[PATCH v3 14/23] x86/signal: Land on &frame->retcode when vdso isn't mapped

From: Dmitry Safonov
Date: Fri Jun 11 2021 - 14:04:41 EST


Since commit 9fbbd4dd17d0 ("x86: Don't require the vDSO for handling
a.out signals") after processing 32-bit signal if there is no vdso
mapped frame->retcode is used as a landing.
Do the same for rt ia32 signals.
It also makes the ia32 compat signals match the native ia32 case.

This shouldn't be mistaken for encouragement for running binaries with
executable stack, rather something to do in hopefully very rare
situation with disabled or unmapped vdso and absent SA_RESTORER.
For non-executable stack it'll segfault on attempt to land, rather than
land on a random address where vdso was previously mapped.
For programs with executable stack it'll just do the same for rt signals
as for non-rt.

Discouraging users to run with executable stack is done separately in
commit 47a2ebb7f505 ("execve: warn if process starts with executable
stack").

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c | 12 +++++++-----
arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 23 ++++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index 5e3d9b7fd5fb..adb6994c40f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ int ia32_setup_frame(int sig, struct ksignal *ksig,
unsafe_put_user(set->sig[1], &frame->extramask[0], Efault);
unsafe_put_user(ptr_to_compat(restorer), &frame->pretcode, Efault);
/*
- * These are actually not used anymore, but left because some
- * gdb versions depend on them as a marker.
+ * This is popl %eax ; movl $__NR_sigreturn, %eax ; int $0x80
+ * gdb uses it as a signature to notice signal handler stack frames.
*/
unsafe_put_user(*((u64 *)&code), (u64 __user *)frame->retcode, Efault);
user_access_end();
@@ -336,14 +336,16 @@ int ia32_setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct ksignal *ksig,

if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
restorer = ksig->ka.sa.sa_restorer;
- else
+ else if (current->mm->context.vdso)
restorer = current->mm->context.vdso +
vdso_image_32.sym___kernel_rt_sigreturn;
+ else
+ restorer = &frame->retcode;
unsafe_put_user(ptr_to_compat(restorer), &frame->pretcode, Efault);

/*
- * Not actually used anymore, but left because some gdb
- * versions need it.
+ * This is popl %eax ; movl $__NR_sigreturn, %eax ; int $0x80
+ * gdb uses it as a signature to notice signal handler stack frames.
*/
unsafe_put_user(*((u64 *)&code), (u64 __user *)frame->retcode, Efault);
unsafe_put_sigcontext32(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, fp, regs, set, Efault);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index a06cb107c0e8..988cbc634949 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -317,23 +317,20 @@ __setup_frame(int sig, struct ksignal *ksig, sigset_t *set,
unsafe_put_user(sig, &frame->sig, Efault);
unsafe_put_sigcontext(&frame->sc, fp, regs, set, Efault);
unsafe_put_user(set->sig[1], &frame->extramask[0], Efault);
- if (current->mm->context.vdso)
+ if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
+ restorer = ksig->ka.sa.sa_restorer;
+ else if (current->mm->context.vdso)
restorer = current->mm->context.vdso +
vdso_image_32.sym___kernel_sigreturn;
else
restorer = &frame->retcode;
- if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
- restorer = ksig->ka.sa.sa_restorer;

/* Set up to return from userspace. */
unsafe_put_user(restorer, &frame->pretcode, Efault);

/*
* This is popl %eax ; movl $__NR_sigreturn, %eax ; int $0x80
- *
- * WE DO NOT USE IT ANY MORE! It's only left here for historical
- * reasons and because gdb uses it as a signature to notice
- * signal handler stack frames.
+ * gdb uses it as a signature to notice signal handler stack frames.
*/
unsafe_put_user(*((u64 *)&retcode), (u64 *)frame->retcode, Efault);
user_access_end();
@@ -382,18 +379,18 @@ static int __setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct ksignal *ksig,
unsafe_save_altstack(&frame->uc.uc_stack, regs->sp, Efault);

/* Set up to return from userspace. */
- restorer = current->mm->context.vdso +
- vdso_image_32.sym___kernel_rt_sigreturn;
if (ksig->ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_RESTORER)
restorer = ksig->ka.sa.sa_restorer;
+ else if (current->mm->context.vdso)
+ restorer = current->mm->context.vdso +
+ vdso_image_32.sym___kernel_rt_sigreturn;
+ else
+ restorer = &frame->retcode;
unsafe_put_user(restorer, &frame->pretcode, Efault);

/*
* This is movl $__NR_rt_sigreturn, %ax ; int $0x80
- *
- * WE DO NOT USE IT ANY MORE! It's only left here for historical
- * reasons and because gdb uses it as a signature to notice
- * signal handler stack frames.
+ * gdb uses it as a signature to notice signal handler stack frames.
*/
unsafe_put_user(*((u64 *)&rt_retcode), (u64 *)frame->retcode, Efault);
unsafe_put_sigcontext(&frame->uc.uc_mcontext, fp, regs, set, Efault);
--
2.31.1