* [PATCH] x86/mm/init: Stop printing pgt_buf addresses
@ 2020-02-29 23:11 Arvind Sankar
2020-02-29 23:23 ` Kees Cook
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Arvind Sankar @ 2020-02-29 23:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tobin C . Harding, Tycho Andersen
Cc: kernel-hardening, Kees Cook, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski,
Peter Zijlstra, x86, linux-kernel
This currently leaks kernel physical addresses into userspace.
Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
---
arch/x86/mm/init.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index e7bb483557c9..dc4711f09cdc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ __ref void *alloc_low_pages(unsigned int num)
} else {
pfn = pgt_buf_end;
pgt_buf_end += num;
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "BRK [%#010lx, %#010lx] PGTABLE\n",
- pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, (pgt_buf_end << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1);
}
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
--
2.24.1
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/init: Stop printing pgt_buf addresses 2020-02-29 23:11 [PATCH] x86/mm/init: Stop printing pgt_buf addresses Arvind Sankar @ 2020-02-29 23:23 ` Kees Cook 2020-04-09 22:19 ` Arvind Sankar 2020-05-23 1:51 ` Arvind Sankar 2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Kees Cook @ 2020-02-29 23:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: x86 Cc: Arvind Sankar, Tobin C . Harding, Tycho Andersen, kernel-hardening, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, linux-kernel On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 06:11:20PM -0500, Arvind Sankar wrote: > This currently leaks kernel physical addresses into userspace. > > Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> -Kees > --- > arch/x86/mm/init.c | 2 -- > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c > index e7bb483557c9..dc4711f09cdc 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c > @@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ __ref void *alloc_low_pages(unsigned int num) > } else { > pfn = pgt_buf_end; > pgt_buf_end += num; > - printk(KERN_DEBUG "BRK [%#010lx, %#010lx] PGTABLE\n", > - pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, (pgt_buf_end << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1); > } > > for (i = 0; i < num; i++) { > -- > 2.24.1 > -- Kees Cook ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/init: Stop printing pgt_buf addresses 2020-02-29 23:11 [PATCH] x86/mm/init: Stop printing pgt_buf addresses Arvind Sankar 2020-02-29 23:23 ` Kees Cook @ 2020-04-09 22:19 ` Arvind Sankar 2020-04-09 22:35 ` Dave Hansen 2020-05-23 1:51 ` Arvind Sankar 2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Arvind Sankar @ 2020-04-09 22:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Arvind Sankar Cc: Tobin C . Harding, Tycho Andersen, kernel-hardening, Kees Cook, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, x86, linux-kernel On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 06:11:20PM -0500, Arvind Sankar wrote: > This currently leaks kernel physical addresses into userspace. > > Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> > --- > arch/x86/mm/init.c | 2 -- > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c > index e7bb483557c9..dc4711f09cdc 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c > @@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ __ref void *alloc_low_pages(unsigned int num) > } else { > pfn = pgt_buf_end; > pgt_buf_end += num; > - printk(KERN_DEBUG "BRK [%#010lx, %#010lx] PGTABLE\n", > - pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, (pgt_buf_end << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1); > } > > for (i = 0; i < num; i++) { > -- > 2.24.1 > This was acked by Kees, is it ok for merge? Thanks. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/init: Stop printing pgt_buf addresses 2020-04-09 22:19 ` Arvind Sankar @ 2020-04-09 22:35 ` Dave Hansen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Dave Hansen @ 2020-04-09 22:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Arvind Sankar Cc: Tobin C . Harding, Tycho Andersen, kernel-hardening, Kees Cook, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, x86, linux-kernel On 4/9/20 3:19 PM, Arvind Sankar wrote: >> @@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ __ref void *alloc_low_pages(unsigned int num) >> } else { >> pfn = pgt_buf_end; >> pgt_buf_end += num; >> - printk(KERN_DEBUG "BRK [%#010lx, %#010lx] PGTABLE\n", >> - pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, (pgt_buf_end << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1); >> } >> >> for (i = 0; i < num; i++) { >> -- >> 2.24.1 >> > This was acked by Kees, is it ok for merge? Independent of the obvious security implications, I don't think I've ever once gleaned useful information from that message. It's fine by me. Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/init: Stop printing pgt_buf addresses 2020-02-29 23:11 [PATCH] x86/mm/init: Stop printing pgt_buf addresses Arvind Sankar 2020-02-29 23:23 ` Kees Cook 2020-04-09 22:19 ` Arvind Sankar @ 2020-05-23 1:51 ` Arvind Sankar 2020-05-23 2:57 ` Joe Perches 2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Arvind Sankar @ 2020-05-23 1:51 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Arvind Sankar Cc: Tobin C . Harding, Tycho Andersen, kernel-hardening, Kees Cook, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, x86, linux-kernel On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 06:11:20PM -0500, Arvind Sankar wrote: > This currently leaks kernel physical addresses into userspace. > > Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> > --- > arch/x86/mm/init.c | 2 -- > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c > index e7bb483557c9..dc4711f09cdc 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c > @@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ __ref void *alloc_low_pages(unsigned int num) > } else { > pfn = pgt_buf_end; > pgt_buf_end += num; > - printk(KERN_DEBUG "BRK [%#010lx, %#010lx] PGTABLE\n", > - pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, (pgt_buf_end << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1); > } > > for (i = 0; i < num; i++) { > -- > 2.24.1 > Ping. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200229231120.1147527-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/init: Stop printing pgt_buf addresses 2020-05-23 1:51 ` Arvind Sankar @ 2020-05-23 2:57 ` Joe Perches 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Joe Perches @ 2020-05-23 2:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Arvind Sankar Cc: Tobin C . Harding, Tycho Andersen, kernel-hardening, Kees Cook, Dave Hansen, Andy Lutomirski, Peter Zijlstra, x86, linux-kernel On Fri, 2020-05-22 at 21:51 -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote: > On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 06:11:20PM -0500, Arvind Sankar wrote: > > This currently leaks kernel physical addresses into userspace. > > > > Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> > > --- > > arch/x86/mm/init.c | 2 -- > > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c > > index e7bb483557c9..dc4711f09cdc 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c > > @@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ __ref void *alloc_low_pages(unsigned int num) > > } else { > > pfn = pgt_buf_end; > > pgt_buf_end += num; > > - printk(KERN_DEBUG "BRK [%#010lx, %#010lx] PGTABLE\n", > > - pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, (pgt_buf_end << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1); > > } > > > > for (i = 0; i < num; i++) { > > -- > > 2.24.1 > > > > Ping. > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200229231120.1147527-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu/ If this output is at all valuable, perhaps emit them as hashed pointers? Maybe: --- arch/x86/mm/init.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c index 1bba16c5742b..44f0d6592c7e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c @@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ __ref void *alloc_low_pages(unsigned int num) } else { pfn = pgt_buf_end; pgt_buf_end += num; - printk(KERN_DEBUG "BRK [%#010lx, %#010lx] PGTABLE\n", - pfn << PAGE_SHIFT, (pgt_buf_end << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1); + printk(KERN_DEBUG "BRK [0x%8p, 0x%8p] PGTABLE\n", + (void *)(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT), + (void *)((pgt_buf_end << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1)); } for (i = 0; i < num; i++) { ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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