[v2,10/13] lkdtm: Really write into kernel text in WRITE_KERN

Commit Message

Christophe Leroy Oct. 14, 2021, 5:49 a.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().

Acked-by: Kees Cook <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <[e-mail]>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
index 60b3b2fe929d..035fcca441f0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 /* Whether or not to fill the target memory area with do_nothing(). */
 #define CODE_WRITE	true
@@ -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_function_descriptor(do_overwritten) -
+	       (unsigned long)dereference_function_descriptor(do_nothing);
+	ptr = dereference_function_descriptor(do_overwritten);
 
 	pr_info("attempting bad %zu byte write at %px\n", size, ptr);
 	memcpy((void *)ptr, (unsigned char *)do_nothing, size);