[PATCH] mm/vmalloc: randomize vmalloc() allocations

* [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: randomize vmalloc() allocations
@ 2020-12-01 21:45 Topi Miettinen
  2020-12-02 18:49 ` Topi Miettinen
  2020-12-02 18:53 ` Matthew Wilcox
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Topi Miettinen @ 2020-12-01 21:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-hardening, akpm, linux-mm, linux-kernel
  Cc: Topi Miettinen, Andy Lutomirski, Jann Horn, Kees Cook, Linux API,
	Matthew Wilcox, Mike Rapoport

Memory mappings inside kernel allocated with vmalloc() are in
predictable order and packed tightly toward the low addresses. With
new kernel boot parameter 'randomize_vmalloc=1', the entire area is
used randomly to make the allocations less predictable and harder to
guess for attackers.

Without randomize_vmalloc=1:
$ cat /proc/vmallocinfo
0xffffc90000000000-0xffffc90000002000    8192 acpi_os_map_iomem+0x29e/0x2c0 phys=0x000000003ffe1000 ioremap
0xffffc90000002000-0xffffc90000005000   12288 acpi_os_map_iomem+0x29e/0x2c0 phys=0x000000003ffe0000 ioremap
0xffffc90000005000-0xffffc90000007000    8192 hpet_enable+0x36/0x4a9 phys=0x00000000fed00000 ioremap
0xffffc90000007000-0xffffc90000009000    8192 gen_pool_add_owner+0x49/0x130 pages=1 vmalloc
0xffffc90000009000-0xffffc9000000b000    8192 gen_pool_add_owner+0x49/0x130 pages=1 vmalloc
0xffffc9000000b000-0xffffc9000000d000    8192 gen_pool_add_owner+0x49/0x130 pages=1 vmalloc
0xffffc9000000d000-0xffffc9000000f000    8192 gen_pool_add_owner+0x49/0x130 pages=1 vmalloc
0xffffc90000011000-0xffffc90000015000   16384 n_tty_open+0x16/0xe0 pages=3 vmalloc
0xffffc900003de000-0xffffc900003e0000    8192 acpi_os_map_iomem+0x29e/0x2c0 phys=0x00000000fed00000 ioremap
0xffffc900003e0000-0xffffc900003e2000    8192 memremap+0x1a1/0x280 phys=0x00000000000f5000 ioremap
0xffffc900003e2000-0xffffc900003f3000   69632 pcpu_create_chunk+0x80/0x2c0 pages=16 vmalloc
0xffffc900003f3000-0xffffc90000405000   73728 pcpu_create_chunk+0xb7/0x2c0 pages=17 vmalloc
0xffffc90000405000-0xffffc9000040a000   20480 pcpu_create_chunk+0xed/0x2c0 pages=4 vmalloc
0xffffe8ffffc00000-0xffffe8ffffe00000 2097152 pcpu_get_vm_areas+0x0/0x1a40 vmalloc

With randomize_vmalloc=1, the allocations are randomized:
$ cat /proc/vmallocinfo
0xffffca3a36442000-0xffffca3a36447000   20480 pcpu_create_chunk+0xed/0x2c0 pages=4 vmalloc
0xffffca63034d6000-0xffffca63034d9000   12288 acpi_os_map_iomem+0x29e/0x2c0 phys=0x000000003ffe0000 ioremap
0xffffcce23d32e000-0xffffcce23d330000    8192 memremap+0x1a1/0x280 phys=0x00000000000f5000 ioremap
0xffffcfb9f0e22000-0xffffcfb9f0e24000    8192 hpet_enable+0x36/0x4a9 phys=0x00000000fed00000 ioremap
0xffffd1df23e9e000-0xffffd1df23eb0000   73728 pcpu_create_chunk+0xb7/0x2c0 pages=17 vmalloc
0xffffd690c2990000-0xffffd690c2992000    8192 acpi_os_map_iomem+0x29e/0x2c0 phys=0x000000003ffe1000 ioremap
0xffffd8460c718000-0xffffd8460c71c000   16384 n_tty_open+0x16/0xe0 pages=3 vmalloc
0xffffd89aba709000-0xffffd89aba70b000    8192 gen_pool_add_owner+0x49/0x130 pages=1 vmalloc
0xffffe0ca3f2ed000-0xffffe0ca3f2ef000    8192 acpi_os_map_iomem+0x29e/0x2c0 phys=0x00000000fed00000 ioremap
0xffffe3ba44802000-0xffffe3ba44804000    8192 gen_pool_add_owner+0x49/0x130 pages=1 vmalloc
0xffffe4524b2a2000-0xffffe4524b2a4000    8192 gen_pool_add_owner+0x49/0x130 pages=1 vmalloc
0xffffe61372b2e000-0xffffe61372b30000    8192 gen_pool_add_owner+0x49/0x130 pages=1 vmalloc
0xffffe704d2f7c000-0xffffe704d2f8d000   69632 pcpu_create_chunk+0x80/0x2c0 pages=16 vmalloc
0xffffe8ffffc00000-0xffffe8ffffe00000 2097152 pcpu_get_vm_areas+0x0/0x1a40 vmalloc

CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
CC: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
CC: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
CC: Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
CC: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
CC: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Topi Miettinen <toiwoton@gmail.com>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  2 ++
 mm/vmalloc.c                                  | 25 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 44fde25bb221..a0242e31d2d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4017,6 +4017,8 @@
 
 	ramdisk_start=	[RAM] RAM disk image start address
 
+	randomize_vmalloc= [KNL] Randomize vmalloc() allocations.
+
 	random.trust_cpu={on,off}
 			[KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
 			CPU's random number generator (if available) to
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 6ae491a8b210..a5f7bb46ddf2 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree_augmented.h>
 #include <linux/overflow.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
@@ -1079,6 +1080,17 @@ adjust_va_to_fit_type(struct vmap_area *va,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int randomize_vmalloc = 0;
+
+static int __init set_randomize_vmalloc(char *str)
+{
+	if (!str)
+		return 0;
+	randomize_vmalloc = simple_strtoul(str, &str, 0);
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("randomize_vmalloc=", set_randomize_vmalloc);
+
 /*
  * Returns a start address of the newly allocated area, if success.
  * Otherwise a vend is returned that indicates failure.
@@ -1152,7 +1164,7 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
 				int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct vmap_area *va, *pva;
-	unsigned long addr;
+	unsigned long addr, voffset;
 	int purged = 0;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1207,11 +1219,20 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
 	if (pva && __this_cpu_cmpxchg(ne_fit_preload_node, NULL, pva))
 		kmem_cache_free(vmap_area_cachep, pva);
 
+	/* Randomize allocation */
+	if (randomize_vmalloc) {
+		voffset = get_random_long() & (roundup_pow_of_two(vend - vstart) - 1);
+		voffset = PAGE_ALIGN(voffset);
+		if (voffset + size > vend - vstart)
+			voffset = vend - vstart - size;
+	} else
+		voffset = 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * If an allocation fails, the "vend" address is
 	 * returned. Therefore trigger the overflow path.
 	 */
-	addr = __alloc_vmap_area(size, align, vstart, vend);
+	addr = __alloc_vmap_area(size, align, vstart + voffset, vend);
 	spin_unlock(&free_vmap_area_lock);
 
 	if (unlikely(addr == vend))
-- 
2.29.2



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