[PATCH 28/75] ARM: move vector stubs

From: Luis Henriques
Date: Wed Aug 14 2013 - 06:37:49 EST


3.5.7.19 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 19accfd373847ac3d10623c5d20f948846299741 upstream.

Move the machine vector stubs into the page above the vector page,
which we can prevent from being visible to userspace. Also move
the reset stub, and place the swi vector at a location that the
'ldr' can get to it.

This hides pointers into the kernel which could give valuable
information to attackers, and reduces the number of exploitable
instructions at a fixed address.

Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ luis: backported to 3.5: adjusted context ]
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/Kconfig | 3 ++-
arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
arch/arm/kernel/traps.c | 4 ++--
arch/arm/mm/mmu.c | 10 ++++++++-
4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index aca782f..67e758c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ config VECTORS_BASE
default DRAM_BASE if REMAP_VECTORS_TO_RAM
default 0x00000000
help
- The base address of exception vectors.
+ The base address of exception vectors. This must be two pages
+ in size.

config ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
bool "Patch physical to virtual translations at runtime" if EMBEDDED
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 9c80c1d..a4af8e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -986,9 +986,9 @@ __kuser_helper_end:
/*
* Vector stubs.
*
- * This code is copied to 0xffff0200 so we can use branches in the
- * vectors, rather than ldr's. Note that this code must not
- * exceed 0x300 bytes.
+ * This code is copied to 0xffff1000 so we can use branches in the
+ * vectors, rather than ldr's. Note that this code must not exceed
+ * a page size.
*
* Common stub entry macro:
* Enter in IRQ mode, spsr = SVC/USR CPSR, lr = SVC/USR PC
@@ -1037,6 +1037,15 @@ ENDPROC(vector_\name)

.globl __stubs_start
__stubs_start:
+ @ This must be the first word
+ .word vector_swi
+
+vector_rst:
+ ARM( swi SYS_ERROR0 )
+ THUMB( svc #0 )
+ THUMB( nop )
+ b vector_und
+
/*
* Interrupt dispatcher
*/
@@ -1131,6 +1140,16 @@ __stubs_start:
.align 5

/*=============================================================================
+ * Address exception handler
+ *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * These aren't too critical.
+ * (they're not supposed to happen, and won't happen in 32-bit data mode).
+ */
+
+vector_addrexcptn:
+ b vector_addrexcptn
+
+/*=============================================================================
* Undefined FIQs
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Enter in FIQ mode, spsr = ANY CPSR, lr = ANY PC
@@ -1143,35 +1162,14 @@ __stubs_start:
vector_fiq:
subs pc, lr, #4

-/*=============================================================================
- * Address exception handler
- *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * These aren't too critical.
- * (they're not supposed to happen, and won't happen in 32-bit data mode).
- */
-
-vector_addrexcptn:
- b vector_addrexcptn
-
-/*
- * We group all the following data together to optimise
- * for CPUs with separate I & D caches.
- */
- .align 5
-
-.LCvswi:
- .word vector_swi
-
.globl __stubs_end
__stubs_end:

- .equ stubs_offset, __vectors_start + 0x200 - __stubs_start
+ .equ stubs_offset, __vectors_start + 0x1000 - __stubs_start

.globl __vectors_start
__vectors_start:
- ARM( swi SYS_ERROR0 )
- THUMB( svc #0 )
- THUMB( nop )
+ W(b) vector_rst + stubs_offset
W(b) vector_und + stubs_offset
W(ldr) pc, .LCvswi + stubs_offset
W(b) vector_pabt + stubs_offset
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index eb460ac..fef90d2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ void __init early_trap_init(void *vectors_base)
* are visible to the instruction stream.
*/
memcpy((void *)vectors, __vectors_start, __vectors_end - __vectors_start);
- memcpy((void *)vectors + 0x200, __stubs_start, __stubs_end - __stubs_start);
+ memcpy((void *)vectors + 0x1000, __stubs_start, __stubs_end - __stubs_start);
memcpy((void *)vectors + 0x1000 - kuser_sz, __kuser_helper_start, kuser_sz);

/*
@@ -828,6 +828,6 @@ void __init early_trap_init(void *vectors_base)
memcpy((void *)(vectors + KERN_RESTART_CODE - CONFIG_VECTORS_BASE),
syscall_restart_code, sizeof(syscall_restart_code));

- flush_icache_range(vectors, vectors + PAGE_SIZE);
+ flush_icache_range(vectors, vectors + PAGE_SIZE * 2);
modify_domain(DOMAIN_USER, DOMAIN_CLIENT);
}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index f117e1f..6b3e749 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ static void __init devicemaps_init(struct machine_desc *mdesc)
/*
* Allocate the vector page early.
*/
- vectors = early_alloc(PAGE_SIZE);
+ vectors = early_alloc(PAGE_SIZE * 2);

early_trap_init(vectors);

@@ -1136,10 +1136,18 @@ static void __init devicemaps_init(struct machine_desc *mdesc)

if (!vectors_high()) {
map.virtual = 0;
+ map.length = PAGE_SIZE * 2;
map.type = MT_LOW_VECTORS;
create_mapping(&map);
}

+ /* Now create a kernel read-only mapping */
+ map.pfn += 1;
+ map.virtual = 0xffff0000 + PAGE_SIZE;
+ map.length = PAGE_SIZE;
+ map.type = MT_LOW_VECTORS;
+ create_mapping(&map);
+
/*
* Ask the machine support to map in the statically mapped devices.
*/
--
1.8.3.2

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