From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> To: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>, linux-metag@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: [PATCH] Fix crashes due to stack randomization on stack-grows-upwards architectures Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 22:01:27 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20150511200127.GA2338@ls3530.box> (raw) On architectures where the stack grows upwards (CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP=y, currently parisc and metag only) stack randomization sometimes leads to crashes when the stack ulimit is set to lower values than STACK_RND_MASK (which is 8 MB by default if not defined in arch-specific headers). The problem is, that when the stack vm_area_struct is set up in fs/exec.c, the additional space needed for the stack randomization (as defined by the value of STACK_RND_MASK) was not taken into account yet and as such, when the stack randomization code added a random offset to the stack start, the stack effectively got smaller than what the user defined via rlimit_max(RLIMIT_STACK) which then sometimes leads to out-of-stack situations and crashes. This patch fixes it by adding the maximum possible amount of memory (based on STACK_RND_MASK) which theoretically could be added by the stack randomization code to the initial stack size. That way, the user-defined stack size is always guaranteed to be at minimum what is defined via rlimit_max(RLIMIT_STACK). This bug is currently not visible on the metag architecture, because on metag STACK_RND_MASK is defined to 0 which effectively disables stack randomization. The changes to fs/exec.c are inside an "#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP" section, so it does not affect other platformws beside those where the stack grows upwards (parisc and metag). Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-metag@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org diffstat: arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h | 4 ++++ arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c | 3 +++ fs/exec.c | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h index 3391d06..78c9fd3 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h @@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ struct pt_regs; /* forward declaration... */ #define ELF_HWCAP 0 +#define STACK_RND_MASK (is_32bit_task() ? \ + 0x7ff >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 12) : \ + 0x3ffff >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 12)) + struct mm_struct; extern unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *); #define arch_randomize_brk arch_randomize_brk diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c index e1ffea2..5aba01a 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c @@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ static unsigned long mmap_upper_limit(void) if (stack_base > STACK_SIZE_MAX) stack_base = STACK_SIZE_MAX; + /* Add space for stack randomization. */ + stack_base += (STACK_RND_MASK << PAGE_SHIFT); + return PAGE_ALIGN(STACK_TOP - stack_base); } diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 49a1c61..1977c2a 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -659,6 +659,9 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, if (stack_base > STACK_SIZE_MAX) stack_base = STACK_SIZE_MAX; + /* Add space for stack randomization. */ + stack_base += (STACK_RND_MASK << PAGE_SHIFT); + /* Make sure we didn't let the argument array grow too large. */ if (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start > stack_base) return -ENOMEM;
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From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> To: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>, linux-metag@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: [PATCH] Fix crashes due to stack randomization on stack-grows-upwards architectures Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 22:01:27 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20150511200127.GA2338@ls3530.box> (raw) On architectures where the stack grows upwards (CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP=y, currently parisc and metag only) stack randomization sometimes leads to crashes when the stack ulimit is set to lower values than STACK_RND_MASK (which is 8 MB by default if not defined in arch-specific headers). The problem is, that when the stack vm_area_struct is set up in fs/exec.c, the additional space needed for the stack randomization (as defined by the value of STACK_RND_MASK) was not taken into account yet and as such, when the stack randomization code added a random offset to the stack start, the stack effectively got smaller than what the user defined via rlimit_max(RLIMIT_STACK) which then sometimes leads to out-of-stack situations and crashes. This patch fixes it by adding the maximum possible amount of memory (based on STACK_RND_MASK) which theoretically could be added by the stack randomization code to the initial stack size. That way, the user-defined stack size is always guaranteed to be at minimum what is defined via rlimit_max(RLIMIT_STACK). This bug is currently not visible on the metag architecture, because on metag STACK_RND_MASK is defined to 0 which effectively disables stack randomization. The changes to fs/exec.c are inside an "#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP" section, so it does not affect other platformws beside those where the stack grows upwards (parisc and metag). Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-metag@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org diffstat: arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h | 4 ++++ arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c | 3 +++ fs/exec.c | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h index 3391d06..78c9fd3 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/elf.h @@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ struct pt_regs; /* forward declaration... */ #define ELF_HWCAP 0 +#define STACK_RND_MASK (is_32bit_task() ? \ + 0x7ff >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 12) : \ + 0x3ffff >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 12)) + struct mm_struct; extern unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *); #define arch_randomize_brk arch_randomize_brk diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c index e1ffea2..5aba01a 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c @@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ static unsigned long mmap_upper_limit(void) if (stack_base > STACK_SIZE_MAX) stack_base = STACK_SIZE_MAX; + /* Add space for stack randomization. */ + stack_base += (STACK_RND_MASK << PAGE_SHIFT); + return PAGE_ALIGN(STACK_TOP - stack_base); } diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 49a1c61..1977c2a 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -659,6 +659,9 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, if (stack_base > STACK_SIZE_MAX) stack_base = STACK_SIZE_MAX; + /* Add space for stack randomization. */ + stack_base += (STACK_RND_MASK << PAGE_SHIFT); + /* Make sure we didn't let the argument array grow too large. */ if (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start > stack_base) return -ENOMEM; -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>
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