[PATCH v3 3/3] SROP mitigation: Add sysctl to disable SROP protection.

From: Scott Bauer
Date: Tue Mar 08 2016 - 15:48:53 EST


This patch adds a sysctl argument to disable SROP protection.

Cc: Abhiram Balasubramanian <abhiram@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Scott Bauer <sbauer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/signal.h | 2 ++
kernel/signal.c | 12 ++++++++++--
kernel/sysctl.c | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/signal.h b/include/linux/signal.h
index fae0618..7e580d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/signal.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ struct task_struct;

/* for sysctl */
extern int print_fatal_signals;
+extern int srop_disabled;
+
/*
* Real Time signals may be queued.
*/
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 00e4a16..dec4e20 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
static struct kmem_cache *sigqueue_cachep;

int print_fatal_signals __read_mostly;
+int srop_disabled __read_mostly;

static void __user *sig_handler(struct task_struct *t, int sig)
{
@@ -2452,6 +2453,9 @@ int verify_clear_sigcookie(unsigned long __user *sig_cookie_ptr)
unsigned long user_cookie;
unsigned long calculated_cookie;

+ if (srop_disabled)
+ goto out;
+
if (get_user(user_cookie, sig_cookie_ptr))
return 1;

@@ -2459,13 +2463,17 @@ int verify_clear_sigcookie(unsigned long __user *sig_cookie_ptr)

if (user_cookie != calculated_cookie) {
pr_warn("Signal protector does not match what kernel set it to"\
- ". Possible exploit attempt or buggy program!\n");
+ ". Possible exploit attempt or buggy program!\n If you"\
+ " believe this is an error you can disable SROP "\
+ " Protection by #echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/"\
+ "disable-srop-protection\n");
return 1;

}

+out:
user_cookie = 0;
- return put_user(user_cookie, sig_cookie_ptr)
+ return put_user(user_cookie, sig_cookie_ptr);
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(verify_clear_sigcookie);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 97715fd..6c95172 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -524,6 +524,14 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
},
+ {
+ .procname = "disable-srop-protection",
+ .data = &srop_disabled,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
+
+ },
#ifdef CONFIG_SPARC
{
.procname = "reboot-cmd",
--
1.9.1