[PATCH 0/4] migrate swapper_pg_dir

From: YaoJun
Date: Tue May 29 2018 - 00:39:50 EST


Because the offset between swapper_pg_dir and _text is fixed, when
attackers break KASLR, they can calculate the address of swapper_pg_dir,
and then they can apply KSMA(Kernel Space Mirror Attack). The principle
of KSMA is to insert an entry to PGD, and this entry has type of block
with AP = 01, so attackers can read/write kernel memory directly. Details
can reference:

https://www.blackhat.com/docs/asia-18/asia-18-WANG-KSMA-Breaking-Android-kernel-isolation-and-Rooting-with-ARM-MMU-features.pdf

These patches migrate swapper_pg_dir to new place, and there is no
relationship between swapper_pg_dir and _text. Because this is done
during kernel booting, the physical address of new swapper_pg_dir may
be fixed. Do we need to further randomize it?

YaoJun (4):
Introduce a variable to record physical address of swapper_pg_dir.
Introduce a variable to record new virtual address of swapper_pg_dir.
Make tramp_pg_dir and swapper_pg_dir adjacent
Migrate swapper_pg_dir and tramp_pg_dir.

arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 6 +--
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 +
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 4 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 10 ++--
arch/arm64/kernel/hibernate.c | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S | 2 +
arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 10 ++--
arch/arm64/mm/kasan_init.c | 6 +--
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++---------
10 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

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