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[RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option

Started byLaura Abbott <labbott@fedoraproject.org>
First post2016-01-25 18:00 +0100
Last post2016-01-26 21:30 +0100
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  [RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option Laura Abbott <labbott@fedoraproject.org> - 2016-01-25 18:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a  separate option Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 07:50 +0100
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a  separate option Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2016-01-26 21:30 +0100

#1317033 — [RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option

FromLaura Abbott <labbott@fedoraproject.org>
Date2016-01-25 18:00 +0100
Subject[RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option
Message-ID<qUSEJ-6QD-75@gated-at.bofh.it>
Page poisoning is currently setup as a feature if architectures don't
have architecture debug page_alloc to allow unmapping of pages. It has
uses apart from that though. Clearing of the pages on free provides
an increase in security as it helps to limit the risk of information
leaks. Allow page poisoning to be enabled as a separate option
independent of any other debug feature. Because of how hiberanation
is implemented, the checks on alloc cannot occur if hibernation is
enabled. This option can also be set on !HIBERNATION as well.

Credit to Mathias Krause and grsecurity for original work

Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@fedoraproject.org>

---
 include/linux/mm.h   |  3 +++
 mm/Kconfig.debug     | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 mm/debug-pagealloc.c |  8 +-------
 mm/page_alloc.c      |  2 ++
 mm/page_poison.c     | 14 ++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 25551c1..d14bca4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2178,10 +2178,13 @@ extern int apply_to_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 extern void poison_pages(struct page *page, int n);
 extern void unpoison_pages(struct page *page, int n);
 extern bool page_poisoning_enabled(void);
+extern void kernel_poison_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable);
 #else
 static inline void poison_pages(struct page *page, int n) { }
 static inline void unpoison_pages(struct page *page, int n) { }
 static inline bool page_poisoning_enabled(void) { return false; }
+static inline void kernel_poison_pages(struct page *page, int numpages,
+					int enable) { }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index 957d3da..c300f5f 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -27,4 +27,24 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 	  a resume because free pages are not saved to the suspend image.
 
 config PAGE_POISONING
-	bool
+	bool "Poisson pages after freeing"
+	select PAGE_EXTENSION
+	select PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY if HIBERNATION
+	---help---
+	  Fill the pages with poison patterns after free_pages() and verify
+	  the patterns before alloc_pages. The filling of the memory helps
+	  reduce the risk of information leaks from freed data. This does
+	  have a potential performance impact.
+
+	  If unsure, say N
+
+config PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY
+	depends on PAGE_POISONING
+	bool "Only poison, don't sanity check"
+	---help---
+	   Skip the sanity checking on alloc, only fill the pages with
+	   poison on free. This reduces some of the overhead of the
+	   poisoning feature.
+
+	   If you are only interested in sanitization, say Y. Otherwise
+	   say N.
diff --git a/mm/debug-pagealloc.c b/mm/debug-pagealloc.c
index 3cc4c1d..0928d13 100644
--- a/mm/debug-pagealloc.c
+++ b/mm/debug-pagealloc.c
@@ -8,11 +8,5 @@
 
 void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
 {
-	if (!page_poisoning_enabled())
-		return;
-
-	if (enable)
-		unpoison_pages(page, numpages);
-	else
-		poison_pages(page, numpages);
+	kernel_poison_pages(page, numpages, enable);
 }
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 63358d9..c733421 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ static bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 					   PAGE_SIZE << order);
 	}
 	arch_free_page(page, order);
+	kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
 	kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
 
 	return true;
@@ -1396,6 +1397,7 @@ static int prep_new_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order, gfp_t gfp_flags,
 	set_page_refcounted(page);
 
 	arch_alloc_page(page, order);
+	kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 1);
 	kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 1);
 	kasan_alloc_pages(page, order);
 
diff --git a/mm/page_poison.c b/mm/page_poison.c
index 0f369a6..f6ae58b 100644
--- a/mm/page_poison.c
+++ b/mm/page_poison.c
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ static void check_poison_mem(unsigned char *mem, size_t bytes)
 	unsigned char *start;
 	unsigned char *end;
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY))
+		return;
+
 	start = memchr_inv(mem, PAGE_POISON, bytes);
 	if (!start)
 		return;
@@ -142,3 +145,14 @@ void unpoison_pages(struct page *page, int n)
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		unpoison_page(page + i);
 }
+
+void kernel_poison_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
+{
+	if (!page_poisoning_enabled())
+		return;
+
+	if (enable)
+		unpoison_pages(page, numpages);
+	else
+		poison_pages(page, numpages);
+}
-- 
2.5.0

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#1317566 — Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option

FromJianyu Zhan <nasa4836@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-26 07:50 +0100
SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option
Message-ID<qV5BT-8fo-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1317033
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:55 AM, Laura Abbott
<labbott@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> --- a/mm/debug-pagealloc.c
> +++ b/mm/debug-pagealloc.c
> @@ -8,11 +8,5 @@
>
>  void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
>  {
> -       if (!page_poisoning_enabled())
> -               return;
> -
> -       if (enable)
> -               unpoison_pages(page, numpages);
> -       else
> -               poison_pages(page, numpages);
> +       kernel_poison_pages(page, numpages, enable);
>  }
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 63358d9..c733421 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ static bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
>                                            PAGE_SIZE << order);
>         }
>         arch_free_page(page, order);
> +       kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
>         kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
>
>         return true;
> @@ -1396,6 +1397,7 @@ static int prep_new_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order, gfp_t gfp_flags,
>         set_page_refcounted(page);
>
>         arch_alloc_page(page, order);
> +       kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 1);
>         kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 1);
>         kasan_alloc_pages(page, order);
>

kernel_map_pages() will fall back to page poisoning scheme for
!ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.

IIUC,  calling kernel_poison_pages() before kernel_map_pages() will be
equivalent to call kernel_poison_pages()
twice?!




Thanks,
Jianyu Zhan

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#1318343 — Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option

FromLaura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Date2016-01-26 21:30 +0100
SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] mm/page_poison.c: Enable PAGE_POISONING as a separate option
Message-ID<qVipt-Vs-27@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1317566
On 01/25/2016 10:39 PM, Jianyu Zhan wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:55 AM, Laura Abbott
> <labbott@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>> --- a/mm/debug-pagealloc.c
>> +++ b/mm/debug-pagealloc.c
>> @@ -8,11 +8,5 @@
>>
>>   void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
>>   {
>> -       if (!page_poisoning_enabled())
>> -               return;
>> -
>> -       if (enable)
>> -               unpoison_pages(page, numpages);
>> -       else
>> -               poison_pages(page, numpages);
>> +       kernel_poison_pages(page, numpages, enable);
>>   }
>> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
>> index 63358d9..c733421 100644
>> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
>> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
>> @@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ static bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
>>                                             PAGE_SIZE << order);
>>          }
>>          arch_free_page(page, order);
>> +       kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
>>          kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);
>>
>>          return true;
>> @@ -1396,6 +1397,7 @@ static int prep_new_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order, gfp_t gfp_flags,
>>          set_page_refcounted(page);
>>
>>          arch_alloc_page(page, order);
>> +       kernel_poison_pages(page, 1 << order, 1);
>>          kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 1);
>>          kasan_alloc_pages(page, order);
>>
>
> kernel_map_pages() will fall back to page poisoning scheme for
> !ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC.
>
> IIUC,  calling kernel_poison_pages() before kernel_map_pages() will be
> equivalent to call kernel_poison_pages()
> twice?!
>
>

Yes, you are absolutely right. In the !ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
case we shouldn't need to do anything in kernel_map_pages.

>
>
> Thanks,
> Jianyu Zhan
>

Thanks,
Laura

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