History log of /linux-master/kernel/module/strict_rwx.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# d1909c02 16-Feb-2024 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Don't ignore errors from set_memory_XX()

set_memory_ro(), set_memory_nx(), set_memory_x() and other helpers
can fail and return an error. In that case the memory might not be
protected as expected and the module loading has to be aborted to
avoid security issues.

Check return value of all calls to set_memory_XX() and handle
error if any.

Add a check to not call set_memory_XX() on NULL pointers as some
architectures may not like it allthough numpages is always 0 in that
case. This also avoid a useless call to set_vm_flush_reset_perms().

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/7
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 315df9c4 21-Dec-2023 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

modules: Remove #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX around rodata_enabled

Now that rodata_enabled is declared at all time, the #ifdef
CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 3559ad39 21-Dec-2023 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Change module_enable_{nx/x/ro}() to more explicit names

It's a bit puzzling to see a call to module_enable_nx() followed by a
call to module_enable_x(). This is because one applies on text while
the other applies on data.

Change name to make that more clear.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# ac88ee7d 21-Dec-2023 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Use set_memory_rox()

A couple of architectures seem concerned about calling set_memory_ro()
and set_memory_x() too frequently and have implemented a version of
set_memory_rox(), see commit 60463628c9e0 ("x86/mm: Implement native
set_memory_rox()") and commit 22e99fa56443 ("s390/mm: implement
set_memory_rox()")

Use set_memory_rox() in modules when STRICT_MODULES_RWX is set.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# ac3b4328 06-Feb-2023 Song Liu <song@kernel.org>

module: replace module_layout with module_memory

module_layout manages different types of memory (text, data, rodata, etc.)
in one allocation, which is problematic for some reasons:

1. It is hard to enable CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX.
2. It is hard to use huge pages in modules (and not break strict rwx).
3. Many archs uses module_layout for arch-specific data, but it is not
obvious how these data are used (are they RO, RX, or RW?)

Improve the scenario by replacing 2 (or 3) module_layout per module with
up to 7 module_memory per module:

MOD_TEXT,
MOD_DATA,
MOD_RODATA,
MOD_RO_AFTER_INIT,
MOD_INIT_TEXT,
MOD_INIT_DATA,
MOD_INIT_RODATA,

and allocating them separately. This adds slightly more entries to
mod_tree (from up to 3 entries per module, to up to 7 entries per
module). However, this at most adds a small constant overhead to
__module_address(), which is expected to be fast.

Various archs use module_layout for different data. These data are put
into different module_memory based on their location in module_layout.
IOW, data that used to go with text is allocated with MOD_MEM_TYPE_TEXT;
data that used to go with data is allocated with MOD_MEM_TYPE_DATA, etc.

module_memory simplifies quite some of the module code. For example,
ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC is a lot cleaner, as it just uses a
different allocator for the data. kernel/module/strict_rwx.c is also
much cleaner with module_memory.

Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 01dc0386 23-Feb-2022 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Add CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC

Add CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC to allow architectures
to request having modules data in vmalloc area instead of module area.

This is required on powerpc book3s/32 in order to set data non
executable, because it is not possible to set executability on page
basis, this is done per 256 Mbytes segments. The module area has exec
right, vmalloc area has noexec.

This can also be useful on other powerpc/32 in order to maximize the
chance of code being close enough to kernel core to avoid branch
trampolines.

Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
[mcgrof: rebased in light of kernel/module/kdb.c move]
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 6ab9942c 23-Feb-2022 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Introduce data_layout

In order to allow separation of data from text, add another layout,
called data_layout. For architectures requesting separation of text
and data, only text will go in core_layout and data will go in
data_layout.

For architectures which keep text and data together, make data_layout
an alias of core_layout, that way data_layout can be used for all
data manipulations, regardless of whether data is in core_layout or
data_layout.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# ef505058 23-Feb-2022 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Rework layout alignment to avoid BUG_ON()s

Perform layout alignment verification up front and WARN_ON()
and fail module loading instead of crashing the machine.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# 32a08c17 23-Feb-2022 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>

module: Move module_enable_x() and frob_text() in strict_rwx.c

Move module_enable_x() together with module_enable_nx() and
module_enable_ro().

Those three functions are going together, they are all used
to set up the correct page flags on the different sections.

As module_enable_x() is used independently of
CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX, build strict_rwx.c all the time and
use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX) when relevant.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>


# b33465fe 22-Mar-2022 Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>

module: Move strict rwx support to a separate file

No functional change.

This patch migrates code that makes module text
and rodata memory read-only and non-text memory
non-executable from core module code into
kernel/module/strict_rwx.c.

Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>