[Adding Jessica]
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:13:33AM +0900, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> The current "rodata=off" parameter disables read-only kernel mappings
> under CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA:
> commit d2aa1acad22f ("mm/init: Add 'rodata=off' boot cmdline parameter
> to disable read-only kernel mappings")
>
> This patch is a logical extension to module mappings ie. read-only mappings
> at module loading can be disabled even if CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
> (mainly for debug use). Please note, however, that it only affects RO/RW
> permissions, keeping NX set.
>
> This is the first step to make CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX mandatory
> (always-on) in the future as CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA on x86 and arm64.
>
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutl...@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.aka...@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <ru...@rustcorp.com.au>
FWIW:
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutl...@arm.com>
Thanks,
Mark.
> ---
> v2:
> * use CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA/SET_MODULE_RONX guards better where appropriate
> * make "rodata_enabled" variable as __ro_after_init
> v1:
> * remove RFC's "module_ronx=" and merge it with "rodata="
> * always keep NX set if CONFIG_SET_MODULE_RONX
>
> include/linux/init.h | 3 +++
> init/main.c | 7 +++++--
> kernel/module.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
> 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
> index e30104c..885c3e6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/init.h
> +++ b/include/linux/init.h
> @@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ void prepare_namespace(void);
> void __init load_default_modules(void);
> int __init init_rootfs(void);
>
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX)
> +extern bool rodata_enabled;
> +#endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
> void mark_rodata_ro(void);
> #endif
> diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> index 2858be7..959a242 100644
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
> #include <linux/integrity.h>
> #include <linux/proc_ns.h>
> #include <linux/io.h>
> +#include <linux/cache.h>
>
> #include <asm/io.h>
> #include <asm/bugs.h>
> @@ -914,14 +915,16 @@ static int try_to_run_init_process(const char
> *init_filename)
>
> static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void);
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
> -static bool rodata_enabled = true;
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA) || defined(CONFIG_SET_MODULE_RONX)
> +bool rodata_enabled __ro_after_init = true;
> static int __init set_debug_rodata(char *str)
> {
> return strtobool(str, &rodata_enabled);
> }
> __setup("rodata=", set_debug_rodata);
> +#endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
> static void mark_readonly(void)
> {
> if (rodata_enabled)
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index f57dd63..34d1880 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -1910,6 +1910,9 @@ static void frob_writable_data(const struct
> module_layout *layout,
> /* livepatching wants to disable read-only so it can frob module. */
> void module_disable_ro(const struct module *mod)
> {
> + if (!rodata_enabled)
> + return;
> +
> frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_rw);
> frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_rw);
> frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_rw);
> @@ -1919,6 +1922,9 @@ void module_disable_ro(const struct module *mod)
>
> void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init)
> {
> + if (!rodata_enabled)
> + return;
> +
> frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_ro);
> frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_ro);
> frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_ro);
> @@ -1951,6 +1957,9 @@ void set_all_modules_text_rw(void)
> {
> struct module *mod;
>
> + if (!rodata_enabled)
> + return;
> +
> mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
> list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
> if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED)
> @@ -1967,6 +1976,9 @@ void set_all_modules_text_ro(void)
> {
> struct module *mod;
>
> + if (!rodata_enabled)
> + return;
> +
> mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
> list_for_each_entry_rcu(mod, &modules, list) {
> if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED)
> @@ -1980,10 +1992,13 @@ void set_all_modules_text_ro(void)
>
> static void disable_ro_nx(const struct module_layout *layout)
> {
> - frob_text(layout, set_memory_rw);
> - frob_rodata(layout, set_memory_rw);
> + if (rodata_enabled) {
> + frob_text(layout, set_memory_rw);
> + frob_rodata(layout, set_memory_rw);
> + }
> frob_rodata(layout, set_memory_x);
> - frob_ro_after_init(layout, set_memory_rw);
> + if (rodata_enabled)
> + frob_ro_after_init(layout, set_memory_rw);
> frob_ro_after_init(layout, set_memory_x);
> frob_writable_data(layout, set_memory_x);
> }
> --
> 2.10.0
>
