From: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] syscalls: Restore address limit after a syscall
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:12:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJcbSZGY3JmZankf+d6=gfg9gBWUoVUkWLDnCzaC81scPm+uBA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170425062324.pdpi5v7ypobw74ki-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:23 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> * Kees Cook <keescook-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> > This patch ensures a syscall does not return to user-mode with a kernel
>> > address limit. If that happened, a process can corrupt kernel-mode
>> > memory and elevate privileges.
>> >
>> > For example, it would mitigation this bug:
>> >
>> > - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=990
>> >
>> > The CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE option is also
>> > added so each architecture can optimize this change.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
>> > Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
>>
>> Ingo, I think this series is ready. Can you pull it? (And if not, what
>> should next steps be?)
>
> I have some feedback for other patches in this series, plus for this one as well:
>
>> > +/*
>> > + * Called before coming back to user-mode. Returning to user-mode with an
>> > + * address limit different than USER_DS can allow to overwrite kernel memory.
>> > + */
>> > +static inline void verify_pre_usermode_state(void) {
>> > + BUG_ON(!segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS));
>> > +}
>
> That's not standard kernel coding style.
>
> Also, patch titles should start with a verb - 75% of the series doesn't.
Will fix both.
>
>> > +#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE
>> > +#define __CHECK_USER_CALLER() \
>> > + bool user_caller = segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS)
>> > +#define __VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE() \
>> > + if (user_caller) verify_pre_usermode_state()
>> > +#else
>> > +#define __CHECK_USER_CALLER()
>> > +#define __VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE()
>> > +asmlinkage void address_limit_check_failed(void);
>> > +#endif
>
>> > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE
>
> That Kconfig name is way too long.
>
> Plus please don't put logical operations into Kconfig names.
>
>> > +/*
>> > + * This function is called when an architecture specific implementation detected
>> > + * an invalid address limit. The generic user-mode state checker will finish on
>> > + * the appropriate BUG_ON.
>> > + */
>> > +asmlinkage void address_limit_check_failed(void)
>> > +{
>> > + verify_pre_usermode_state();
>> > + panic("address_limit_check_failed called with a valid user-mode state");
>> > +}
>> > +#endif
>
> Awful naming all around:
>
> verify_pre_usermode_state()
> address_limit_check_failed()
>
> Both names start with very common names that makes one read these again and again.
> (And yes, there's lots of bad names in the kernel, but we should not follow bad
> examples.)
>
> Best practice for such functionality is to use a common prefix that is both easy
> to recognize and easy to skip. For example we could use 'addr_limit_check' as the
> prefix:
>
> addr_limit_check_failed()
> addr_limit_check_syscall()
>
> No need to over-specify it that it's a "pre" check - it's obvious from existing
> implementation and should be documented in the function itself for new
> implementations.
>
> Harmonize the Kconfig namespace to the common prefix as well, i.e. use something
> like:
>
> CONFIG_ADDR_LIMIT_CHECK
>
> No need to add 'ARCH' I think - an architecture that enables this should get it
> unconditionally.
>
> etc.
>
> It's all cobbled together I'm afraid and will need more iterations.
Make sense. Thanks for the feedback.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ingo
--
Thomas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-25 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-10 16:44 [PATCH v7 1/4] syscalls: Restore address limit after a syscall Thomas Garnier
2017-04-10 16:44 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] arm/syscalls: Architecture specific pre-usermode check Thomas Garnier
2017-04-10 16:44 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] arm64/syscalls: " Thomas Garnier
2017-04-10 17:12 ` Catalin Marinas
[not found] ` <20170410171240.GE30647-M2fw3Uu6cmfZROr8t4l/smS4ubULX0JqMm0uRHvK7Nw@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-10 20:06 ` Thomas Garnier
[not found] ` <20170410200622.8654-1-thgarnie-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-10 20:09 ` Thomas Garnier
2017-04-10 20:07 ` Thomas Garnier
[not found] ` <20170410164420.64003-1-thgarnie-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-10 16:44 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] x86/syscalls: " Thomas Garnier
2017-04-24 23:57 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] syscalls: Restore address limit after a syscall Kees Cook
[not found] ` <CAGXu5j+J67zC9tcncacHTDvXKMF3HZuPCivk-Uz4J6h-cEv-qQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-25 6:23 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20170425062324.pdpi5v7ypobw74ki-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-25 14:12 ` Thomas Garnier [this message]
2017-04-25 6:33 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20170425063305.hwjuxupa37rwe6zj-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-25 14:18 ` Thomas Garnier
2017-04-26 8:12 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20170426081229.6wnugrs7w3at4xry-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-26 14:09 ` Thomas Garnier
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