From: "Christopher M. Riedl" <cmr@informatik.wtf>
To: "Christophe Leroy" <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>,
<linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
<kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] powerpc/mm: Introduce temporary mm
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 22:34:42 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C3DYHECUQCQV.A48HK99GLB15@geist> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ff05b833-720e-e1e2-f43b-8285d520a563@csgroup.eu>
On Wed Jun 3, 2020 at 8:58 AM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Le 03/06/2020 à 07:19, Christopher M. Riedl a écrit :
> > x86 supports the notion of a temporary mm which restricts access to
> > temporary PTEs to a single CPU. A temporary mm is useful for situations
> > where a CPU needs to perform sensitive operations (such as patching a
> > STRICT_KERNEL_RWX kernel) requiring temporary mappings without exposing
> > said mappings to other CPUs. A side benefit is that other CPU TLBs do
> > not need to be flushed when the temporary mm is torn down.
> >
> > Mappings in the temporary mm can be set in the userspace portion of the
> > address-space.
> >
> > Interrupts must be disabled while the temporary mm is in use. HW
> > breakpoints, which may have been set by userspace as watchpoints on
> > addresses now within the temporary mm, are saved and disabled when
> > loading the temporary mm. The HW breakpoints are restored when unloading
> > the temporary mm. All HW breakpoints are indiscriminately disabled while
> > the temporary mm is in use.
> >
> > Based on x86 implementation:
> >
> > commit cefa929c034e
> > ("x86/mm: Introduce temporary mm structs")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christopher M. Riedl <cmr@informatik.wtf>
> > ---
> > arch/powerpc/include/asm/debug.h | 1 +
> > arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 5 ++
> > 3 files changed, 70 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/debug.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/debug.h
> > index ec57daf87f40..827350c9bcf3 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/debug.h
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/debug.h
> > @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static inline int debugger_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs) { return 0; }
> > #endif
> >
> > void __set_breakpoint(int nr, struct arch_hw_breakpoint *brk);
> > +void __get_breakpoint(int nr, struct arch_hw_breakpoint *brk);
> > bool ppc_breakpoint_available(void);
> > #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_ADV_DEBUG_REGS
> > extern void do_send_trap(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
> > index 1a474f6b1992..9269c7c7b04e 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
> > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> > #include <asm/mmu.h>
> > #include <asm/cputable.h>
> > #include <asm/cputhreads.h>
> > +#include <asm/debug.h>
> >
> > /*
> > * Most if the context management is out of line
> > @@ -300,5 +301,68 @@ static inline int arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +struct temp_mm {
> > + struct mm_struct *temp;
> > + struct mm_struct *prev;
> > + bool is_kernel_thread;
> > + struct arch_hw_breakpoint brk[HBP_NUM_MAX];
> > +};
> > +
> > +static inline void init_temp_mm(struct temp_mm *temp_mm, struct mm_struct *mm)
> > +{
> > + temp_mm->temp = mm;
> > + temp_mm->prev = NULL;
> > + temp_mm->is_kernel_thread = false;
> > + memset(&temp_mm->brk, 0, sizeof(temp_mm->brk));
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void use_temporary_mm(struct temp_mm *temp_mm)
> > +{
> > + lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
> > +
> > + temp_mm->is_kernel_thread = current->mm == NULL;
> > + if (temp_mm->is_kernel_thread)
> > + temp_mm->prev = current->active_mm;
> > + else
> > + temp_mm->prev = current->mm;
>
>
> Is that necessary to make different for kernel threads ? When I look at
> x86 implementation, they don't do such a thing.
>
Yup, in do_slb_fault we error out if the current->mm is NULL resulting
in spectacular fails during patching w/ hash mmu.
>
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Hash requires a non-NULL current->mm to allocate a userspace address
> > + * when handling a page fault. Does not appear to hurt in Radix either.
> > + */
> > + current->mm = temp_mm->temp;
> > + switch_mm_irqs_off(NULL, temp_mm->temp, current);
> > +
> > + if (ppc_breakpoint_available()) {
> > + struct arch_hw_breakpoint null_brk = {0};
> > + int i = 0;
> > +
> > + for (; i < nr_wp_slots(); ++i) {
> > + __get_breakpoint(i, &temp_mm->brk[i]);
> > + if (temp_mm->brk[i].type != 0)
> > + __set_breakpoint(i, &null_brk);
> > + }
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void unuse_temporary_mm(struct temp_mm *temp_mm)
> > +{
> > + lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
> > +
> > + if (temp_mm->is_kernel_thread)
> > + current->mm = NULL;
> > + else
> > + current->mm = temp_mm->prev;
> > + switch_mm_irqs_off(NULL, temp_mm->prev, current);
> > +
> > + if (ppc_breakpoint_available()) {
> > + int i = 0;
> > +
> > + for (; i < nr_wp_slots(); ++i)
> > + if (temp_mm->brk[i].type != 0)
> > + __set_breakpoint(i, &temp_mm->brk[i]);
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
> > #endif /* __ASM_POWERPC_MMU_CONTEXT_H */
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
> > index 048d64c4e115..3973144f6980 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
> > @@ -825,6 +825,11 @@ static inline int set_breakpoint_8xx(struct arch_hw_breakpoint *brk)
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +void __get_breakpoint(int nr, struct arch_hw_breakpoint *brk)
> > +{
> > + memcpy(brk, this_cpu_ptr(¤t_brk[nr]), sizeof(*brk));
> > +}
> > +
> > void __set_breakpoint(int nr, struct arch_hw_breakpoint *brk)
> > {
> > memcpy(this_cpu_ptr(¤t_brk[nr]), brk, sizeof(*brk));
> >
>
>
> Christophe
>
>
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-11 3:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-03 5:19 [PATCH 0/5] Use per-CPU temporary mappings for patching Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-03 5:19 ` [PATCH 1/5] powerpc/mm: Introduce temporary mm Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-03 6:58 ` Christophe Leroy
2020-06-11 3:34 ` Christopher M. Riedl [this message]
2020-06-03 5:19 ` [PATCH 2/5] powerpc/lib: Initialize a temporary mm for code patching Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-03 7:01 ` Christophe Leroy
2020-06-11 3:29 ` Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-03 5:19 ` [PATCH 3/5] powerpc/lib: Use " Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-03 7:12 ` Christophe Leroy
2020-06-11 3:31 ` Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-03 5:19 ` [PATCH 4/5] powerpc/lib: Add LKDTM accessor for patching addr Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-03 7:14 ` Christophe Leroy
2020-06-09 4:40 ` Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-03 5:19 ` [PATCH 5/5] powerpc: Add LKDTM test to hijack a patch mapping Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-03 7:20 ` Christophe Leroy
2020-06-09 4:48 ` Christopher M. Riedl
2020-06-15 6:37 ` Christophe Leroy
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