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[v1,08/10] lkdtm: Really write into kernel text in WRITE_KERN

Message ID 624940395e5d81967246f911a65740b9a15b5a70.1633964380.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Fix LKDTM for PPC64/IA64/PARISC | expand

Commit Message

Christophe Leroy Oct. 11, 2021, 3:25 p.m. UTC
WRITE_KERN is supposed to overwrite some kernel text, namely
do_overwritten() function.

But at the time being it overwrites do_overwritten() function
descriptor, not function text.

Fix it by dereferencing the function descriptor to obtain
function text pointer.

And make do_overwritten() noinline so that it is really
do_overwritten() which is called by lkdtm_WRITE_KERN().

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Kees Cook Oct. 13, 2021, 7:05 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 05:25:35PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> WRITE_KERN is supposed to overwrite some kernel text, namely
> do_overwritten() function.
> 
> But at the time being it overwrites do_overwritten() function
> descriptor, not function text.
> 
> Fix it by dereferencing the function descriptor to obtain
> function text pointer.
> 
> And make do_overwritten() noinline so that it is really
> do_overwritten() which is called by lkdtm_WRITE_KERN().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
> index 60b3b2fe929d..442d60ed25ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>   * even non-readable regions.
>   */
>  #include "lkdtm.h"
> +#include <linux/kallsyms.h>

Why not #include <asm/sections.h> instead here?

>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>  #include <linux/mman.h>
> @@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ static noinline void do_nothing(void)
>  }
>  
>  /* Must immediately follow do_nothing for size calculuations to work out. */
> -static void do_overwritten(void)
> +static noinline void do_overwritten(void)
>  {
>  	pr_info("do_overwritten wasn't overwritten!\n");
>  	return;
> @@ -113,8 +114,9 @@ void lkdtm_WRITE_KERN(void)
>  	size_t size;
>  	volatile unsigned char *ptr;
>  
> -	size = (unsigned long)do_overwritten - (unsigned long)do_nothing;
> -	ptr = (unsigned char *)do_overwritten;
> +	size = (unsigned long)dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_overwritten) -
> +	       (unsigned long)dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_nothing);
> +	ptr = dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_overwritten);

But otherwise, yup, I expect there will be a bunch of things like this
to clean up in LKDTM. :| Sorry about that!

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

>  
>  	pr_info("attempting bad %zu byte write at %px\n", size, ptr);
>  	memcpy((void *)ptr, (unsigned char *)do_nothing, size);
> -- 
> 2.31.1
>
Christophe Leroy Oct. 13, 2021, 7:29 a.m. UTC | #2
Le 13/10/2021 à 09:05, Kees Cook a écrit :
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 05:25:35PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> WRITE_KERN is supposed to overwrite some kernel text, namely
>> do_overwritten() function.
>>
>> But at the time being it overwrites do_overwritten() function
>> descriptor, not function text.
>>
>> Fix it by dereferencing the function descriptor to obtain
>> function text pointer.
>>
>> And make do_overwritten() noinline so that it is really
>> do_overwritten() which is called by lkdtm_WRITE_KERN().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
>> ---
>>   drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 8 +++++---
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
>> index 60b3b2fe929d..442d60ed25ef 100644
>> --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
>> +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
>> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>>    * even non-readable regions.
>>    */
>>   #include "lkdtm.h"
>> +#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
> 
> Why not #include <asm/sections.h> instead here?

dereference_symbol_descriptor() is defined in linux/kallsyms.h

> 
>>   #include <linux/slab.h>
>>   #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>>   #include <linux/mman.h>
>> @@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ static noinline void do_nothing(void)
>>   }
>>   
>>   /* Must immediately follow do_nothing for size calculuations to work out. */
>> -static void do_overwritten(void)
>> +static noinline void do_overwritten(void)
>>   {
>>   	pr_info("do_overwritten wasn't overwritten!\n");
>>   	return;
>> @@ -113,8 +114,9 @@ void lkdtm_WRITE_KERN(void)
>>   	size_t size;
>>   	volatile unsigned char *ptr;
>>   
>> -	size = (unsigned long)do_overwritten - (unsigned long)do_nothing;
>> -	ptr = (unsigned char *)do_overwritten;
>> +	size = (unsigned long)dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_overwritten) -
>> +	       (unsigned long)dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_nothing);
>> +	ptr = dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_overwritten);
> 
> But otherwise, yup, I expect there will be a bunch of things like this
> to clean up in LKDTM. :| Sorry about that!
> 
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> 
>>   
>>   	pr_info("attempting bad %zu byte write at %px\n", size, ptr);
>>   	memcpy((void *)ptr, (unsigned char *)do_nothing, size);
>> -- 
>> 2.31.1
>>
>
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diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
index 60b3b2fe929d..442d60ed25ef 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ 
  * even non-readable regions.
  */
 #include "lkdtm.h"
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@  static noinline void do_nothing(void)
 }
 
 /* Must immediately follow do_nothing for size calculuations to work out. */
-static void do_overwritten(void)
+static noinline void do_overwritten(void)
 {
 	pr_info("do_overwritten wasn't overwritten!\n");
 	return;
@@ -113,8 +114,9 @@  void lkdtm_WRITE_KERN(void)
 	size_t size;
 	volatile unsigned char *ptr;
 
-	size = (unsigned long)do_overwritten - (unsigned long)do_nothing;
-	ptr = (unsigned char *)do_overwritten;
+	size = (unsigned long)dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_overwritten) -
+	       (unsigned long)dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_nothing);
+	ptr = dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_overwritten);
 
 	pr_info("attempting bad %zu byte write at %px\n", size, ptr);
 	memcpy((void *)ptr, (unsigned char *)do_nothing, size);