Re: [PATCH] arm64: add check_wx_pages debugfs for CHECK_WX

From: Mark Rutland
Date: Mon Mar 09 2020 - 12:51:51 EST


On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 09:15:10AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 12:17:14PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 07, 2020 at 04:39:26PM +0700, Phong Tran wrote:
> > > follow the suggestion from
> > > https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/35
> >
> > That says:
> >
> > | This should be implemented for all architectures
> >
> > ... so surely this should be in generic code, rahter than being
> > arm64-specific?
>
> Not all architectures have implemented CONFIG_DEBUG_WX...

Sure; I assumed the generic code could be gated with:

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_WX
debug_checkwx()
#endif

... or something to that effect, so that the common code could handle
all the sysfs bits and ensure that part was consistent.

Thanksm
Mark.
>
> -Kees
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark.
> >
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Phong Tran <tranmanphong@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug | 3 ++-
> > > arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h | 2 ++
> > > arch/arm64/mm/dump.c | 1 +
> > > arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > > 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
> > > index 1c906d932d6b..be552fa351e2 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
> > > @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ config DEBUG_WX
> > > of other unfixed kernel bugs easier.
> > >
> > > There is no runtime or memory usage effect of this option
> > > - once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check.
> > > + once the kernel has booted up - it's a one time check and
> > > + can be checked by echo "1" to "check_wx_pages" debugfs in runtime.
> > >
> > > If in doubt, say "Y".
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
> > > index 38187f74e089..b80d6b4fc508 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptdump.h
> > > @@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ struct ptdump_info {
> > > void ptdump_walk(struct seq_file *s, struct ptdump_info *info);
> > > #ifdef CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS
> > > void ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info, const char *name);
> > > +int ptdump_check_wx_init(void);
> > > #else
> > > static inline void ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info,
> > > const char *name) { }
> > > +static inline int ptdump_check_wx_init(void) { return 0; }
> > > #endif
> > > void ptdump_check_wx(void);
> > > #endif /* CONFIG_PTDUMP_CORE */
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
> > > index 860c00ec8bd3..60c99a047763 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/dump.c
> > > @@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ static int ptdump_init(void)
> > > #endif
> > > ptdump_initialize();
> > > ptdump_debugfs_register(&kernel_ptdump_info, "kernel_page_tables");
> > > + ptdump_check_wx_init();
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > > device_initcall(ptdump_init);
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c b/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
> > > index 1f2eae3e988b..73cddc12c3c2 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/ptdump_debugfs.c
> > > @@ -16,3 +16,21 @@ void ptdump_debugfs_register(struct ptdump_info *info, const char *name)
> > > {
> > > debugfs_create_file(name, 0400, NULL, info, &ptdump_fops);
> > > }
> > > +
> > > +static int check_wx_debugfs_set(void *data, u64 val)
> > > +{
> > > + if (val != 1ULL)
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > + ptdump_check_wx();
> > > +
> > > + return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(check_wx_fops, NULL, check_wx_debugfs_set, "%llu\n");
> > > +
> > > +int ptdump_check_wx_init(void)
> > > +{
> > > + return debugfs_create_file("check_wx_pages", 0200, NULL,
> > > + NULL, &check_wx_fops) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
> > > +}
> > > --
> > > 2.20.1
> > >
>
> --
> Kees Cook