[PATCH v2 3/4] lkdtm: verify that __ro_after_init works correctly

Kees Cook
2015-11-25T23:32:29Z

The new __ro_after_init section should be writable before init, but
not after. Validate that it gets updated at init and can't be written
to afterwards.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
drivers/misc/lkdtm.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
index 11fdadc68e53..2a6eaf1122b4 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ enum ctype {
CT_EXEC_USERSPACE,
CT_ACCESS_USERSPACE,
CT_WRITE_RO,
+ CT_WRITE_RO_AFTER_INIT,
CT_WRITE_KERN,
};

@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ static char* cp_type[] = {
"EXEC_USERSPACE",
"ACCESS_USERSPACE",
"WRITE_RO",
+ "WRITE_RO_AFTER_INIT",
"WRITE_KERN",
};

@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock_me_up);
static u8 data_area[EXEC_SIZE];

static const unsigned long rodata = 0xAA55AA55;
+static unsigned long ro_after_init __ro_after_init = 0x55AA5500;

module_param(recur_count, int, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(recur_count, " Recursion level for the stack overflow test");
@@ -503,11 +506,28 @@ static void lkdtm_do_action(enum ctype which)
break;
}
case CT_WRITE_RO: {
- unsigned long *ptr;
+ /* Explicitly cast away "const" for the test. */
+ unsigned long *ptr = (unsigned long *)&rodata;

- ptr = (unsigned long *)&rodata;
+ pr_info("attempting bad rodata write at %p\n", ptr);
+ *ptr ^= 0xabcd1234;

- pr_info("attempting bad write at %p\n", ptr);
+ break;
+ }
+ case CT_WRITE_RO_AFTER_INIT: {
+ unsigned long *ptr = &ro_after_init;
+
+ /*
+ * Verify we were written to during init. Since an Oops
+ * is considered a "success", a failure is to just skip the
+ * real test.
+ */
+ if ((*ptr & 0xAA) != 0xAA) {
+ pr_info("%p was NOT written during init!?\n", ptr);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ pr_info("attempting bad ro_after_init write at %p\n", ptr);
*ptr ^= 0xabcd1234;

break;
@@ -817,6 +837,9 @@ static int __init lkdtm_module_init(void)
int n_debugfs_entries = 1; /* Assume only the direct entry */
int i;

+ /* Make sure we can write to __ro_after_init values during __init */
+ ro_after_init |= 0xAA;
+
/* Register debugfs interface */
lkdtm_debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("provoke-crash", NULL);
if (!lkdtm_debugfs_root) {
--
1.9.1