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Warn on any residual W+X mappings after setting NX
if DEBUG_WX is enabled.  Introduce a separate
X86_PTDUMP_CORE config that enables the code for
dumping the page tables without enabling the debugfs
interface, so that DEBUG_WX can be enabled without
exposing the debugfs interface.  Switch EFI_PGT_DUMP
to using X86_PTDUMP_CORE so that it also does not require
enabling the debugfs interface.

On success it prints this to the kernel log:

  x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.

On failure it prints a warning and a count of the failed pages:

  ------------[ cut here ]------------
  WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at arch/x86/mm/dump_pagetables.c:226 note_page+0x610/0x7b0()
  x86/mm: Found insecure W+X mapping at address ffffffff81755000/__stop___ex_table+0xfa8/0xabfa8
  [...]
  Call Trace:
   [<ffffffff81380a5f>] dump_stack+0x44/0x55
   [<ffffffff8109d3f2>] warn_slowpath_common+0x82/0xc0
   [<ffffffff8109d48c>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x5c/0x80
   [<ffffffff8106cfc9>] ? note_page+0x5c9/0x7b0
   [<ffffffff8106d010>] note_page+0x610/0x7b0
   [<ffffffff8106d409>] ptdump_walk_pgd_level_core+0x259/0x3c0
   [<ffffffff8106d5a7>] ptdump_walk_pgd_level_checkwx+0x17/0x20
   [<ffffffff81063905>] mark_rodata_ro+0xf5/0x100
   [<ffffffff817415a0>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80
   [<ffffffff817415bd>] kernel_init+0x1d/0xe0
   [<ffffffff8174cd1f>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
   [<ffffffff817415a0>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80
  ---[ end trace a1f23a1e42a2ac76 ]---
  x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, 171 W+X pages found.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc: Brian Gerst <[email protected]>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
[ Improved the Kconfig help text and made the new option default-y
  if CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y, because it already found buggy mappings,
  so we really want people to have this on by default. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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stephensmalley authored and Ingo Molnar committed Oct 6, 2015
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36 changes: 35 additions & 1 deletion arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
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Expand Up @@ -65,10 +65,14 @@ config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
This is useful for kernel debugging when your machine crashes very
early before the console code is initialized.

config X86_PTDUMP_CORE
def_bool n

config X86_PTDUMP
bool "Export kernel pagetable layout to userspace via debugfs"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
select DEBUG_FS
select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
---help---
Say Y here if you want to show the kernel pagetable layout in a
debugfs file. This information is only useful for kernel developers
Expand All @@ -79,7 +83,8 @@ config X86_PTDUMP

config EFI_PGT_DUMP
bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
depends on EFI && X86_PTDUMP
depends on EFI
select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
---help---
Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
Expand All @@ -105,6 +110,35 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
If in doubt, say "N"

config DEBUG_WX
bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
depends on DEBUG_RODATA
default y
select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
---help---
Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.

This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.

Look for a message in dmesg output like this:

x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.

or like this, if the check failed:

x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.

Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
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.

If in doubt, say "Y".

config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
depends on MODULES
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
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Expand Up @@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
#include <asm/x86_init.h>

void ptdump_walk_pgd_level(struct seq_file *m, pgd_t *pgd);
void ptdump_walk_pgd_level_checkwx(void);

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_WX
#define debug_checkwx() ptdump_walk_pgd_level_checkwx()
#else
#define debug_checkwx() do { } while (0)
#endif

/*
* ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/x86/mm/Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += tlb.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_32) += pgtable_32.o iomap_32.o

obj-$(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE) += hugetlbpage.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP) += dump_pagetables.o
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP_CORE) += dump_pagetables.o

obj-$(CONFIG_HIGHMEM) += highmem_32.o

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42 changes: 41 additions & 1 deletion arch/x86/mm/dump_pagetables.c
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Expand Up @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ struct pg_state {
const struct addr_marker *marker;
unsigned long lines;
bool to_dmesg;
bool check_wx;
unsigned long wx_pages;
};

struct addr_marker {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -214,6 +216,16 @@ static void note_page(struct seq_file *m, struct pg_state *st,
const char *unit = units;
unsigned long delta;
int width = sizeof(unsigned long) * 2;
pgprotval_t pr = pgprot_val(st->current_prot);

if (st->check_wx && (pr & _PAGE_RW) && !(pr & _PAGE_NX)) {
WARN_ONCE(1,
"x86/mm: Found insecure W+X mapping at address %p/%pS\n",
(void *)st->start_address,
(void *)st->start_address);
st->wx_pages += (st->current_address -
st->start_address) / PAGE_SIZE;
}

/*
* Now print the actual finished series
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -346,7 +358,8 @@ static void walk_pud_level(struct seq_file *m, struct pg_state *st, pgd_t addr,
#define pgd_none(a) pud_none(__pud(pgd_val(a)))
#endif

void ptdump_walk_pgd_level(struct seq_file *m, pgd_t *pgd)
static void ptdump_walk_pgd_level_core(struct seq_file *m, pgd_t *pgd,
bool checkwx)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
pgd_t *start = (pgd_t *) &init_level4_pgt;
Expand All @@ -362,6 +375,10 @@ void ptdump_walk_pgd_level(struct seq_file *m, pgd_t *pgd)
st.to_dmesg = true;
}

st.check_wx = checkwx;
if (checkwx)
st.wx_pages = 0;

for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PGD; i++) {
st.current_address = normalize_addr(i * PGD_LEVEL_MULT);
if (!pgd_none(*start)) {
Expand All @@ -381,8 +398,26 @@ void ptdump_walk_pgd_level(struct seq_file *m, pgd_t *pgd)
/* Flush out the last page */
st.current_address = normalize_addr(PTRS_PER_PGD*PGD_LEVEL_MULT);
note_page(m, &st, __pgprot(0), 0);
if (!checkwx)
return;
if (st.wx_pages)
pr_info("x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, %lu W+X pages found.\n",
st.wx_pages);
else
pr_info("x86/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.\n");
}

void ptdump_walk_pgd_level(struct seq_file *m, pgd_t *pgd)
{
ptdump_walk_pgd_level_core(m, pgd, false);
}

void ptdump_walk_pgd_level_checkwx(void)
{
ptdump_walk_pgd_level_core(NULL, NULL, true);
}

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP
static int ptdump_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
{
ptdump_walk_pgd_level(m, NULL);
Expand All @@ -400,10 +435,13 @@ static const struct file_operations ptdump_fops = {
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = single_release,
};
#endif

static int pt_dump_init(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP
struct dentry *pe;
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
/* Not a compile-time constant on x86-32 */
Expand All @@ -415,10 +453,12 @@ static int pt_dump_init(void)
address_markers[FIXADDR_START_NR].start_address = FIXADDR_START;
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PTDUMP
pe = debugfs_create_file("kernel_page_tables", 0600, NULL, NULL,
&ptdump_fops);
if (!pe)
return -ENOMEM;
#endif

return 0;
}
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
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Expand Up @@ -957,6 +957,8 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
set_pages_ro(virt_to_page(start), size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
#endif
mark_nxdata_nx();
if (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)
debug_checkwx();
}
#endif

2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
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Expand Up @@ -1150,6 +1150,8 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
free_init_pages("unused kernel",
(unsigned long) __va(__pa_symbol(rodata_end)),
(unsigned long) __va(__pa_symbol(_sdata)));

debug_checkwx();
}

#endif
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