Re: [PATCH v2] x86/dumpstack: don't dump kernel memory based on usermode RIP

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 05:49:01PM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:
> show_opcodes() is used both for dumping kernel instructions and for dumping
> user instructions. If userspace causes #PF by jumping to a kernel address,
> show_opcodes() can be reached with regs->ip controlled by the user,
> pointing to kernel code. Make sure that userspace can't trick us into
> dumping kernel memory into dmesg.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 7cccf0725cf7 ("x86/dumpstack: Add a show_ip() function")
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Andy pointed out that I probably shouldn't be doing wrapping
> arithmetic on pointers.
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c       | 13 ++++++++++---
>  arch/x86/mm/fault.c               |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
> index b6dc698f992a..f335aad404a4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stacktrace.h
> @@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ static inline unsigned long caller_frame_pointer(void)
>  	return (unsigned long)frame;
>  }
>  
> -void show_opcodes(u8 *rip, const char *loglvl);
> +void show_opcodes(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *loglvl);
>  void show_ip(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *loglvl);
>  #endif /* _ASM_X86_STACKTRACE_H */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
> index 9c8652974f8e..14b337582b6f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
> @@ -89,14 +89,21 @@ static void printk_stack_address(unsigned long address, int reliable,
>   * Thus, the 2/3rds prologue and 64 byte OPCODE_BUFSIZE is just a random
>   * guesstimate in attempt to achieve all of the above.
>   */
> -void show_opcodes(u8 *rip, const char *loglvl)
> +void show_opcodes(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *loglvl)
>  {
>  #define PROLOGUE_SIZE 42
>  #define EPILOGUE_SIZE 21
>  #define OPCODE_BUFSIZE (PROLOGUE_SIZE + 1 + EPILOGUE_SIZE)
>  	u8 opcodes[OPCODE_BUFSIZE];
> +	u8 *prologue = (u8 *)(regs->ip - PROLOGUE_SIZE);

Just a nitpick:

<--- newline here.

> +	/*
> +	 * Make sure userspace isn't trying to trick us into dumping kernel
> +	 * memory by pointing the userspace instruction pointer at it.
> +	 */
> +	bool bad_ip = user_mode(regs) &&
> +		      __range_not_ok(prologue, OPCODE_BUFSIZE, TASK_SIZE_MAX);

Other than that:

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

Thx.

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    Boris.

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