From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] x86: bpf_jit_comp: secure bpf jit against spraying attacks Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 23:56:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20130519.235615.1794473948693729339.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1368844623.3301.142.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1368844623.3301.142.camel@edumazet-glaptop> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 19:37:03 -0700 > From: Eric Dumazet > > hpa bringed into my attention some security related issues > with BPF JIT on x86. > > This patch makes sure the bpf generated code is marked read only, > as other kernel text sections. > > It also splits the unused space (we vmalloc() and only use a fraction of > the page) in two parts, so that the generated bpf code not starts at a > known offset in the page, but a pseudo random one. > > Refs: > http://mainisusuallyafunction.blogspot.com/2012/11/attacking-hardened-linux-systems-with.html > > Reported-by: H. Peter Anvin > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied.