Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: randomize vmalloc() allocations

[Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 08:49:06PM +0200, Topi Miettinen wrote:
> On 1.12.2020 23.45, Topi Miettinen wrote:
> > Memory mappings inside kernel allocated with vmalloc() are in
> > predictable order and packed tightly toward the low addresses. With
> > new kernel boot parameter 'randomize_vmalloc=1', the entire area is
> > used randomly to make the allocations less predictable and harder to
> > guess for attackers.
> > 
> 
> This also seems to randomize module addresses. I was going to check that
> next, so nice surprise!

Heh, that's because module_alloc() uses vmalloc() in that way or another :)

> -Topi
> 
> >   	spin_unlock(&free_vmap_area_lock);
> >   	if (unlikely(addr == vend))
> > 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.