, I like this! This would be handy to have on all architectures.
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
-Kees
>
> Also fixed a typo.
>
> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug | 6 ++++--
> arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
> index 0b063830eea8..e37960ef68c6 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ config PPC_PTDUMP
> If you are unsure, say N.
>
> config PPC_DEBUG_WX
> - bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
> + bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot & enable manual checks at runtime"
> depends on PPC_PTDUMP && STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
> help
> Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
> @@ -384,7 +384,9 @@ config PPC_DEBUG_WX
> of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
>
> There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
> - once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
> + once the kernel has booted up, it only automatically checks once.
> +
> + Enables the "check_wx_pages" debugfs entry for checking at runtime.
>
> If in doubt, say "Y".
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c
> index 206156255247..a15e19a3b14e 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> *
> * This traverses the kernel pagetables and dumps the
> * information about the used sections of memory to
> - * /sys/kernel/debug/kernel_pagetables.
> + * /sys/kernel/debug/kernel_page_tables.
> *
> * Derived from the arm64 implementation:
> * Copyright (c) 2014, The Linux Foundation, Laura Abbott.
> @@ -413,6 +413,25 @@ void ptdump_check_wx(void)
> else
> pr_info("Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found\n");
> }
> +
> +static int check_wx_debugfs_set(void *data, u64 val)
> +{
> + if (val != 1ULL)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + ptdump_check_wx();
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(check_wx_fops, NULL, check_wx_debugfs_set, "%llu\n");
> +
> +static int ptdump_check_wx_init(void)
> +{
> + return debugfs_create_file("check_wx_pages", 0200, NULL,
> + NULL, &check_wx_fops) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
> +}
> +device_initcall(ptdump_check_wx_init);
> #endif
>
> static int ptdump_init(void)
> --
> 2.25.1
>
--
Kees Cook
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