Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] kselftests/arm64: add a basic Pointer Authentication test

[Amit Kachhap]

Hi Boyan,

On 8/31/20 4:34 PM, Boyan Karatotev wrote:
> PAuth signs and verifies return addresses on the stack. It does so by
> inserting a Pointer Authentication code (PAC) into some of the unused top
> bits of an address. This is achieved by adding paciasp/autiasp instructions
> at the beginning and end of a function.
>
> This feature is partially backwards compatible with earlier versions of the
> ARM architecture. To coerce the compiler into emitting fully backwards
> compatible code the main file is compiled to target an earlier ARM version.
> This allows the tests to check for the feature and print meaningful error
> messages instead of crashing.
>
> Add a test to verify that corrupting the return address results in a
> SIGSEGV on return.
>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino <Vincenzo.Frascino@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Boyan Karatotev <boyan.karatotev@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/arm64/Makefile        |  2 +-

[...]

> +
> +/* check that a corrupted PAC results in SIGSEGV */
> +TEST_SIGNAL(corrupt_pac, SIGSEGV)
> +{
> +	ASSERT_PAUTH_ENABLED();
> +
> +	pac_corruptor();

With 8.6-Pauth extension merged in arm tree [1]. It makes sense to 
verify PAC corruption for both SIGSEGV and SIGILL signals.

Code something like below handles both the cases.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 int exec_sign_all(struct signatures *signed_vals, size_t val)
@@ -187,12 +188,29 @@ int exec_sign_all(struct signatures *signed_vals, 
size_t val)
        return 0;
 }

-/* check that a corrupted PAC results in SIGSEGV */
-TEST_SIGNAL(corrupt_pac, SIGSEGV)
+sigjmp_buf jmpbuf;
+void pac_signal_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *si, void *uc)
 {
-       ASSERT_PAUTH_ENABLED();
+       if (signum == SIGSEGV || signum == SIGILL) {
+               siglongjmp(jmpbuf, 1);
+       }
+}
+
+/* check that a corrupted PAC results in SIGSEGV or SIGILL */
+TEST(corrupt_pac)
+{
+       struct sigaction sa;

-       pac_corruptor();
+       ASSERT_PAUTH_ENABLED();
+       if (sigsetjmp(jmpbuf, 1) == 0) {
+               sa.sa_sigaction = pac_signal_handler;
+               sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+               sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+               sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL);
+               sigaction(SIGILL, &sa, NULL);
+               pac_corruptor();
+               ASSERT_TRUE(0) TH_LOG("SIGSEGV/SIGILL signal did not 
occur");
+       }
 }

 /*
@@ -265,7 +283,7 @@ TEST(single_thread_different_keys)

                tmp = n_same_single_set(&signed_vals, nkeys);
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Thanks,
Amit Daniel

[1]: 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git/log/?h=for-next/ptrauth


Regards,
Amit Daniel
> +}
> +
> +TEST_HARNESS_MAIN

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