From ca309fef7a69b8e71e6c84b84b6b97fa2db19e9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nadav Amit Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:11:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] x86/kprobes: Set instruction page as executable [ Upstream commit 7298e24f904224fa79eb8fd7e0fbd78950ccf2db ] Set the page as executable after allocation. This patch is a preparatory patch for a following patch that makes module allocated pages non-executable. While at it, do some small cleanup of what appears to be unnecessary masking. Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: Cc: Cc: Cc: Cc: Cc: Cc: Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-11-namit@vmware.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c index 544bc2d..e83a057 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c @@ -431,8 +431,20 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void) void *page; page = module_alloc(PAGE_SIZE); - if (page) - set_memory_ro((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1); + if (!page) + return NULL; + + /* + * First make the page read-only, and only then make it executable to + * prevent it from being W+X in between. + */ + set_memory_ro((unsigned long)page, 1); + + /* + * TODO: Once additional kernel code protection mechanisms are set, ensure + * that the page was not maliciously altered and it is still zeroed. + */ + set_memory_x((unsigned long)page, 1); return page; } @@ -440,8 +452,12 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void) /* Recover page to RW mode before releasing it */ void free_insn_page(void *page) { - set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1); - set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page & PAGE_MASK, 1); + /* + * First make the page non-executable, and only then make it writable to + * prevent it from being W+X in between. + */ + set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page, 1); + set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page, 1); module_memfree(page); } -- 2.7.4