Re: [PATCH v1 09/10] lkdtm: Fix lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA()

Christophe Leroy
2021-10-13T07:35:34Z

Le 13/10/2021 à 09:09, Kees Cook a écrit :
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 05:25:36PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> Behind a location, lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA() executes a real function,
>> not a copy of do_nothing().
>>
>> So do it directly instead of using execute_location().
>
> I don't understand this. Why does the next patch not fix this?

Well, probably it would, but it looked incorrect in my mind.

lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing() is a function which has its own function
descriptor, it is not a copy of do_nothing().

If we use execute_location() as modified by next patch, then we will
execute it using the function descriptor of do_nothing(). Allthough it
most likely works (at least on powerpc as it uses the same TOC) it looks
odd to me to do so.

Am I missing something ?

Christophe

>
> -Kees
>
>>
>> And fix displayed addresses by dereferencing the function descriptors.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
>> ---
>> drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 9 ++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
>> index 442d60ed25ef..da16564e1ecd 100644
>> --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
>> +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
>> @@ -153,7 +153,14 @@ void lkdtm_EXEC_VMALLOC(void)
>>
>> void lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA(void)
>> {
>> - execute_location(lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing, CODE_AS_IS);
>> + pr_info("attempting ok execution at %px\n",
>> + dereference_symbol_descriptor(do_nothing));
>> + do_nothing();
>> +
>> + pr_info("attempting bad execution at %px\n",
>> + dereference_symbol_descriptor(lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing));
>> + lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing();
>> + pr_err("FAIL: func returned\n");
>> }
>>
>> void lkdtm_EXEC_USERSPACE(void)
>> --
>> 2.31.1
>>
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