From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Eric Northup <digitaleric@google.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
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Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] x86: make IDT read-only
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:59:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51646503.2010200@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG7+5M3==rndLLak9cZBKKdgQMmJMpSP_jpQd8HOVGp6LhUAgw@mail.gmail.com>
On 04/09/2013 11:54 AM, Eric Northup wrote:
>
> The GDT is a problem if the address returned by 'sgdt' is
> kernel-writable - it doesn't necessarily reveal the random offset, but
> I'm pretty sure that writing to the GDT could cause privilege
> escalation.
>
That is a pretty safe assumption...
-hpa
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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Eric Northup <digitaleric@google.com>
Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>,
Alex Shi <alex.shi@intel.com>,
Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>,
Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Julien Tinnes <jln@google.com>,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>,
"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
"kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com"
<kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
"virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org"
<virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
"xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] x86: make IDT read-only
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:59:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51646503.2010200@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG7+5M3==rndLLak9cZBKKdgQMmJMpSP_jpQd8HOVGp6LhUAgw@mail.gmail.com>
On 04/09/2013 11:54 AM, Eric Northup wrote:
>
> The GDT is a problem if the address returned by 'sgdt' is
> kernel-writable - it doesn't necessarily reveal the random offset, but
> I'm pretty sure that writing to the GDT could cause privilege
> escalation.
>
That is a pretty safe assumption...
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-09 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-08 22:43 [kernel-hardening] [PATCH] x86: make IDT read-only Kees Cook
2013-04-08 22:43 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-08 22:43 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-08 22:47 ` [kernel-hardening] " H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-08 22:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-08 22:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-08 22:55 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2013-04-08 22:55 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-08 22:55 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-08 22:48 ` [kernel-hardening] " H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-08 22:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-08 22:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-09 9:23 ` [kernel-hardening] " Thomas Gleixner
2013-04-09 9:23 ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-04-09 18:22 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2013-04-09 18:22 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-09 18:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-09 18:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-09 18:31 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-09 18:31 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-09 18:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-09 18:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-09 18:46 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-09 18:46 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-09 18:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-09 18:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-09 18:53 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-09 18:53 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-09 18:54 ` Eric Northup
2013-04-09 18:54 ` Eric Northup
2013-04-09 18:59 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-04-09 18:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 0:43 ` [kernel-hardening] Readonly GDT H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 0:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 0:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 0:53 ` [kernel-hardening] " Steven Rostedt
2013-04-10 0:53 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-04-10 0:53 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-04-10 0:58 ` [kernel-hardening] " H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 0:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 0:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 9:42 ` [kernel-hardening] Re: [Xen-devel] " Jan Beulich
2013-04-10 9:42 ` Jan Beulich
2013-04-10 9:42 ` Jan Beulich
2013-04-10 14:16 ` [kernel-hardening] " H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 14:16 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 14:16 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 18:28 ` [kernel-hardening] " H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 18:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 9:41 ` [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] x86: make IDT read-only Ingo Molnar
2013-04-10 9:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-04-10 0:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 0:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 9:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-04-10 9:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-04-09 9:23 ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-04-09 9:45 ` [kernel-hardening] " Eric W. Biederman
2013-04-09 9:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-04-09 9:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-04-10 9:57 ` [kernel-hardening] " Ingo Molnar
2013-04-10 9:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-04-10 9:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-04-10 10:40 ` [kernel-hardening] " Eric W. Biederman
2013-04-10 10:40 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-04-10 10:40 ` Eric W. Biederman
2013-04-10 16:31 ` [kernel-hardening] " Eric Northup
2013-04-10 16:31 ` Eric Northup
2013-04-10 16:31 ` Eric Northup
2013-04-10 16:48 ` [kernel-hardening] " H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 16:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-10 16:48 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-08 22:56 ` [kernel-hardening] " Maciej W. Rozycki
2013-04-08 22:56 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2013-04-08 23:00 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2013-04-08 23:00 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-08 23:00 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-08 23:05 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2013-04-08 23:05 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-08 23:05 ` Kees Cook
2013-04-08 23:42 ` [kernel-hardening] " Maciej W. Rozycki
2013-04-08 23:42 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2013-04-08 23:42 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2013-04-08 22:56 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
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