[PATCH 5/6] lkdtm: crash on overwriting protected pmalloc var

From: Igor Stoppa
Date: Tue Mar 27 2018 - 11:42:04 EST


Verify that pmalloc read-only protection is in place: trying to
overwrite a protected variable will crash the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/lkdtm.h | 1 +
drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c | 3 +++
drivers/misc/lkdtm_perms.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.h b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.h
index 9e513dcfd809..dcda3ae76ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void lkdtm_READ_BUDDY_AFTER_FREE(void);
void __init lkdtm_perms_init(void);
void lkdtm_WRITE_RO(void);
void lkdtm_WRITE_RO_AFTER_INIT(void);
+void lkdtm_WRITE_RO_PMALLOC(void);
void lkdtm_WRITE_KERN(void);
void lkdtm_EXEC_DATA(void);
void lkdtm_EXEC_STACK(void);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c
index 2154d1bfd18b..c9fd42bda6ee 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ static const struct crashtype crashtypes[] = {
CRASHTYPE(ACCESS_USERSPACE),
CRASHTYPE(WRITE_RO),
CRASHTYPE(WRITE_RO_AFTER_INIT),
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROTECTABLE_MEMORY
+ CRASHTYPE(WRITE_RO_PMALLOC),
+#endif
CRASHTYPE(WRITE_KERN),
CRASHTYPE(REFCOUNT_INC_OVERFLOW),
CRASHTYPE(REFCOUNT_ADD_OVERFLOW),
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_perms.c
index 53b85c9d16b8..4660ff0bfa44 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm_perms.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm_perms.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/mman.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/pmalloc.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>

/* Whether or not to fill the target memory area with do_nothing(). */
@@ -104,6 +105,30 @@ void lkdtm_WRITE_RO_AFTER_INIT(void)
*ptr ^= 0xabcd1234;
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_PROTECTABLE_MEMORY
+void lkdtm_WRITE_RO_PMALLOC(void)
+{
+ struct pmalloc_pool *pool;
+ int *i;
+
+ pool = pmalloc_create_pool();
+ if (WARN(!pool, "Failed preparing pool for pmalloc test."))
+ return;
+
+ i = (int *)pmalloc(pool, sizeof(int));
+ if (WARN(!i, "Failed allocating memory for pmalloc test.")) {
+ pmalloc_destroy_pool(pool);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ *i = INT_MAX;
+ pmalloc_protect_pool(pool);
+
+ pr_info("attempting bad pmalloc write at %p\n", i);
+ *i = 0;
+}
+#endif
+
void lkdtm_WRITE_KERN(void)
{
size_t size;
--
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