[3.16.y-ckt stable] Patch "x86, kaslr: Prevent .bss from overlaping initrd" has been added to staging queue

Luis Henriques luis.henriques at canonical.com
Mon Nov 24 15:04:52 UTC 2014


This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    x86, kaslr: Prevent .bss from overlaping initrd

to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.16.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt2.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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>From 214f1dd06f4bfcdf4f6d25d022a0875bd10035c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junjie Mao <eternal.n08 at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 21:40:38 +0800
Subject: x86, kaslr: Prevent .bss from overlaping initrd

commit e6023367d779060fddc9a52d1f474085b2b36298 upstream.

When choosing a random address, the current implementation does not take into
account the reversed space for .bss and .brk sections. Thus the relocated kernel
may overlap other components in memory. Here is an example of the overlap from a
x86_64 kernel in qemu (the ranges of physical addresses are presented):

 Physical Address

    0x0fe00000                  --+--------------------+  <-- randomized base
                               /  |  relocated kernel  |
                   vmlinux.bin    | (from vmlinux.bin) |
    0x1336d000    (an ELF file)   +--------------------+--
                               \  |                    |  \
    0x1376d870                  --+--------------------+   |
                                  |    relocs table    |   |
    0x13c1c2a8                    +--------------------+   .bss and .brk
                                  |                    |   |
    0x13ce6000                    +--------------------+   |
                                  |                    |  /
    0x13f77000                    |       initrd       |--
                                  |                    |
    0x13fef374                    +--------------------+

The initrd image will then be overwritten by the memset during early
initialization:

[    1.655204] Unpacking initramfs...
[    1.662831] Initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archive

This patch prevents the above situation by requiring a larger space when looking
for a random kernel base, so that existing logic can effectively avoids the
overlap.

[kees: switched to perl to avoid hex translation pain in mawk vs gawk]
[kees: calculated overlap without relocs table]

Fixes: 82fa9637a2 ("x86, kaslr: Select random position from e820 maps")
Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Junjie Mao <eternal.n08 at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming at intel.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal at redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak at linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1414762838-13067-1-git-send-email-eternal.n08@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile  |  4 +++-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S |  5 +++--
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S |  5 ++++-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c    | 13 ++++++++++---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c |  9 +++++++--
 arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl    | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 0fcd9133790c..14fe7cba21d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ)	:= xz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO) 	:= lzo
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4) 	:= lz4

+RUN_SIZE = $(shell objdump -h vmlinux | \
+	     perl $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl)
 quiet_cmd_mkpiggy = MKPIGGY $@
-      cmd_mkpiggy = $(obj)/mkpiggy $< > $@ || ( rm -f $@ ; false )
+      cmd_mkpiggy = $(obj)/mkpiggy $< $(RUN_SIZE) > $@ || ( rm -f $@ ; false )

 targets += piggy.S
 $(obj)/piggy.S: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.$(suffix-y) $(obj)/mkpiggy FORCE
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
index cbed1407a5cd..1d7fbbcc196d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ relocated:
  * Do the decompression, and jump to the new kernel..
  */
 				/* push arguments for decompress_kernel: */
-	pushl	$z_output_len	/* decompressed length */
+	pushl	$z_run_size	/* size of kernel with .bss and .brk */
+	pushl	$z_output_len	/* decompressed length, end of relocs */
 	leal	z_extract_offset_negative(%ebx), %ebp
 	pushl	%ebp		/* output address */
 	pushl	$z_input_len	/* input_len */
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ relocated:
 	pushl	%eax		/* heap area */
 	pushl	%esi		/* real mode pointer */
 	call	decompress_kernel /* returns kernel location in %eax */
-	addl	$24, %esp
+	addl	$28, %esp

 /*
  * Jump to the decompressed kernel.
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index 2884e0c3e8a5..6b1766c6c082 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -402,13 +402,16 @@ relocated:
  * Do the decompression, and jump to the new kernel..
  */
 	pushq	%rsi			/* Save the real mode argument */
+	movq	$z_run_size, %r9	/* size of kernel with .bss and .brk */
+	pushq	%r9
 	movq	%rsi, %rdi		/* real mode address */
 	leaq	boot_heap(%rip), %rsi	/* malloc area for uncompression */
 	leaq	input_data(%rip), %rdx  /* input_data */
 	movl	$z_input_len, %ecx	/* input_len */
 	movq	%rbp, %r8		/* output target address */
-	movq	$z_output_len, %r9	/* decompressed length */
+	movq	$z_output_len, %r9	/* decompressed length, end of relocs */
 	call	decompress_kernel	/* returns kernel location in %rax */
+	popq	%r9
 	popq	%rsi

 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 57ab74df7eea..30dd59a9f0b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
 				  unsigned char *input_data,
 				  unsigned long input_len,
 				  unsigned char *output,
-				  unsigned long output_len)
+				  unsigned long output_len,
+				  unsigned long run_size)
 {
 	real_mode = rmode;

@@ -381,8 +382,14 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
 	free_mem_ptr     = heap;	/* Heap */
 	free_mem_end_ptr = heap + BOOT_HEAP_SIZE;

-	output = choose_kernel_location(input_data, input_len,
-					output, output_len);
+	/*
+	 * The memory hole needed for the kernel is the larger of either
+	 * the entire decompressed kernel plus relocation table, or the
+	 * entire decompressed kernel plus .bss and .brk sections.
+	 */
+	output = choose_kernel_location(input_data, input_len, output,
+					output_len > run_size ? output_len
+							      : run_size);

 	/* Validate memory location choices. */
 	if ((unsigned long)output & (MIN_KERNEL_ALIGN - 1))
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
index b669ab65bf6c..d8222f213182 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	uint32_t olen;
 	long ilen;
 	unsigned long offs;
+	unsigned long run_size;
 	FILE *f = NULL;
 	int retval = 1;

-	if (argc < 2) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s compressed_file\n", argv[0]);
+	if (argc < 3) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s compressed_file run_size\n",
+				argv[0]);
 		goto bail;
 	}

@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	offs += olen >> 12;	/* Add 8 bytes for each 32K block */
 	offs += 64*1024 + 128;	/* Add 64K + 128 bytes slack */
 	offs = (offs+4095) & ~4095; /* Round to a 4K boundary */
+	run_size = atoi(argv[2]);

 	printf(".section \".rodata..compressed\",\"a\", at progbits\n");
 	printf(".globl z_input_len\n");
@@ -85,6 +88,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* z_extract_offset_negative allows simplification of head_32.S */
 	printf(".globl z_extract_offset_negative\n");
 	printf("z_extract_offset_negative = -0x%lx\n", offs);
+	printf(".globl z_run_size\n");
+	printf("z_run_size = %lu\n", run_size);

 	printf(".globl input_data, input_data_end\n");
 	printf("input_data:\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl b/arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b0b124d3ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# Calculate the amount of space needed to run the kernel, including room for
+# the .bss and .brk sections.
+#
+# Usage:
+# objdump -h a.out | perl calc_run_size.pl
+use strict;
+
+my $mem_size = 0;
+my $file_offset = 0;
+
+my $sections=" *[0-9]+ \.(?:bss|brk) +";
+while (<>) {
+	if (/^$sections([0-9a-f]+) +(?:[0-9a-f]+ +){2}([0-9a-f]+)/) {
+		my $size = hex($1);
+		my $offset = hex($2);
+		$mem_size += $size;
+		if ($file_offset == 0) {
+			$file_offset = $offset;
+		} elsif ($file_offset != $offset) {
+			die ".bss and .brk lack common file offset\n";
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+if ($file_offset == 0) {
+	die "Never found .bss or .brk file offset\n";
+}
+printf("%d\n", $mem_size + $file_offset);
--
2.1.0





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