[PATCH 1/2] mm: mmap: Add new /proc tunable for mmap_base ASLR.

Daniel Cashman
2015-10-28T21:26:11Z

From: dcashman <dcashman@google.com>

ASLR currently only uses 8 bits to generate the random offset for the
mmap base address on 32 bit architectures. This value was chosen to
prevent a poorly chosen value from dividing the address space in such
a way as to prevent large allocations. This may not be an issue on all
platforms. Allow the specification of a minimum number of bits so that
platforms desiring greater ASLR protection may determine where to place
the trade-off.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Cashman <dcashman@google.com>
---
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
include/linux/mm.h | 6 ++++++
kernel/sysctl.c | 11 +++++++++++
3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 6fccb69..0d4ca53 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- kptr_restrict
- kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ]
- l2cr [ PPC only ]
+- mmap_rnd_bits
- modprobe ==> Documentation/debugging-modules.txt
- modules_disabled
- msg_next_id [ sysv ipc ]
@@ -391,6 +392,19 @@ This flag controls the L2 cache of G3 processor boards. If

==============================================================

+mmap_rnd_bits:
+
+This value can be used to select the number of bits to use to
+determine the random offset to the base address of vma regions
+resulting from mmap allocations on architectures which support
+tuning address space randomization. This value will be bounded
+by the architecture's minimum and maximum supported values.
+
+This value can be changed after boot using the
+/proc/sys/kernel/mmap_rnd_bits tunable
+
+==============================================================
+
modules_disabled:

A toggle value indicating if modules are allowed to be loaded
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 80001de..15b083a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ extern int sysctl_legacy_va_layout;
#define sysctl_legacy_va_layout 0
#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
+extern int mmap_rnd_bits_min;
+extern int mmap_rnd_bits_max;
+extern int mmap_rnd_bits;
+#endif
+
#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index e69201d..37e657a 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1139,6 +1139,17 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.proc_handler = timer_migration_handler,
},
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
+ {
+ .procname = "mmap_rnd_bits",
+ .data = &mmap_rnd_bits,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(mmap_rnd_bits),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .extra1 = &mmap_rnd_bits_min,
+ .extra2 = &mmap_rnd_bits_max,
+ },
+#endif
{ }
};

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