ARM: 8737/1: mm: dump: add checking for writable and executable
Page mappings with full RWX permissions are a security risk.
x86, arm64 has an option to walk the page tables
and dump any bad pages.
(1404d6f13e
("arm64: dump: Add checking for writable and exectuable pages"))
Add a similar implementation for arm.
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jinbum Park <jinb.park7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
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@@ -20,6 +20,33 @@ config ARM_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS
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kernel.
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If in doubt, say "N"
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config DEBUG_WX
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bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
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select ARM_PTDUMP_CORE
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---help---
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Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
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This is useful for discovering cases where the kernel is leaving
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W+X mappings after applying NX, as such mappings are a security risk.
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Look for a message in dmesg output like this:
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arm/mm: Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found.
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or like this, if the check failed:
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arm/mm: Checked W+X mappings: FAILED, <N> W+X pages found.
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Note that even if the check fails, your kernel is possibly
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still fine, as W+X mappings are not a security hole in
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themselves, what they do is that they make the exploitation
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of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
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There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
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once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
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If in doubt, say "Y".
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# RMK wants arm kernels compiled with frame pointers or stack unwinding.
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# If you know what you are doing and are willing to live without stack
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# traces, you can get a slightly smaller kernel by setting this option to
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