1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 * This code fills the used part of the kernel stack with a poison value
4 * before returning to userspace. It's part of the STACKLEAK feature
5 * ported from grsecurity/PaX.
7 * Author: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com>
9 * STACKLEAK reduces the information which kernel stack leak bugs can
10 * reveal and blocks some uninitialized stack variable attacks.
13 #include <linux/stackleak.h>
14 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
16 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE
17 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
18 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
19 #include <linux/init.h>
21 static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(stack_erasing_bypass);
24 static int stack_erasing_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
25 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
28 int state = !static_branch_unlikely(&stack_erasing_bypass);
29 int prev_state = state;
32 table->maxlen = sizeof(int);
33 ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
35 if (ret || !write || state == prev_state)
39 static_branch_disable(&stack_erasing_bypass);
41 static_branch_enable(&stack_erasing_bypass);
43 pr_warn("stackleak: kernel stack erasing is %s\n",
44 state ? "enabled" : "disabled");
47 static struct ctl_table stackleak_sysctls[] = {
49 .procname = "stack_erasing",
51 .maxlen = sizeof(int),
53 .proc_handler = stack_erasing_sysctl,
54 .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
60 static int __init stackleak_sysctls_init(void)
62 register_sysctl_init("kernel", stackleak_sysctls);
65 late_initcall(stackleak_sysctls_init);
66 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
68 #define skip_erasing() static_branch_unlikely(&stack_erasing_bypass)
70 #define skip_erasing() false
71 #endif /* CONFIG_STACKLEAK_RUNTIME_DISABLE */
73 static __always_inline void __stackleak_erase(bool on_task_stack)
75 const unsigned long task_stack_low = stackleak_task_low_bound(current);
76 const unsigned long task_stack_high = stackleak_task_high_bound(current);
77 unsigned long erase_low, erase_high;
79 erase_low = stackleak_find_top_of_poison(task_stack_low,
80 current->lowest_stack);
82 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKLEAK_METRICS
83 current->prev_lowest_stack = erase_low;
87 * Write poison to the task's stack between 'erase_low' and
90 * If we're running on a different stack (e.g. an entry trampoline
91 * stack) we can erase everything below the pt_regs at the top of the
94 * If we're running on the task stack itself, we must not clobber any
95 * stack used by this function and its caller. We assume that this
96 * function has a fixed-size stack frame, and the current stack pointer
97 * doesn't change while we write poison.
100 erase_high = current_stack_pointer;
102 erase_high = task_stack_high;
104 while (erase_low < erase_high) {
105 *(unsigned long *)erase_low = STACKLEAK_POISON;
106 erase_low += sizeof(unsigned long);
109 /* Reset the 'lowest_stack' value for the next syscall */
110 current->lowest_stack = task_stack_high;
114 * Erase and poison the portion of the task stack used since the last erase.
115 * Can be called from the task stack or an entry stack when the task stack is
118 asmlinkage void noinstr stackleak_erase(void)
123 __stackleak_erase(on_thread_stack());
127 * Erase and poison the portion of the task stack used since the last erase.
128 * Can only be called from the task stack.
130 asmlinkage void noinstr stackleak_erase_on_task_stack(void)
135 __stackleak_erase(true);
139 * Erase and poison the portion of the task stack used since the last erase.
140 * Can only be called from a stack other than the task stack.
142 asmlinkage void noinstr stackleak_erase_off_task_stack(void)
147 __stackleak_erase(false);
150 void __used __no_caller_saved_registers noinstr stackleak_track_stack(void)
152 unsigned long sp = current_stack_pointer;
155 * Having CONFIG_STACKLEAK_TRACK_MIN_SIZE larger than
156 * STACKLEAK_SEARCH_DEPTH makes the poison search in
157 * stackleak_erase() unreliable. Let's prevent that.
159 BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_STACKLEAK_TRACK_MIN_SIZE > STACKLEAK_SEARCH_DEPTH);
161 /* 'lowest_stack' should be aligned on the register width boundary */
162 sp = ALIGN(sp, sizeof(unsigned long));
163 if (sp < current->lowest_stack &&
164 sp >= stackleak_task_low_bound(current)) {
165 current->lowest_stack = sp;
168 EXPORT_SYMBOL(stackleak_track_stack);