x86: Add NX protection for kernel data
This patch expands functionality of CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA to set main
(static) kernel data area as NX.
The following steps are taken to achieve this:
1. Linker script is adjusted so .text always starts and ends on a page bound
2. Linker script is adjusted so .rodata always start and end on a page boundary
3. NX is set for all pages from _etext through _end in mark_rodata_ro.
4. free_init_pages() sets released memory NX in arch/x86/mm/init.c
5. bios rom is set to x when pcibios is used.
The results of patch application may be observed in the diff of kernel page
table dumps:
pcibios:
-- data_nx_pt_before.txt 2009-10-13 07:48:59.000000000 -0400
++ data_nx_pt_after.txt 2009-10-13 07:26:46.000000000 -0400
0x00000000-0xc0000000 3G pmd
---[ Kernel Mapping ]---
-0xc0000000-0xc0100000 1M RW GLB x pte
+0xc0000000-0xc00a0000 640K RW GLB NX pte
+0xc00a0000-0xc0100000 384K RW GLB x pte
-0xc0100000-0xc03d7000 2908K ro GLB x pte
+0xc0100000-0xc0318000 2144K ro GLB x pte
+0xc0318000-0xc03d7000 764K ro GLB NX pte
-0xc03d7000-0xc0600000 2212K RW GLB x pte
+0xc03d7000-0xc0600000 2212K RW GLB NX pte
0xc0600000-0xf7a00000 884M RW PSE GLB NX pmd
0xf7a00000-0xf7bfe000 2040K RW GLB NX pte
0xf7bfe000-0xf7c00000 8K pte
No pcibios:
-- data_nx_pt_before.txt 2009-10-13 07:48:59.000000000 -0400
++ data_nx_pt_after.txt 2009-10-13 07:26:46.000000000 -0400
0x00000000-0xc0000000 3G pmd
---[ Kernel Mapping ]---
-0xc0000000-0xc0100000 1M RW GLB x pte
+0xc0000000-0xc0100000 1M RW GLB NX pte
-0xc0100000-0xc03d7000 2908K ro GLB x pte
+0xc0100000-0xc0318000 2144K ro GLB x pte
+0xc0318000-0xc03d7000 764K ro GLB NX pte
-0xc03d7000-0xc0600000 2212K RW GLB x pte
+0xc03d7000-0xc0600000 2212K RW GLB NX pte
0xc0600000-0xf7a00000 884M RW PSE GLB NX pmd
0xf7a00000-0xf7bfe000 2040K RW GLB NX pte
0xf7bfe000-0xf7c00000 8K pte
The patch has been originally developed for Linux 2.6.34-rc2 x86 by
Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@gmail.com> and Xuxian Jiang <jiang@cs.ncsu.edu>.
-v1: initial patch for 2.6.30
-v2: patch for 2.6.31-rc7
-v3: moved all code into arch/x86, adjusted credits
-v4: fixed ifdef, removed credits from CREDITS
-v5: fixed an address calculation bug in mark_nxdata_nx()
-v6: added acked-by and PT dump diff to commit log
-v7: minor adjustments for -tip
-v8: rework with the merge of "Set first MB as RW+NX"
Signed-off-by: Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Xuxian Jiang <jiang@cs.ncsu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
LKML-Reference: <4CE2F82E.60601@free.fr>
[ minor cleanliness edits ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 0e969f9..f89b5bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
static inline int is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
{
- if (addr >= PAGE_OFFSET && addr <= (unsigned long)__init_end)
+ if (addr >= (unsigned long)_text && addr <= (unsigned long)__init_end)
return 1;
return 0;
}
@@ -912,6 +912,23 @@
set_pages_ro(virt_to_page(start), size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
}
+static void mark_nxdata_nx(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * When this called, init has already been executed and released,
+ * so everything past _etext sould be NX.
+ */
+ unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_etext);
+ /*
+ * This comes from is_kernel_text upper limit. Also HPAGE where used:
+ */
+ unsigned long size = (((unsigned long)__init_end + HPAGE_SIZE) & HPAGE_MASK) - start;
+
+ if (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)
+ printk(KERN_INFO "NX-protecting the kernel data: %luk\n", size >> 10);
+ set_pages_nx(virt_to_page(start), size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+}
+
void mark_rodata_ro(void)
{
unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text);
@@ -946,6 +963,7 @@
printk(KERN_INFO "Testing CPA: write protecting again\n");
set_pages_ro(virt_to_page(start), size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
#endif
+ mark_nxdata_nx();
}
#endif