[PATCH 1/1] modules: add ro_after_init support

From: Jessica Yu
Date: Mon Jun 13 2016 - 20:15:08 EST

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Add ro_after_init support for modules by adding a new page-aligned section
in the module layout (after rodata) for ro_after_init data and enabling RO
protection for that section after module init runs.

Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/module.h | 2 ++
include/uapi/linux/elf.h | 1 +
kernel/module.c | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index f777164..a698d23 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ struct module_layout {
unsigned int text_size;
/* Size of RO section of the module (text+rodata) */
unsigned int ro_size;
+ /* Size of RO after init section */
+ unsigned int ro_after_init_size;

#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES_TREE_LOOKUP
struct mod_tree_node mtn;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
index cb4a72f..70b172ba 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_phdr {
#define SHF_ALLOC 0x2
#define SHF_EXECINSTR 0x4
#define SHF_RELA_LIVEPATCH 0x00100000
+#define SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT 0x00200000
#define SHF_MASKPROC 0xf0000000

/* special section indexes */
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 7f21ab2..055bf6f 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1857,10 +1857,11 @@ static void mod_sysfs_teardown(struct module *mod)
* from modification and any data from execution.
*
* General layout of module is:
- * [text] [read-only-data] [writable data]
- * text_size -----^ ^ ^
- * ro_size ------------------------| |
- * size -------------------------------------------|
+ * [text] [read-only-data] [ro-after-init] [writable data]
+ * text_size -----^ ^ ^ ^
+ * ro_size ------------------------| | |
+ * ro_after_init_size -----------------------------| |
+ * size -----------------------------------------------------------|
*
* These values are always page-aligned (as is base)
*/
@@ -1883,14 +1884,24 @@ static void frob_rodata(const struct module_layout *layout,
(layout->ro_size - layout->text_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
}

+static void frob_ro_after_init(const struct module_layout *layout,
+ int (*set_memory)(unsigned long start, int num_pages))
+{
+ BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->base & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
+ BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->ro_size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
+ BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->ro_after_init_size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
+ set_memory((unsigned long)layout->base + layout->ro_size,
+ (layout->ro_after_init_size - layout->ro_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+}
+
static void frob_writable_data(const struct module_layout *layout,
int (*set_memory)(unsigned long start, int num_pages))
{
BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->base & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
- BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->ro_size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
+ BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->ro_after_init_size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
BUG_ON((unsigned long)layout->size & (PAGE_SIZE-1));
- set_memory((unsigned long)layout->base + layout->ro_size,
- (layout->size - layout->ro_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+ set_memory((unsigned long)layout->base + layout->ro_after_init_size,
+ (layout->size - layout->ro_after_init_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
}

/* livepatching wants to disable read-only so it can frob module. */
@@ -1898,6 +1909,7 @@ void module_disable_ro(const struct module *mod)
{
frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_rw);
frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_rw);
+ frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_rw);
frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_rw);
frob_rodata(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_rw);
}
@@ -1908,11 +1920,16 @@ void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod)
frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_ro);
frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_ro);
frob_rodata(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_ro);
+
+ /* after init */
+ if (mod->state == MODULE_STATE_LIVE)
+ frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_ro);
}

static void module_enable_nx(const struct module *mod)
{
frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_nx);
+ frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_nx);
frob_writable_data(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_nx);
frob_rodata(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_nx);
frob_writable_data(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_nx);
@@ -1921,6 +1938,7 @@ static void module_enable_nx(const struct module *mod)
static void module_disable_nx(const struct module *mod)
{
frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x);
+ frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x);
frob_writable_data(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x);
frob_rodata(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_x);
frob_writable_data(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_x);
@@ -1963,6 +1981,8 @@ static void disable_ro_nx(const struct module_layout *layout)
frob_text(layout, set_memory_rw);
frob_rodata(layout, set_memory_rw);
frob_rodata(layout, set_memory_x);
+ frob_ro_after_init(layout, set_memory_rw);
+ frob_ro_after_init(layout, set_memory_x);
frob_writable_data(layout, set_memory_x);
}

@@ -2305,6 +2325,7 @@ static void layout_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
* finder in the two loops below */
{ SHF_EXECINSTR | SHF_ALLOC, ARCH_SHF_SMALL },
{ SHF_ALLOC, SHF_WRITE | ARCH_SHF_SMALL },
+ { SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT | SHF_ALLOC, ARCH_SHF_SMALL },
{ SHF_WRITE | SHF_ALLOC, ARCH_SHF_SMALL },
{ ARCH_SHF_SMALL | SHF_ALLOC, 0 }
};
@@ -2336,7 +2357,11 @@ static void layout_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
mod->core_layout.size = debug_align(mod->core_layout.size);
mod->core_layout.ro_size = mod->core_layout.size;
break;
- case 3: /* whole core */
+ case 2: /* RO after init */
+ mod->core_layout.size = debug_align(mod->core_layout.size);
+ mod->core_layout.ro_after_init_size = mod->core_layout.size;
+ break;
+ case 4: /* whole core */
mod->core_layout.size = debug_align(mod->core_layout.size);
break;
}
@@ -2366,7 +2391,14 @@ static void layout_sections(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
mod->init_layout.size = debug_align(mod->init_layout.size);
mod->init_layout.ro_size = mod->init_layout.size;
break;
- case 3: /* whole init */
+ case 2:
+ /*
+ * RO after init doesn't apply to init_layout (only
+ * core_layout), so it just takes the value of ro_size.
+ */
+ mod->init_layout.ro_after_init_size = mod->init_layout.ro_size;
+ break;
+ case 4: /* whole init */
mod->init_layout.size = debug_align(mod->init_layout.size);
break;
}
@@ -3172,6 +3204,7 @@ static struct module *layout_and_allocate(struct load_info *info, int flags)
{
/* Module within temporary copy. */
struct module *mod;
+ unsigned int ndx;
int err;

mod = setup_load_info(info, flags);
@@ -3191,6 +3224,15 @@ static struct module *layout_and_allocate(struct load_info *info, int flags)
/* We will do a special allocation for per-cpu sections later. */
info->sechdrs[info->index.pcpu].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;

+ /*
+ * Mark ro_after_init section with SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT so that
+ * layout_sections() can put it in the right place.
+ * Note: ro_after_init sections also have SHF_{WRITE,ALLOC} set.
+ */
+ ndx = find_sec(info, ".data..ro_after_init");
+ if (ndx)
+ info->sechdrs[ndx].sh_flags |= SHF_RO_AFTER_INIT;
+
/* Determine total sizes, and put offsets in sh_entsize. For now
this is done generically; there doesn't appear to be any
special cases for the architectures. */
@@ -3357,12 +3399,19 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
/* Switch to core kallsyms now init is done: kallsyms may be walking! */
rcu_assign_pointer(mod->kallsyms, &mod->core_kallsyms);
#endif
+ /*
+ * RO and NX regions should already be protected at this point,
+ * so the below module_enable_ro() call enables additional RO
+ * protection for the ro_after_init section only.
+ */
+ module_enable_ro(mod);
mod_tree_remove_init(mod);
disable_ro_nx(&mod->init_layout);
module_arch_freeing_init(mod);
mod->init_layout.base = NULL;
mod->init_layout.size = 0;
mod->init_layout.ro_size = 0;
+ mod->init_layout.ro_after_init_size = 0;
mod->init_layout.text_size = 0;
/*
* We want to free module_init, but be aware that kallsyms may be
@@ -3454,7 +3503,11 @@ static int complete_formation(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
/* This relies on module_mutex for list integrity. */
module_bug_finalize(info->hdr, info->sechdrs, mod);

- /* Set RO and NX regions */
+ /*
+ * Set RO and NX regions. Since module is not LIVE yet,
+ * the ro_after_init section will remain RW until after
+ * do_one_initcall().
+ */
module_enable_ro(mod);
module_enable_nx(mod);

--
2.4.3

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