Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 4.4 47/90] stackprotector: Increase the per-task stack canarys random range from 32 bits to 64 bits on 64-bit platforms

From: Jann Horn
Date: Mon Jun 12 2017 - 11:46:39 EST


Ah, nevermind, I just saw that this was changed in
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/queue-4.4/drivers-char-random-add-get_random_long.patch
.

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> AFAICS get_random_long() doesn't exist in 4.4 (except in
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/aslr.c)? IIRC the same problem already
> occured with another kernel version?
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> From: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> commit 5ea30e4e58040cfd6434c2f33dc3ea76e2c15b05 upstream.
>>
>> The stack canary is an 'unsigned long' and should be fully initialized to
>> random data rather than only 32 bits of random data.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Arjan van Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: kernel-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170504133209.3053-1-danielmicay@xxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ---
>> kernel/fork.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> --- a/kernel/fork.c
>> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
>> @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_stru
>> set_task_stack_end_magic(tsk);
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
>> - tsk->stack_canary = get_random_int();
>> + tsk->stack_canary = get_random_long();
>> #endif
>>
>> /*
>>
>>