[PATCH 2/2] x86, vdso: mark vDSO read-only after init

[Kees Cook]

The vDSO does not need to be writable after __init, so mark it as
__read_only. The result kills the exploit method of writing to the vDSO
from kernel space resulting in userspace executing the modified code,
as shown here to bypass SMEP restrictions: http://itszn.com/blog/?p=21

The memory map (with added vDSO address reporting) shows the vDSO moving
into read-only memory:

Before:
[    0.143067] vDSO @ ffffffff82004000
[    0.143551] vDSO @ ffffffff82006000
---[ High Kernel Mapping ]---
0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000      16M                         pmd
0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81800000       8M   ro     PSE     GLB x  pmd
0xffffffff81800000-0xffffffff819f3000    1996K   ro             GLB x  pte
0xffffffff819f3000-0xffffffff81a00000      52K   ro                 NX pte
0xffffffff81a00000-0xffffffff81e00000       4M   ro     PSE     GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff81e00000-0xffffffff81e05000      20K   ro             GLB NX pte
0xffffffff81e05000-0xffffffff82000000    2028K   ro                 NX pte
0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff8214f000    1340K   RW             GLB NX pte
0xffffffff8214f000-0xffffffff82281000    1224K   RW                 NX pte
0xffffffff82281000-0xffffffff82400000    1532K   RW             GLB NX pte
0xffffffff82400000-0xffffffff83200000      14M   RW     PSE     GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff83200000-0xffffffffc0000000     974M                         pmd

After:
[    0.145062] vDSO @ ffffffff81da1000
[    0.146057] vDSO @ ffffffff81da4000
---[ High Kernel Mapping ]---
0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000      16M                         pmd
0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81800000       8M   ro     PSE     GLB x  pmd
0xffffffff81800000-0xffffffff819f3000    1996K   ro             GLB x  pte
0xffffffff819f3000-0xffffffff81a00000      52K   ro                 NX pte
0xffffffff81a00000-0xffffffff81e00000       4M   ro     PSE     GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff81e00000-0xffffffff81e0b000      44K   ro             GLB NX pte
0xffffffff81e0b000-0xffffffff82000000    2004K   ro                 NX pte
0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff8214c000    1328K   RW             GLB NX pte
0xffffffff8214c000-0xffffffff8227e000    1224K   RW                 NX pte
0xffffffff8227e000-0xffffffff82400000    1544K   RW             GLB NX pte
0xffffffff82400000-0xffffffff83200000      14M   RW     PSE     GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff83200000-0xffffffffc0000000     974M                         pmd

Based on work by Brad Spengler.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso2c.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso2c.h b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso2c.h
index 0224987556ce..677ce3ac4d34 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso2c.h
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso2c.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void BITSFUNC(go)(void *raw_addr, size_t raw_len,
 	fprintf(outfile, "#include <asm/vdso.h>\n");
 	fprintf(outfile, "\n");
 	fprintf(outfile,
-		"static unsigned char raw_data[%lu] __page_aligned_data = {",
+		"static unsigned char raw_data[%lu] __read_only __aligned(PAGE_SIZE) = {",
 		mapping_size);
 	for (j = 0; j < stripped_len; j++) {
 		if (j % 10 == 0)
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static void BITSFUNC(go)(void *raw_addr, size_t raw_len,
 	}
 	fprintf(outfile, "\n};\n\n");
 
-	fprintf(outfile, "static struct page *pages[%lu];\n\n",
+	fprintf(outfile, "static struct page *pages[%lu] __read_only;\n\n",
 		mapping_size / 4096);
 
 	fprintf(outfile, "const struct vdso_image %s = {\n", name);
-- 
1.9.1

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