Re: [PATCH v1 09/10] lkdtm: Fix lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA()

From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>,
	Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 09/10] lkdtm: Fix lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA()
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:35:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5181d261-fe93-5e21-5013-321d85e22354@csgroup.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202110130008.EC5E957D4A@keescook>

Le 13/10/2021 à 09:09, Kees Cook a écrit :
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 05:25:36PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> Behind a location, lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA() executes a real function,
>> not a copy of do_nothing().
>>
>> So do it directly instead of using execute_location().
> 
> I don't understand this. Why does the next patch not fix this?

Well, probably it would, but it looked incorrect in my mind.

lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing() is a function which has its own function 
descriptor, it is not a copy of do_nothing().

If we use execute_location() as modified by next patch, then we will 
execute it using the function descriptor of do_nothing(). Allthough it 
most likely works (at least on powerpc as it uses the same TOC) it looks 
odd to me to do so.

Am I missing something ?

Christophe

> 
> -Kees
> 
>>
>> And fix displayed addresses by dereferencing the function descriptors.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
>> ---
>>   drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 9 ++++++++-
>>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
>> index 442d60ed25ef..da16564e1ecd 100644
>> --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
>> +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
>> @@ -153,7 +153,14 @@ void lkdtm_EXEC_VMALLOC(void)
>>   
>>   void lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA(void)
>>   {
>> -	execute_location(lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing, CODE_AS_IS);
>> +	pr_info("attempting ok execution at %px\n",
>> +		dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_nothing));
>> +	do_nothing();
>> +
>> +	pr_info("attempting bad execution at %px\n",
>> +		dereference_symbol_descriptor(lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing));
>> +	lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing();
>> +	pr_err("FAIL: func returned\n");
>>   }
>>   
>>   void lkdtm_EXEC_USERSPACE(void)
>> -- 
>> 2.31.1
>>
> 