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From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>, John Wood <john.wood@gmx.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
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	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@google.com>,
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	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 5/6] security/fbfam: Detect a fork brute force attack
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:21:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200910202107.3799376-6-keescook@chromium.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200910202107.3799376-1-keescook@chromium.org>

From: John Wood <john.wood@gmx.com>

To detect a fork brute force attack it is necessary to compute the
crashing rate of the application. This calculation is performed in each
fatal fail of a task, or in other words, when a core dump is triggered.
If this rate shows that the application is crashing quickly, there is a
clear signal that an attack is happening.

Since the crashing rate is computed in milliseconds per fault, if this
rate goes under a certain threshold a warning is triggered.

Signed-off-by: John Wood <john.wood@gmx.com>
---
 fs/coredump.c          |  2 ++
 include/fbfam/fbfam.h  |  2 ++
 security/fbfam/fbfam.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 76e7c10edfc0..d4ba4e1828d5 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
+#include <fbfam/fbfam.h>
 
 int core_uses_pid;
 unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
@@ -825,6 +826,7 @@ void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo)
 fail_creds:
 	put_cred(cred);
 fail:
+	fbfam_handle_attack(siginfo->si_signo);
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/fbfam/fbfam.h b/include/fbfam/fbfam.h
index 2cfe51d2b0d5..9ac8e33d8291 100644
--- a/include/fbfam/fbfam.h
+++ b/include/fbfam/fbfam.h
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ extern struct ctl_table fbfam_sysctls[];
 int fbfam_fork(struct task_struct *child);
 int fbfam_execve(void);
 int fbfam_exit(void);
+int fbfam_handle_attack(int signal);
 #else
 static inline int fbfam_fork(struct task_struct *child) { return 0; }
 static inline int fbfam_execve(void) { return 0; }
 static inline int fbfam_exit(void) { return 0; }
+static inline int fbfam_handle_attack(int signal) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _FBFAM_H_ */
diff --git a/security/fbfam/fbfam.c b/security/fbfam/fbfam.c
index 9be4639b72eb..3aa669e4ea51 100644
--- a/security/fbfam/fbfam.c
+++ b/security/fbfam/fbfam.c
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <linux/signal.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
 /**
@@ -172,3 +174,40 @@ int fbfam_exit(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * fbfam_handle_attack() - Fork brute force attack detection.
+ * @signal: Signal number that causes the core dump.
+ *
+ * The crashing rate of an application is computed in milliseconds per fault in
+ * each crash. So, if this rate goes under a certain threshold there is a clear
+ * signal that the application is crashing quickly. At this moment, a fork brute
+ * force attack is happening.
+ *
+ * Return: -EFAULT if the current task doesn't have statistical data. Zero
+ *         otherwise.
+ */
+int fbfam_handle_attack(int signal)
+{
+	struct fbfam_stats *stats = current->fbfam_stats;
+	u64 delta_jiffies, delta_time;
+	u64 crashing_rate;
+
+	if (!stats)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (!(signal == SIGILL || signal == SIGBUS || signal == SIGKILL ||
+	      signal == SIGSEGV || signal == SIGSYS))
+		return 0;
+
+	stats->faults += 1;
+
+	delta_jiffies = get_jiffies_64() - stats->jiffies;
+	delta_time = jiffies64_to_msecs(delta_jiffies);
+	crashing_rate = delta_time / (u64)stats->faults;
+
+	if (crashing_rate < (u64)sysctl_crashing_rate_threshold)
+		pr_warn("fbfam: Fork brute force attack detected\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
-- 
2.25.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-09-10 20:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-10 20:21 [RESEND][RFC PATCH 0/6] Fork brute force attack mitigation (fbfam) Kees Cook
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] security/fbfam: Add a Kconfig to enable the fbfam feature Kees Cook
2020-09-10 21:21   ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 21:21     ` Jann Horn
2020-09-17 17:32     ` John Wood
2020-09-10 23:18   ` Kees Cook
2020-09-17 18:40     ` John Wood
2020-09-17 22:05       ` Kees Cook
2020-09-18 14:50         ` John Wood
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 2/6] security/fbfam: Add the api to manage statistics Kees Cook
2020-09-10 23:23   ` Kees Cook
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 3/6] security/fbfam: Use " Kees Cook
2020-09-10 20:27   ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 20:27     ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 23:33   ` Kees Cook
2020-09-29 23:47     ` Steven Rostedt
2020-09-29 23:49       ` Steven Rostedt
2020-10-03  9:52         ` John Wood
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 4/6] security/fbfam: Add a new sysctl to control the crashing rate threshold Kees Cook
2020-09-10 23:14   ` Kees Cook
2020-09-13 14:33     ` John Wood
2020-09-10 20:21 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2020-09-10 21:10   ` [RFC PATCH 5/6] security/fbfam: Detect a fork brute force attack Jann Horn
2020-09-10 21:10     ` Jann Horn
2020-09-13 17:54     ` John Wood
2020-09-14 19:42       ` Jann Horn
2020-09-14 19:42         ` Jann Horn
2020-09-15 18:44         ` John Wood
2020-09-10 23:49   ` Kees Cook
2020-09-11  0:01     ` Jann Horn
2020-09-11  0:01       ` Jann Horn
2020-09-13 16:56       ` John Wood
2020-09-14 19:39         ` Jann Horn
2020-09-14 19:39           ` Jann Horn
2020-09-15 17:36           ` John Wood
2020-09-12  0:47   ` kernel test robot
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 6/6] security/fbfam: Mitigate " Kees Cook
2020-09-10 20:55   ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 20:55     ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 23:56   ` Kees Cook
2020-09-11  0:20     ` Jann Horn
2020-09-11  0:20       ` Jann Horn
2020-09-18 16:02     ` John Wood
2020-09-18 21:35       ` Kees Cook
2020-09-19  8:01         ` John Wood
2020-09-10 20:39 ` [RESEND][RFC PATCH 0/6] Fork brute force attack mitigation (fbfam) Jann Horn
2020-09-10 20:39   ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 23:58 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-11 14:48   ` John Wood
2020-09-12  7:55     ` Kees Cook
2020-09-12 12:24       ` John Wood
2020-09-12  0:03 ` James Morris
2020-09-12  7:56   ` Kees Cook
2020-09-12  9:36     ` John Wood
2020-09-12 14:47       ` Mel Gorman
2020-09-12 20:48         ` Ondrej Mosnacek
2020-09-12 20:48           ` Ondrej Mosnacek
2020-09-13  7:24           ` John Wood
2020-09-13  7:24             ` John Wood

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