Re: [PATCH 00/42] x86: updated patches for kaslr and setup_data etc for v4.3

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Feb 08 2016 - 23:31:24 EST


On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently people using big box servers are also very interested in kaslr and want
> to have it to enhance security. So allowing kaslr be able to randomize above 4G
> makes much sense for different kinds of system. I would like to repost patches
> realted to kaslr in this patchset, and leave the rest to Yinghai. Or I can try
> to understand and adjust the rest with yh and reviewers' help, then post. But
> firstly I will focus on kaslr and try to make it merge into Linus's tree.
>
> Since this patchset includes too many issues and people usually like reviewing
> post which takes care of one main issue in one thread, I will start from below
> thread. It mainly includes kaslr above 4G support and bug fixes and several clean
> up patch.
>
> x86, boot: kaslr cleanup and 64bit kaslr support
> https://lwn.net/Articles/637115/
>
> The following patch lists is taken from yh's cover letter of above patch thread.
>
> ************************
> Baoquan He (7):
> x86, kaslr: Fix a bug that relocation can not be handled when kernel is loaded above 2G
> x86, kaslr: Introduce struct slot_area to manage randomization slot info
> x86, kaslr: Add two functions which will be used later
> x86, kaslr: Introduce fetch_random_virt_offset to randomize the kernel text mapping address
> x86, kaslr: Randomize physical and virtual address of kernel separately
> x86, kaslr: Add support of kernel physical address randomization above 4G
> x86, kaslr: Remove useless codes
>
> Jiri Kosina (1):
> x86, kaslr: Propagate base load address calculation v2
> *** this one has been merged. Jiri posted firslty, later Boris reverted it and
> handled in a better way in commit (78cac48 x86/mm/KASLR: Propagate KASLR status to kernel proper)
>
> Yinghai Lu (11):
> x86, boot: Make data from decompress_kernel stage live longer
> x86, boot: Simplify run_size calculation
> x86, kaslr: Kill not used run_size related code.
> x86, kaslr: Use output_run_size
> x86, kaslr: Consolidate mem_avoid array filling
> x86, boot: Move z_extract_offset calculation to header.S
> x86, kaslr: Get correct max_addr for relocs pointer
> x86, boot: Split kernel_ident_mapping_init to another file
> x86, 64bit: Set ident_mapping for kaslr
> x86, boot: Add checking for memcpy
> x86, kaslr: Allow random address could be below loaded address
>
> **************************
> My plan is split them into
> 1) kaslr above 4G support
> x86, boot: Split kernel_ident_mapping_init to another file
> x86, 64bit: Set ident_mapping for kaslr
> x86, boot: Add checking for memcpy
> x86, boot: Move z_extract_offset calculation to header.S
> x86, boot: Simplify run_size calculation
> x86, kaslr: Kill not used run_size related code.
> x86, kaslr: Use output_run_size
> x86, kaslr: Fix a bug that relocation can not be handled when kernel is loaded above 2G
> x86, kaslr: Introduce struct slot_area to manage randomization slot info
> x86, kaslr: Add two functions which will be used later
> x86, kaslr: Introduce fetch_random_virt_offset to randomize the kernel text mapping address
> x86, kaslr: Randomize physical and virtual address of kernel separately
> x86, kaslr: Add support of kernel physical address randomization above 4G
> x86, kaslr: Remove useless codes
> 2) allow kaslr to choose slots below loaded address
> x86, kaslr: Consolidate mem_avoid array filling
> x86, kaslr: Allow random address could be below loaded address
> 3) Make data from decompress_kernel stage live longer (bug fix)
> x86, boot: Make data from decompress_kernel stage live longer
> 4) Get correct max_addr for relocs pointer (improvement)
> x86, kaslr: Get correct max_addr for relocs pointer
>
> The 2) could be added into 1) post. I take it out because the mem_avoid issue is very
> complicated, can be discussed in a separate thread. And 1) post only focus the kaslr
> above 4G support.
>
> That's all I plan to do. Suggestion or comments are welcome.

That sounds great, thanks! Please check the rest of the thread where I
asked a number of questions that remain unanswered. If we can get some
clarification on those points, I think it would help move this along
more quickly.

Thanks for continuing this work!

-Kees

>
> Thanks
> Baoquan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kees Cook" <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Yinghai Lu" <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, "Baoquan He" <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>, "LKML" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2015 4:16:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/42] x86: updated patches for kaslr and setup_data etc for v4.3
>
> Hi,
>
> Has there been any more work on these series of patches? I asked many
> questions in my earlier review, but nothing was answered.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Kees
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Those patches are rebased on v4.2-rc1 that I sent before but were rejected
>>> by Ingo on changelog.
>>>
>>> Kees Cook said that he would like to give a try to make improvement on changelog
>>> to get things moving.
>>
>> Thanks for working on this! I think it might be best to split this
>> long series into shorter ones. It seems like there are several areas:
>>
>> - fixing kASLR
>> - extended kASLR above 4G
>> - setup_data cleanup
>> - various other cleanups
>>
>> It might make sense to keep them separate for easier review?
>>
>> -Kees
>>
>>>
>>> First part are kaslr related:
>>> 1. First put compressed kernel ZO near end of the buffer before decompressing
>>> so we can find the ZO position easily for kaslr buffer searchin
>>> 2. kill run_size calculation shell scripts.
>>> 3. create new ident mapping for kasl 64bit, so we can cover
>>> above 4G random kernel base
>>> 4. 7 patches from He that support random random, as I already used his patches
>>> to test the ident mapping code.
>>> 5. some debug patches for boot/kaslr.
>>>
>>> Second part are setup_data related:
>>> Now setup_data is reserved via memblock and e820 and different
>>> handlers have different ways, and it is confusing.
>>> 1. SETUP_E820_EXT: is consumed early and will not copy or access again.
>>> have memory wasted.
>>> 2. SETUP_EFI: is accessed via ioremap every time at early stage.
>>> have memory wasted.
>>> 3. SETUP_DTB: is copied locally.
>>> have memory wasted.
>>> 4. SETUP_PCI: is accessed via ioremap for every pci devices, even run-time.
>>> Also setup_data is exported to debugfs for debug purpose.
>>> Here will convert to let every handler to decide how to handle it.
>>> and will not reserve the setup_data generally, so will not
>>> waste memory and also make memblock/e820 keep page aligned.
>>> 1. not touch E820 anymore.
>>> 2. copy SETUP_EFI to __initdata variable and access it without ioremap.
>>> 3. SETUP_DTB: reserver and copy to local and free.
>>> 4. SETUP_PCI: reverve localy and convert to list, to avoid keeping ioremap.
>>> 5. export SETUP_PCI via sysfs.
>>>
>>> Third part are some small cleanup patches.
>>>
>>> put those patches at
>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/yinghai/linux-yinghai.git for-x86-v4.3-next
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Yinghai
>>>
>>>
>>> Baoquan He (7):
>>> x86, kaslr: Fix a bug that relocation can not be handled when kernel is loaded above 2G
>>> x86, kaslr: Introduce struct slot_area to manage randomization slot info
>>> x86, kaslr: Add two functions which will be used later
>>> x86, kaslr: Introduce fetch_random_virt_offset to randomize the kernel text mapping address
>>> x86, kaslr: Randomize physical and virtual address of kernel separately
>>> x86, kaslr: Add support of kernel physical address randomization above 4G
>>> x86, kaslr: Remove useless codes
>>>
>>> Yinghai Lu (35):
>>> x86, kasl: Remove not needed parameter for choose_kernel_location
>>> x86, boot: Move compressed kernel to end of buffer before decompressing
>>> x86, boot: Fix run_size calculation
>>> x86, kaslr: Kill not needed and wrong run_size calculation code.
>>> x86, kaslr: rename output_size to output_run_size
>>> x86, kaslr: Consolidate mem_avoid array filling
>>> x86, boot: Move z_extract_offset calculation to header.S
>>> x86, kaslr: Get correct max_addr for relocs pointer
>>> x86, boot: Split kernel_ident_mapping_init to another file
>>> x86, 64bit: Set ident_mapping for kaslr
>>> x86, boot: Add checking for memcpy
>>> x86, kaslr: Allow random address could be below loaded address
>>> x86, boot: Add printf support for early console in compressed/misc.c
>>> x86, boot: Add more debug printout in compressed/misc.c
>>> x86, setup: Check early serial console per string instead of one char
>>> x86, setup: Use puts() instead of printf() in edd code
>>> x86: Setup early console as early as possible in x86_start_kernel()
>>> x86, boot: print compression suffix in decompress stage
>>> x86: remove not needed clear_page calling
>>> x86: restore end_of_ram to E820_RAM
>>> x86, boot: Allow 64bit EFI kernel to be loaded above 4G
>>> x86: Find correct 64 bit ramdisk address for microcode early update
>>> x86: Kill E820_RESERVED_KERN
>>> x86, efi: Copy SETUP_EFI data and access directly
>>> x86, of: Let add_dtb reserve setup_data locally
>>> x86, boot: Add add_pci handler for SETUP_PCI
>>> x86: Kill not used setup_data handling code
>>> x86, boot, PCI: Convert SETUP_PCI data to list
>>> x86, boot, PCI: Copy SETUP_PCI rom to kernel space
>>> x86, boot, PCI: Export SETUP_PCI data via sysfs
>>> x86: Fix typo in mark_rodata_ro
>>> x86, 64bit: add pfn_range_is_highmapped()
>>> x86, 64bit: remove highmap for not needed ranges
>>> x86, 64bit: Add __pa_high/__va_high
>>> x86: fix msr print again
>>>
>>> Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 19 ++
>>> arch/x86/boot/Makefile | 13 +-
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 21 +-
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c | 258 ++++++++++++++++-------
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 15 +-
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S | 14 +-
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 22 +-
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c | 129 +++++++++---
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h | 41 +++-
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_pgt.c | 91 ++++++++
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c | 28 +--
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/printf.c | 5 +
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.c | 28 ++-
>>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 +
>>> arch/x86/boot/edd.c | 4 +-
>>> arch/x86/boot/header.S | 34 ++-
>>> arch/x86/boot/tty.c | 14 +-
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h | 19 ++
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h | 2 +-
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/page.h | 5 +
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h | 4 +
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 2 +
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 1 -
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/prom.h | 9 +-
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 5 +
>>> arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h | 1 +
>>> arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820.h | 8 -
>>> arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 2 +
>>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 61 +++---
>>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd_early.c | 10 +-
>>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c | 8 +-
>>> arch/x86/kernel/devicetree.c | 39 ++--
>>> arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 18 +-
>>> arch/x86/kernel/head.c | 26 +++
>>> arch/x86/kernel/head32.c | 1 +
>>> arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 21 +-
>>> arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c | 142 -------------
>>> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 79 ++-----
>>> arch/x86/kernel/tboot.c | 3 +-
>>> arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 +
>>> arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c | 74 +++++++
>>> arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 173 +++++++--------
>>> arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 16 +-
>>> arch/x86/pci/common.c | 313 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 13 +-
>>> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c | 10 +-
>>> arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 23 +-
>>> arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.sh | 42 ----
>>> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_early.c | 17 ++
>>> kernel/printk/printk.c | 11 +-
>>> 50 files changed, 1235 insertions(+), 661 deletions(-)
>>> create mode 100644 arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc_pgt.c
>>> create mode 100644 arch/x86/boot/compressed/printf.c
>>> create mode 100644 arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c
>>> delete mode 100644 arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.sh
>>>
>>> --
>>> 1.8.4.5
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kees Cook
>> Chrome OS Security
>
>
>
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