Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] x86/mm/KASLR: Calculate the actual size of vmemmap region

From: Kees Cook
Date: Sun Feb 17 2019 - 12:25:57 EST


On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 6:04 AM Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Vmemmap region has different maximum size depending on paging mode.
> Now its size is hardcoded as 1TB in memory KASLR, this is not
> right for 5-level paging mode. It will cause overflow if vmemmap
> region is randomized to be adjacent to cpu_entry_area region and
> its actual size is bigger than 1TB.
>
> So here calculate how many TB by the actual size of vmemmap region
> and align up to 1TB boundary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c
> index 97768df923e3..ca12ed4e5239 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c
> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static __initdata struct kaslr_memory_region {
> } kaslr_regions[] = {
> { &page_offset_base, 0 },
> { &vmalloc_base, 0 },
> - { &vmemmap_base, 1 },
> + { &vmemmap_base, 0 },
> };
>
> /*
> @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void __init kernel_randomize_memory(void)
> unsigned long rand, memory_tb;
> struct rnd_state rand_state;
> unsigned long remain_entropy;
> + unsigned long vmemmap_size;
>
> vaddr_start = pgtable_l5_enabled() ? __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE_L5 : __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE_L4;
> vaddr = vaddr_start;
> @@ -152,6 +153,14 @@ void __init kernel_randomize_memory(void)
> if (memory_tb < kaslr_regions[0].size_tb)
> kaslr_regions[0].size_tb = memory_tb;
>
> + /*
> + * Calculate how many TB vmemmap region needs, and align to
> + * 1TB boundary.

Can you describe why this is the right calculation? (This will help
explain why 4-level is different from 5-level here.)

> + */
> + vmemmap_size = (kaslr_regions[0].size_tb << (TB_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)) *
> + sizeof(struct page);
> + kaslr_regions[2].size_tb = DIV_ROUND_UP(vmemmap_size, 1UL << TB_SHIFT);
> +
> /* Calculate entropy available between regions */
> remain_entropy = vaddr_end - vaddr_start;
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(kaslr_regions); i++)
> --
> 2.17.2
>

Otherwise, yeah, looks great!

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Kees Cook