[PATCHv3 4/4] arm64: dump: Add checking for writable and exectuable pages

[Laura Abbott]

Page mappings with full RWX permissions are a security risk. x86
has an option to walk the page tables and dump any bad pages.
(See e1a58320a38d ("x86/mm: Warn on W^X mappings")). Add a similar
implementation for arm64.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Rebased for header guard fixup, whitespace fixes
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug        | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h |  8 +++++++
 arch/arm64/mm/dump.c            | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c             |  2 ++
 4 files changed, 91 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
index 21a5b74..d1ebd46 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -42,6 +42,35 @@ config ARM64_RANDOMIZE_TEXT_OFFSET
 	  of TEXT_OFFSET and platforms must not require a specific
 	  value.
 
+config DEBUG_WX
+	bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
+	select ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE
+	---help---
+	  Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
+
+	  This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
+	  W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
+	  This check also includes UXN, which should be set on all kernel
+	  mappings.
+
+	  Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
+
+	    arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
+
+	  or like this, if the check failed:
+
+	    arm64/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
+
+	  Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
+	  still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
+	  themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
+	  of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
+
+	  There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
+	  once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
+
+	  If in doubt, say "Y".
+
 config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
 	bool "Set loadable kernel module data as NX and text as RO"
 	depends on MODULES
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
index f72ee69..6afd847 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
@@ -42,5 +42,13 @@ static inline int ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info,
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
+void ptdump_check_wx(void);
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_PTDUMP_CORE */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_WX
+#define debug_checkwx()	ptdump_check_wx()
+#else
+#define debug_checkwx()	do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __ASM_PTDUMP_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
index bb36649..4913af5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ struct pg_state {
 	unsigned long start_address;
 	unsigned level;
 	u64 current_prot;
+	bool check_wx;
+	unsigned long wx_pages;
 };
 
 struct prot_bits {
@@ -202,6 +204,35 @@ static void dump_prot(struct pg_state *st, const struct prot_bits *bits,
 	}
 }
 
+static void note_prot_uxn(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	if (!st->check_wx)
+		return;
+
+	if ((st->current_prot & PTE_UXN) == PTE_UXN)
+		return;
+
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "arm64/mm: Found non-UXN mapping at address %p/%pS\n",
+		  (void *)st->start_address, (void *)st->start_address);
+
+	st->wx_pages += (addr - st->start_address) / PAGE_SIZE;
+}
+
+static void note_prot_wx(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	if (!st->check_wx)
+		return;
+	if ((st->current_prot & PTE_RDONLY) == PTE_RDONLY)
+		return;
+	if ((st->current_prot & PTE_PXN) == PTE_PXN)
+		return;
+
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "arm64/mm: Found insecure W+X mapping at address %p/%pS\n",
+		  (void *)st->start_address, (void *)st->start_address);
+
+	st->wx_pages += (addr - st->start_address) / PAGE_SIZE;
+}
+
 static void note_page(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr, unsigned level,
 				u64 val)
 {
@@ -219,6 +250,8 @@ static void note_page(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr, unsigned level,
 		unsigned long delta;
 
 		if (st->current_prot) {
+			note_prot_uxn(st, addr);
+			note_prot_wx(st, addr);
 			pt_dump_seq_printf(st->seq, "0x%016lx-0x%016lx   ",
 				   st->start_address, addr);
 
@@ -344,6 +377,25 @@ static struct ptdump_info kernel_ptdump_info = {
 	.base_addr	= VA_START,
 };
 
+void ptdump_check_wx(void)
+{
+	struct pg_state st = {
+		.seq = NULL,
+		.marker = (struct addr_marker[]) {
+			{ -1, NULL},
+		},
+		.check_wx = true,
+	};
+
+	walk_pgd(&st, &init_mm, 0);
+	note_page(&st, 0, 0, 0);
+	if (st.wx_pages)
+		pr_info("Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, %lu W+X pages found\n",
+			st.wx_pages);
+	else
+		pr_info("Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found\n");
+}
+
 static int ptdump_init(void)
 {
 	ptdump_initialize();
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 05615a3..2cbe2fe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/memblock.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
+#include <asm/ptdump.h>
 
 u64 idmap_t0sz = TCR_T0SZ(VA_BITS);
 
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
 	section_size = (unsigned long)__init_begin - (unsigned long)__start_rodata;
 	create_mapping_late(__pa(__start_rodata), (unsigned long)__start_rodata,
 			    section_size, PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
+	debug_checkwx();
 }
 
 static void __init map_kernel_segment(pgd_t *pgd, void *va_start, void *va_end,
-- 
2.7.4