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* [PATCH v2 0/8] vsyscall xonly mode
@ 2019-06-27  4:45 Andy Lutomirski
  2019-06-27  4:45 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] x86/vsyscall: Remove the vsyscall=native documentation Andy Lutomirski
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From: Andy Lutomirski @ 2019-06-27  4:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: x86; +Cc: LKML, Kees Cook, Florian Weimer, Jann Horn, Andy Lutomirski

Hi all-

This adds a new "xonly" mode for vsyscalls and makes it the default.
xonly is a bit more secure -- Kees knows about an exploit that relied on
read access to the vsyscall page.  It's also nicer from a paging
perspective, as it doesn't require user access to any of the kernel
address space as far as the CPU is concerned.  This would, for example,
allow a much simpler implementation of per-process vsyscall disabling.

I will follow up with two non-x86 changes that are related but have
no dependencies.

Changes from v1:
 - Minor cleanups (Kees)
 - Add a searchable message when a vsyscall read is denied (Kees)
 - The test case is vastly improved
 - Get rid of the extra gate vma object
 - Add the __ro_after_init patch

Andy Lutomirski (8):
  x86/vsyscall: Remove the vsyscall=native documentation
  x86/vsyscall: Add a new vsyscall=xonly mode
  x86/vsyscall: Show something useful on a read fault
  x86/vsyscall: Document odd SIGSEGV error code for vsyscalls
  selftests/x86/vsyscall: Verify that vsyscall=none blocks execution
  x86/vsyscall: Change the default vsyscall mode to xonly
  x86/vsyscall: Add __ro_after_init to global variables
  selftests/x86: Add a test for process_vm_readv() on the vsyscall page

 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  11 +-
 arch/x86/Kconfig                              |  35 +++--
 arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c         |  37 +++++-
 arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h               |   6 +-
 arch/x86/mm/fault.c                           |  18 ++-
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c   | 120 ++++++++++++++----
 6 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)

-- 
2.21.0


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2019-06-27  4:45 [PATCH v2 0/8] vsyscall xonly mode Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27  4:45 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] x86/vsyscall: Remove the vsyscall=native documentation Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27 17:26   ` Kees Cook
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2019-06-27  4:45 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] x86/vsyscall: Add a new vsyscall=xonly mode Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27 17:26   ` Kees Cook
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2019-06-27  4:45 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] x86/vsyscall: Show something useful on a read fault Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27 17:28   ` Kees Cook
2019-06-27 22:14   ` [tip:x86/entry] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27  4:45 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] x86/vsyscall: Document odd SIGSEGV error code for vsyscalls Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27 17:28   ` Kees Cook
2019-06-27 22:15   ` [tip:x86/entry] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27  4:45 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] selftests/x86/vsyscall: Verify that vsyscall=none blocks execution Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27 17:29   ` Kees Cook
2019-06-27 22:16   ` [tip:x86/entry] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27  4:45 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] x86/vsyscall: Change the default vsyscall mode to xonly Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27 17:30   ` Kees Cook
2019-06-27 22:16   ` [tip:x86/entry] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27  4:45 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] x86/vsyscall: Add __ro_after_init to global variables Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27 17:30   ` Kees Cook
2019-06-27 22:17   ` [tip:x86/entry] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27  4:45 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] selftests/x86: Add a test for process_vm_readv() on the vsyscall page Andy Lutomirski
2019-06-27 17:30   ` Kees Cook
2019-06-27 22:18   ` [tip:x86/entry] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski

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