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| author | Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> | 2019-04-25 17:11:27 -0700 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2019-04-30 12:37:52 +0200 |
| commit | b3fd8e83ada0d51b71a84297480187e2d40e5ded (patch) | |
| tree | f6edb618afdbc8b44052ebdb697c3b95e86c65bc /arch/x86/include | |
| parent | 4fc19708b165c1c152fa1f12f6600e66184b7786 (diff) | |
x86/alternatives: Use temporary mm for text poking
text_poke() can potentially compromise security as it sets temporary
PTEs in the fixmap. These PTEs might be used to rewrite the kernel code
from other cores accidentally or maliciously, if an attacker gains the
ability to write onto kernel memory.
Moreover, since remote TLBs are not flushed after the temporary PTEs are
removed, the time-window in which the code is writable is not limited if
the fixmap PTEs - maliciously or accidentally - are cached in the TLB.
To address these potential security hazards, use a temporary mm for
patching the code.
Finally, text_poke() is also not conservative enough when mapping pages,
as it always tries to map 2 pages, even when a single one is sufficient.
So try to be more conservative, and do not map more than needed.
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: <deneen.t.dock@intel.com>
Cc: <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>
Cc: <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <linux_dti@icloud.com>
Cc: <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-8-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h index 50ba74a34a37..9da8cccdf3fb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h @@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ enum fixed_addresses { #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT FIX_PARAVIRT_BOOTMAP, #endif - FIX_TEXT_POKE1, /* reserve 2 pages for text_poke() */ - FIX_TEXT_POKE0, /* first page is last, because allocation is backward */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MID FIX_LNW_VRTC, #endif |