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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-06-17 21:30:07 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-06-17 21:30:07 +0200
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parentMerge tag 'hardening-v6.10-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/... (diff)
parentkcov: don't lose track of remote references during softirqs (diff)
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Merge tag 'mm-hotfixes-stable-2024-06-17-11-43' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
Pull misc fixes from Andrew Morton: "Mainly MM singleton fixes. And a couple of ocfs2 regression fixes" * tag 'mm-hotfixes-stable-2024-06-17-11-43' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: kcov: don't lose track of remote references during softirqs mm: shmem: fix getting incorrect lruvec when replacing a shmem folio mm/debug_vm_pgtable: drop RANDOM_ORVALUE trick mm: fix possible OOB in numa_rebuild_large_mapping() mm/migrate: fix kernel BUG at mm/compaction.c:2761! selftests: mm: make map_fixed_noreplace test names stable mm/memfd: add documentation for MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL MFD_EXEC mm: mmap: allow for the maximum number of bits for randomizing mmap_base by default gcov: add support for GCC 14 zap_pid_ns_processes: clear TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL along with TIF_SIGPENDING mm: huge_memory: fix misused mapping_large_folio_support() for anon folios lib/alloc_tag: fix RCU imbalance in pgalloc_tag_get() lib/alloc_tag: do not register sysctl interface when CONFIG_SYSCTL=n MAINTAINERS: remove Lorenzo as vmalloc reviewer Revert "mm: init_mlocked_on_free_v3" mm/page_table_check: fix crash on ZONE_DEVICE gcc: disable '-Warray-bounds' for gcc-9 ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_abort_trigger() ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_journal_dirty()
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/userspace-api/mfd_noexec.rst86
3 files changed, 87 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index b600df82669d..11e57ba2985c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2192,12 +2192,6 @@
Format: 0 | 1
Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
- init_mlocked_on_free= [MM] Fill freed userspace memory with zeroes if
- it was mlock'ed and not explicitly munlock'ed
- afterwards.
- Format: 0 | 1
- Default set by CONFIG_INIT_MLOCKED_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON
-
init_pkru= [X86] Specify the default memory protection keys rights
register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by
default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst
index 5926115ec0ed..8a251d71fa6e 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Security-related interfaces
seccomp_filter
landlock
lsm
+ mfd_noexec
spec_ctrl
tee
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/mfd_noexec.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/mfd_noexec.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7afcc480e38f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/mfd_noexec.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==================================
+Introduction of non-executable mfd
+==================================
+:Author:
+ Daniel Verkamp <dverkamp@chromium.org>
+ Jeff Xu <jeffxu@chromium.org>
+
+:Contributor:
+ Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
+
+Since Linux introduced the memfd feature, memfds have always had their
+execute bit set, and the memfd_create() syscall doesn't allow setting
+it differently.
+
+However, in a secure-by-default system, such as ChromeOS, (where all
+executables should come from the rootfs, which is protected by verified
+boot), this executable nature of memfd opens a door for NoExec bypass
+and enables “confused deputy attack”. E.g, in VRP bug [1]: cros_vm
+process created a memfd to share the content with an external process,
+however the memfd is overwritten and used for executing arbitrary code
+and root escalation. [2] lists more VRP of this kind.
+
+On the other hand, executable memfd has its legit use: runc uses memfd’s
+seal and executable feature to copy the contents of the binary then
+execute them. For such a system, we need a solution to differentiate runc's
+use of executable memfds and an attacker's [3].
+
+To address those above:
+ - Let memfd_create() set X bit at creation time.
+ - Let memfd be sealed for modifying X bit when NX is set.
+ - Add a new pid namespace sysctl: vm.memfd_noexec to help applications in
+ migrating and enforcing non-executable MFD.
+
+User API
+========
+``int memfd_create(const char *name, unsigned int flags)``
+
+``MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL``
+ When MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL bit is set in the ``flags``, memfd is created
+ with NX. F_SEAL_EXEC is set and the memfd can't be modified to
+ add X later. MFD_ALLOW_SEALING is also implied.
+ This is the most common case for the application to use memfd.
+
+``MFD_EXEC``
+ When MFD_EXEC bit is set in the ``flags``, memfd is created with X.
+
+Note:
+ ``MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL`` implies ``MFD_ALLOW_SEALING``. In case that
+ an app doesn't want sealing, it can add F_SEAL_SEAL after creation.
+
+
+Sysctl:
+========
+``pid namespaced sysctl vm.memfd_noexec``
+
+The new pid namespaced sysctl vm.memfd_noexec has 3 values:
+
+ - 0: MEMFD_NOEXEC_SCOPE_EXEC
+ memfd_create() without MFD_EXEC nor MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL acts like
+ MFD_EXEC was set.
+
+ - 1: MEMFD_NOEXEC_SCOPE_NOEXEC_SEAL
+ memfd_create() without MFD_EXEC nor MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL acts like
+ MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL was set.
+
+ - 2: MEMFD_NOEXEC_SCOPE_NOEXEC_ENFORCED
+ memfd_create() without MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL will be rejected.
+
+The sysctl allows finer control of memfd_create for old software that
+doesn't set the executable bit; for example, a container with
+vm.memfd_noexec=1 means the old software will create non-executable memfd
+by default while new software can create executable memfd by setting
+MFD_EXEC.
+
+The value of vm.memfd_noexec is passed to child namespace at creation
+time. In addition, the setting is hierarchical, i.e. during memfd_create,
+we will search from current ns to root ns and use the most restrictive
+setting.
+
+[1] https://crbug.com/1305267
+
+[2] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=type%3Dbug-security%20memfd%20escalation&can=1
+
+[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/781013/