[PATCH v5 3/5] powerpc/mm/ptdump: debugfs handler for W+X checks at runtime

Russell Currey
2019-10-30T07:32:22Z

Very rudimentary, just

echo 1 > [debugfs]/check_wx_pages

and check the kernel log. Useful for testing strict module RWX.

Updated the Kconfig entry to reflect this.

Also fixed a typo.

Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc>
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug | 6 ++++--
arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index c59920920ddc..dcfe83d4c211 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ config PPC_PTDUMP
If you are unsure, say N.

config PPC_DEBUG_WX
- bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
+ bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot & enable manual checks at runtime"
depends on PPC_PTDUMP
help
Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
@@ -384,7 +384,9 @@ config PPC_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 only automatically checks once.
+
+ Enables the "check_wx_pages" debugfs entry for checking at runtime.

If in doubt, say "Y".

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c
index 2f9ddc29c535..b6cba29ae4a0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
*
* This traverses the kernel pagetables and dumps the
* information about the used sections of memory to
- * /sys/kernel/debug/kernel_pagetables.
+ * /sys/kernel/debug/kernel_page_tables.
*
* Derived from the arm64 implementation:
* Copyright (c) 2014, The Linux Foundation, Laura Abbott.
@@ -409,6 +409,25 @@ void ptdump_check_wx(void)
else
pr_info("Checked W+X mappings: passed, no W+X pages found\n");
}
+
+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");
+
+static int ptdump_check_wx_init(void)
+{
+ return debugfs_create_file("check_wx_pages", 0200, NULL,
+ NULL, &check_wx_fops) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+device_initcall(ptdump_check_wx_init);
#endif

static int ptdump_init(void)
--
2.23.0