Le 03/06/2020 à 07:19, Christopher M. Riedl a écrit :
When code patching a STRICT_KERNEL_RWX kernel the page containing the
address to be patched is temporarily mapped with permissive memory
protections. Currently, a per-cpu vmalloc patch area is used for this
purpose. While the patch area is per-cpu, the temporary page mapping is
inserted into the kernel page tables for the duration of the patching.
The mapping is exposed to CPUs other than the patching CPU - this is
undesirable from a hardening perspective.

Use the `poking_init` init hook to prepare a temporary mm and patching
address. Initialize the temporary mm by copying the init mm. Choose a
randomized patching address inside the temporary mm userspace address
portion. The next patch uses the temporary mm and patching address for
code patching.

Based on x86 implementation:

commit 4fc19708b165
("x86/alternatives: Initialize temporary mm for patching")

Signed-off-by: Christopher M. Riedl <c...@informatik.wtf>
---
  arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index 5ecf0d635a8d..599114f63b44 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
  #include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
  #include <linux/slab.h>
  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/sched/task.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
  #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
@@ -45,6 +47,37 @@ int raw_patch_instruction(struct ppc_inst *addr, struct 
ppc_inst instr)
  }
#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+
+static struct mm_struct *patching_mm __ro_after_init;
+static unsigned long patching_addr __ro_after_init;
+
+void __init poking_init(void)
+{
+       spinlock_t *ptl; /* for protecting pte table */
+       pte_t *ptep;
+
+       /*
+        * Some parts of the kernel (static keys for example) depend on
+        * successful code patching. Code patching under STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+        * requires this setup - otherwise we cannot patch at all. We use
+        * BUG_ON() here and later since an early failure is preferred to
+        * buggy behavior and/or strange crashes later.
+        */
+       patching_mm = copy_init_mm();
+       BUG_ON(!patching_mm);
+
+       /*
+        * In hash we cannot go above DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW easily.
+        * XXX: Do we want additional bits of entropy for radix?
+        */
+       patching_addr = (get_random_long() & PAGE_MASK) %
+               (DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW - PAGE_SIZE);
+
+       ptep = get_locked_pte(patching_mm, patching_addr, &ptl);
+       BUG_ON(!ptep);
+       pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);

Is this needed ? What's the point in getting the pte to unmap it immediatly without doing anything with it ?

Christophe

+}
+
  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vm_struct *, text_poke_area);
static int text_area_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)

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