Re: [PATCH 5/6] Pmalloc: self-test

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Feb 12 2018 - 18:44:04 EST


On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add basic self-test functionality for pmalloc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/Kconfig | 9 ++++++++
> mm/Makefile | 1 +
> mm/pmalloc-selftest.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/pmalloc-selftest.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
> mm/pmalloc.c | 2 ++
> 5 files changed, 100 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 mm/pmalloc-selftest.c
> create mode 100644 mm/pmalloc-selftest.h
>
> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
> index be578fbdce6d..098aefef78b1 100644
> --- a/mm/Kconfig
> +++ b/mm/Kconfig
> @@ -766,3 +766,12 @@ config PROTECTABLE_MEMORY
> depends on ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
> select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
> default y
> +
> +config PROTECTABLE_MEMORY_SELFTEST
> + bool "Run self test for pmalloc memory allocator"
> + depends on ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
> + select PROTECTABLE_MEMORY
> + default n
> + help
> + Tries to verify that pmalloc works correctly and that the memory
> + is effectively protected.
> diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
> index 959fdbdac118..f7bbbfde6967 100644
> --- a/mm/Makefile
> +++ b/mm/Makefile
> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP) += sparse-vmemmap.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SLOB) += slob.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER) += mmu_notifier.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PROTECTABLE_MEMORY) += pmalloc.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PROTECTABLE_MEMORY_SELFTEST) += pmalloc-selftest.o

Nit: self-test modules are traditionally named "test_$thing.o"
(outside of the tools/ directory).

> obj-$(CONFIG_KSM) += ksm.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING) += page_poison.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SLAB) += slab.o
> diff --git a/mm/pmalloc-selftest.c b/mm/pmalloc-selftest.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..97ba52d17f69
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/mm/pmalloc-selftest.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * pmalloc-selftest.c
> + *
> + * (C) Copyright 2018 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
> + * Author: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/pmalloc.h>
> +#include <linux/mm.h>
> +
> +#include "pmalloc-selftest.h"
> +
> +#define SIZE_1 (PAGE_SIZE * 3)
> +#define SIZE_2 1000
> +
> +#define validate_alloc(expected, variable, size) \
> + pr_notice("must be " expected ": %s", \
> + is_pmalloc_object(variable, size) > 0 ? "ok" : "no")
> +
> +#define is_alloc_ok(variable, size) \
> + validate_alloc("ok", variable, size)
> +
> +#define is_alloc_no(variable, size) \
> + validate_alloc("no", variable, size)
> +
> +void pmalloc_selftest(void)
> +{
> + struct gen_pool *pool_unprot;
> + struct gen_pool *pool_prot;
> + void *var_prot, *var_unprot, *var_vmall;
> +
> + pr_notice("pmalloc self-test");
> + pool_unprot = pmalloc_create_pool("unprotected", 0);
> + pool_prot = pmalloc_create_pool("protected", 0);
> + BUG_ON(!(pool_unprot && pool_prot));
> +
> + var_unprot = pmalloc(pool_unprot, SIZE_1 - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> + var_prot = pmalloc(pool_prot, SIZE_1, GFP_KERNEL);
> + *(int *)var_prot = 0;
> + var_vmall = vmalloc(SIZE_2);
> + is_alloc_ok(var_unprot, 10);
> + is_alloc_ok(var_unprot, SIZE_1);
> + is_alloc_ok(var_unprot, PAGE_SIZE);
> + is_alloc_no(var_unprot, SIZE_1 + 1);
> + is_alloc_no(var_vmall, 10);
> +
> +
> + pfree(pool_unprot, var_unprot);
> + vfree(var_vmall);
> +
> + pmalloc_protect_pool(pool_prot);
> +
> + /*
> + * This will intentionally trigger a WARN because the pool being
> + * destroyed is not protected, which is unusual and should happen
> + * on error paths only, where probably other warnings are already
> + * displayed.
> + */
> + pmalloc_destroy_pool(pool_unprot);
> +
> + /* This must not cause WARNings */
> + pmalloc_destroy_pool(pool_prot);
> +}

I wonder if lkdtm should grow a test too, to validate the RO-ness of
the allocations at the right time in API usage?

Otherwise, yay! Selftests!

-Kees

> diff --git a/mm/pmalloc-selftest.h b/mm/pmalloc-selftest.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..58a5a0cbec14
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/mm/pmalloc-selftest.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
> + * pmalloc-selftest.h
> + *
> + * (C) Copyright 2018 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
> + * Author: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> + */
> +
> +
> +#ifndef __MM_PMALLOC_SELFTEST_H
> +#define __MM_PMALLOC_SELFTEST_H
> +
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PROTECTABLE_MEMORY_SELFTEST
> +
> +void pmalloc_selftest(void);
> +
> +#else
> +
> +static inline void pmalloc_selftest(void){};
> +
> +#endif
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/mm/pmalloc.c b/mm/pmalloc.c
> index abddba90a9f6..eb445c574b19 100644
> --- a/mm/pmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/pmalloc.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> #include <asm/page.h>
>
> #include <linux/pmalloc.h>
> +#include "pmalloc-selftest.h"
> /*
> * pmalloc_data contains the data specific to a pmalloc pool,
> * in a format compatible with the design of gen_alloc.
> @@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ static int __init pmalloc_late_init(void)
> }
> }
> mutex_unlock(&pmalloc_mutex);
> + pmalloc_selftest();
> return 0;
> }
> late_initcall(pmalloc_late_init);
> --
> 2.14.1
>



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Kees Cook
Pixel Security