[PATCH 7/8] riscv: add DEBUG_WX support

From: Zong Li
Date: Mon Feb 17 2020 - 03:32:45 EST


Support DEBUG_WX to check whether there are mapping with write and
execute permission at the same time.

Signed-off-by: Zong Li <zong.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/Kconfig.debug | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/riscv/include/asm/ptdump.h | 6 ++++++
arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.debug b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.debug
index e69de29bb2d1..2bcd88e75626 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.debug
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+config DEBUG_WX
+ bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
+ select 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:
+
+ riscv/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
+
+ or like this, if the check failed:
+
+ riscv/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".
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/ptdump.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/ptdump.h
index e29af7191909..eb2a1cc5f22c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/ptdump.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/ptdump.h
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@

void ptdump_check_wx(void);

+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_WX
+#define debug_checkwx() ptdump_check_wx()
+#else
+#define debug_checkwx() do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
#endif /* _ASM_RISCV_PTDUMP_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index 09fa643e079c..a05d76e5fefe 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
set_memory_ro(rodata_start, (data_start - rodata_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
set_memory_nx(rodata_start, (data_start - rodata_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
set_memory_nx(data_start, (max_low - data_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+ debug_checkwx();
}
#endif

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