[PATCH 1/4] signals/sigaltstack: If SS_AUTODISARM, bypass on_sig_stack

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Tue May 03 2016 - 13:33:13 EST


If a signal stack is set up with SS_AUTODISARM, then the kernel
inherently avoids incorrectly resetting the signal stack if signals
recurse: the signal stack will be reset on the first signal
delivery. This means that we don't need check the stack pointer
when delivering signals if SS_AUTODISARM is set.

This will make segmented x86 programs more robust: currently there's
a hole that could be triggered if ESP/RSP appears to point to the
signal stack but actually doesn't due to a nonzero SS base.

Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Amanieu d'Antras <amanieu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Low <jason.low2@xxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Moore <pmoore@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 2950c5cd3005..8f03a93348b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2576,6 +2576,18 @@ static inline int kill_cad_pid(int sig, int priv)
*/
static inline int on_sig_stack(unsigned long sp)
{
+ /*
+ * If the signal stack is AUTODISARM then, by construction, we
+ * can't be on the signal stack unless user code deliberately set
+ * SS_AUTODISARM when we were already on the it.
+ *
+ * This improve reliability: if user state gets corrupted such that
+ * the stack pointer points very close to the end of the signal stack,
+ * then this check will enable the signal to be handled anyway.
+ */
+ if (current->sas_ss_flags & SS_AUTODISARM)
+ return 0;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
return sp >= current->sas_ss_sp &&
sp - current->sas_ss_sp < current->sas_ss_size;
--
2.5.5