From patchwork Mon Jan 8 17:32:27 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Will Deacon X-Patchwork-Id: 10150097 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09E8A601BE for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:32:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A81D2857E for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:32:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id F087F28685; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:32:56 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [65.50.211.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 734082857E for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:32:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Cc:List-Subscribe: List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:References: In-Reply-To:Message-Id:Date:Subject:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=gYp6WUdrt3zCYayEJsPAXF3iVn/bD/Vvqh/dFf4cm9k=; b=gJQQC9u8SGTDE1iElScVdwM20Q G/6muxm4jAxyZZWjlymLGXRfC6w+c/FAH/QAr7kvnyVv0HMfbmAMvBP3EBhPQbQ7V04sjxMVzWOq7 vBoLeHC0jGKxp9mM1EQU047mfS+NnxuWAd5yNQzwn6YE6EUrRlKrO/rm0/q5rcYgTg1EziAna6lgh 93PXjSQAqNkJDD1FfId1FOGux6ARhQPiOlP9BhGQUuYiO0cn7qbvJbkMuNWHmpfl/eWNS1Z+WddXv SRpMhCCoSVbqxu4sheoxkyZ7CxYGKpl0BaHaxOlvYU635/rWKsYo41bMXR+cbkoFNjcLSRzRglWCt mMHocbhQ==; Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1eYbI6-0002gu-1l; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 17:32:54 +0000 Received: from usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com ([217.140.101.70] helo=foss.arm.com) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1eYbI1-0002eB-RF for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 17:32:51 +0000 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DD3915AD; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 09:32:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from edgewater-inn.cambridge.arm.com (usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1FA5F3F5C1; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 09:32:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by edgewater-inn.cambridge.arm.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0DA791AE180B; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:32:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Will Deacon To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH v3 02/13] arm64: Kconfig: Reword UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0 kconfig entry Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:32:27 +0000 Message-Id: <1515432758-26440-3-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 In-Reply-To: <1515432758-26440-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> References: <1515432758-26440-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20180108_093249_978518_DE63CCED X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 11.48 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, marc.zyngier@arm.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com, Will Deacon , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, shankerd@codeaurora.org, christoffer.dall@linaro.org, jnair@caviumnetworks.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+patchwork-linux-arm=patchwork.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Although CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0 does make KASLR more robust, it's actually more useful as a mitigation against speculation attacks that can leak arbitrary kernel data to userspace through speculation. Reword the Kconfig help message to reflect this, and make the option depend on EXPERT so that it is on by default for the majority of users. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon --- arch/arm64/Kconfig | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index 3af1657fcac3..efaaa3a66b95 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -834,15 +834,14 @@ config FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER 4M allocations matching the default size used by generic code. config UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0 - bool "Unmap kernel when running in userspace (aka \"KAISER\")" + bool "Unmap kernel when running in userspace (aka \"KAISER\")" if EXPERT default y help - Some attacks against KASLR make use of the timing difference between - a permission fault which could arise from a page table entry that is - present in the TLB, and a translation fault which always requires a - page table walk. This option defends against these attacks by unmapping - the kernel whilst running in userspace, therefore forcing translation - faults for all of kernel space. + Speculation attacks against some high-performance processors can + be used to bypass MMU permission checks and leak kernel data to + userspace. This can be defended against by unmapping the kernel + when running in userspace, mapping it back in on exception entry + via a trampoline page in the vector table. If unsure, say Y.