[PATCH v2 12/13] stackleak: add on/off stack variants

From: Mark Rutland
Date: Wed Apr 27 2022 - 13:32:43 EST


The stackleak_erase() code dynamically handles being on a task stack or
another stack. In most cases, this is a fixed property of the caller,
which the caller is aware of, as an architecture might always return
using the task stack, or might always return using a trampoline stack.

This patch adds stackleak_erase_on_task_stack() and
stackleak_erase_off_task_stack() functions which callers can use to
avoid on_thread_stack() check and associated redundant work when the
calling stack is known. The existing stackleak_erase() is retained as a
safe default.

There should be no functional change as a result of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/stackleak.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/stackleak.c b/kernel/stackleak.c
index afd54b8e10b83..c2c33d2202e9a 100644
--- a/kernel/stackleak.c
+++ b/kernel/stackleak.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ late_initcall(stackleak_sysctls_init);
#define skip_erasing() false
#endif /* CONFIG_STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE */

-static __always_inline void __stackleak_erase(void)
+static __always_inline void __stackleak_erase(bool on_task_stack)
{
const unsigned long task_stack_low = stackleak_task_low_bound(current);
const unsigned long task_stack_high = stackleak_task_high_bound(current);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static __always_inline void __stackleak_erase(void)
* function has a fixed-size stack frame, and the current stack pointer
* doesn't change while we write poison.
*/
- if (on_thread_stack())
+ if (on_task_stack)
erase_high = current_stack_pointer;
else
erase_high = task_stack_high;
@@ -110,12 +110,41 @@ static __always_inline void __stackleak_erase(void)
current->lowest_stack = task_stack_high;
}

+/*
+ * Erase and poison the portion of the task stack used since the last erase.
+ * Can be called from the task stack or an entry stack when the task stack is
+ * no longer in use.
+ */
asmlinkage void noinstr stackleak_erase(void)
{
if (skip_erasing())
return;

- __stackleak_erase();
+ __stackleak_erase(on_thread_stack());
+}
+
+/*
+ * Erase and poison the portion of the task stack used since the last erase.
+ * Can only be called from the task stack.
+ */
+asmlinkage void noinstr stackleak_erase_on_task_stack(void)
+{
+ if (skip_erasing())
+ return;
+
+ __stackleak_erase(true);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Erase and poison the portion of the task stack used since the last erase.
+ * Can only be called from a stack other than the task stack.
+ */
+asmlinkage void noinstr stackleak_erase_off_task_stack(void)
+{
+ if (skip_erasing())
+ return;
+
+ __stackleak_erase(false);
}

void __used __no_caller_saved_registers noinstr stackleak_track_stack(void)
--
2.30.2