[RFC PATCH] lkdtm: Replace lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing() by do_nothing()

Christophe Leroy
2021-10-17T17:20:14Z

All EXEC tests are based on running a copy of do_nothing()
except lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA which uses a different function
called lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing().

On architectures using function descriptors, EXEC tests are
performed using execute_location() which is a function
that most of the time copies do_nothing() at the tested
location then duplicates do_nothing() function descriptor
and updates it with the address of the copy of do_nothing().

But for EXEC_RODATA test, execute_location() uses
lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing() which is already in rodata section
at build time instead of using a copy of do_nothing(). However
it still uses the function descriptor of do_nothing(). There
is a risk that running lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing() with the
function descriptor of do_thing() is wrong.

To remove the above risk, change the approach and do the same
as for other EXEC tests: use a copy of do_nothing(). The copy
cannot be done during the test because RODATA area is write
protected. Do the copy during init, before RODATA becomes
write protected.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
---
This applies on top of series v3 "Fix LKDTM for PPC64/IA64/PARISC"

drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile | 11 -----------
drivers/misc/lkdtm/lkdtm.h | 3 ---
drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c | 9 +++++++--
drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c | 11 -----------
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
index e2984ce51fe4..3d45a2b3007d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/Makefile
@@ -6,21 +6,10 @@ lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += bugs.o
lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += heap.o
lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += perms.o
lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += refcount.o
-lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += rodata_objcopy.o
lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += usercopy.o
lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += stackleak.o
lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += cfi.o
lkdtm-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += fortify.o
lkdtm-$(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64) += powerpc.o

-KASAN_SANITIZE_rodata.o := n
KASAN_SANITIZE_stackleak.o := n
-KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rodata.o := n
-CFLAGS_REMOVE_rodata.o += $(CC_FLAGS_LTO)
-
-OBJCOPYFLAGS :=
-OBJCOPYFLAGS_rodata_objcopy.o := \
- --rename-section .noinstr.text=.rodata,alloc,readonly,load,contents
-targets += rodata.o rodata_objcopy.o
-$(obj)/rodata_objcopy.o: $(obj)/rodata.o FORCE
- $(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/lkdtm.h b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/lkdtm.h
index 188bd0fd6575..905555d4c2cf 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/lkdtm.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/lkdtm.h
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ void lkdtm_REFCOUNT_SUB_AND_TEST_SATURATED(void);
void lkdtm_REFCOUNT_TIMING(void);
void lkdtm_ATOMIC_TIMING(void);

-/* rodata.c */
-void lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing(void);
-
/* usercopy.c */
void __init lkdtm_usercopy_init(void);
void __exit lkdtm_usercopy_exit(void);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
index 2c6aba3ff32b..9b951ca48363 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/perms.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static const unsigned long rodata = 0xAA55AA55;

/* This is marked __ro_after_init, so it should ultimately be .rodata. */
static unsigned long ro_after_init __ro_after_init = 0x55AA5500;
+static u8 rodata_area[EXEC_SIZE] __ro_after_init;

/*
* This just returns to the caller. It is designed to be copied into
@@ -193,8 +194,7 @@ void lkdtm_EXEC_VMALLOC(void)

void lkdtm_EXEC_RODATA(void)
{
- execute_location(dereference_function_descriptor(lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing),
- CODE_AS_IS);
+ execute_location(rodata_area, CODE_AS_IS);
}

void lkdtm_EXEC_USERSPACE(void)
@@ -269,4 +269,9 @@ void __init lkdtm_perms_init(void)
{
/* Make sure we can write to __ro_after_init values during __init */
ro_after_init |= 0xAA;
+
+ memcpy(rodata_area, dereference_function_descriptor(do_nothing),
+ EXEC_SIZE);
+ flush_icache_range((unsigned long)rodata_area,
+ (unsigned long)rodata_area + EXEC_SIZE);
}
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c
deleted file mode 100644
index baacb876d1d9..000000000000
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/rodata.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/*
- * This includes functions that are meant to live entirely in .rodata
- * (via objcopy tricks), to validate the non-executability of .rodata.
- */
-#include "lkdtm.h"
-
-void noinstr lkdtm_rodata_do_nothing(void)
-{
- /* Does nothing. We just want an architecture agnostic "return". */
-}
--
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