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[PATCH 1/5] random,stackprotect: introduce get_random_canary function

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From: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>

Introduce the get_random_canary function, which provides a random
unsigned long canary value with the first byte zeroed out on 64
bit architectures, in order to mitigate non-terminated C string
overflows.

The null byte both prevents C string functions from reading the
canary, and from writing it if the canary value were guessed or
obtained through some other means.

Reducing the entropy by 8 bits is acceptable on 64-bit systems,
which will still have 56 bits of entropy left, but not on 32
bit systems, so the "ascii armor" canary is only implemented on
64-bit systems.

Inspired by the "ascii armor" code in the old execshield patches,
and Daniel Micay's linux-hardened tree.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
---
 include/linux/random.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index ed5c3838780d..1fa0dc880bd7 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -57,6 +57,27 @@ static inline unsigned long get_random_long(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * On 64-bit architectures, protect against non-terminated C string overflows
+ * by zeroing out the first byte of the canary; this leaves 56 bits of entropy.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+# ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#  define CANARY_MASK 0xffffffffffffff00UL
+# else /* big endian, 64 bits: */
+#  define CANARY_MASK 0x00ffffffffffffffUL
+# endif
+#else /* 32 bits: */
+# define CANARY_MASK 0xffffffffUL
+#endif
+
+static inline unsigned long get_random_canary(void)
+{
+	unsigned long val = get_random_long();
+
+	return val & CANARY_MASK;
+}
+
 unsigned long randomize_page(unsigned long start, unsigned long range);
 
 u32 prandom_u32(void);
-- 
2.9.3

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[PATCH v2 0/5] stackprotector: ascii armor the stack canary riel@redhat.com - 2017-05-24 18:00 +0200
  [PATCH 1/5] random,stackprotect: introduce get_random_canary function riel@redhat.com - 2017-05-24 18:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/5] random,stackprotect: introduce get_random_canary function Kees Cook <keescook@google.com> - 2017-05-24 18:20 +0200
  [PATCH 4/5] arm64: ascii armor the arm64 boot init stack canary riel@redhat.com - 2017-05-24 18:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/5] arm64: ascii armor the arm64 boot init stack canary Kees Cook <keescook@google.com> - 2017-05-24 18:20 +0200
  [PATCH 3/5] x86: ascii armor the x86_64 boot init stack canary riel@redhat.com - 2017-05-24 18:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: ascii armor the x86_64 boot init stack canary Kees Cook <keescook@google.com> - 2017-05-24 18:20 +0200
  [PATCH 2/5] fork,random: use get_random_canary to set tsk->stack_canary riel@redhat.com - 2017-05-24 18:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/5] fork,random: use get_random_canary to set tsk->stack_canary Kees Cook <keescook@google.com> - 2017-05-24 18:20 +0200
  [PATCH 5/5] sh64: ascii armor the sh64 boot init stack canary Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> - 2017-05-24 18:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 5/5] sh64: ascii armor the sh64 boot init stack canary Kees Cook <keescook@google.com> - 2017-05-24 18:40 +0200
  [PATCH 5/5] sh64: ascii armor the sh64 boot init stack canary riel@redhat.com - 2017-05-24 18:50 +0200

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