[PATCH] arm64: vdso: Mark vDSO code as read-only

From: David Brown
Date: Wed Feb 10 2016 - 16:53:00 EST


Although the arm64 vDSO is cleanly separated by code/data with the
code being read-only in userspace mappings, the code page is still
writable from the kernel. There have been exploits (such as
http://itszn.com/blog/?p=21) that take advantage of this on x86 to go
from a bad kernel write to full root.

Prevent this specific exploit on arm64 by putting the vDSO code page
in read-only memory as well.

Before the change:
[ 3.138366] vdso: 2 pages (1 code @ ffffffc000a71000, 1 data @ ffffffc000a70000)
---[ Kernel Mapping ]---
0xffffffc000000000-0xffffffc000082000 520K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc000082000-0xffffffc000200000 1528K ro x SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc000200000-0xffffffc000800000 6M ro x SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc000800000-0xffffffc0009b6000 1752K ro x SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc0009b6000-0xffffffc000c00000 2344K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc000c00000-0xffffffc008000000 116M RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc00c000000-0xffffffc07f000000 1840M RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc800000000-0xffffffc840000000 1G RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc840000000-0xffffffc87ae00000 942M RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87ae00000-0xffffffc87ae70000 448K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87af80000-0xffffffc87af8a000 40K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87af8b000-0xffffffc87b000000 468K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87b000000-0xffffffc87fe00000 78M RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87fe00000-0xffffffc87ff50000 1344K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87ff90000-0xffffffc87ffa0000 64K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87fff0000-0xffffffc880000000 64K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL

After:
[ 3.138368] vdso: 2 pages (1 code @ ffffffc0006de000, 1 data @ ffffffc000a74000)
---[ Kernel Mapping ]---
0xffffffc000000000-0xffffffc000082000 520K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc000082000-0xffffffc000200000 1528K ro x SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc000200000-0xffffffc000800000 6M ro x SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc000800000-0xffffffc0009b8000 1760K ro x SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc0009b8000-0xffffffc000c00000 2336K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc000c00000-0xffffffc008000000 116M RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc00c000000-0xffffffc07f000000 1840M RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc800000000-0xffffffc840000000 1G RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc840000000-0xffffffc87ae00000 942M RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87ae00000-0xffffffc87ae70000 448K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87af80000-0xffffffc87af8a000 40K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87af8b000-0xffffffc87b000000 468K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87b000000-0xffffffc87fe00000 78M RW NX SHD AF BLK UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87fe00000-0xffffffc87ff50000 1344K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87ff90000-0xffffffc87ffa0000 64K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL
0xffffffc87fff0000-0xffffffc880000000 64K RW NX SHD AF UXN MEM/NORMAL

Inspired by https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/19/494 based on work by the
PaX Team, Brad Spengler, and Kees Cook.

Signed-off-by: David Brown <david.brown@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S
index 60c1db5..db7c0f2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.S
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
__PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA

.globl vdso_start, vdso_end
+ .section .rodata
.balign PAGE_SIZE
vdso_start:
.incbin "arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.so"
--
2.7.1