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author | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2013-07-24 01:29:18 +0200 |
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committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2013-08-01 15:31:56 +0200 |
commit | 48be69a026b2c17350a5ef18a1959a919f60be7d (patch) | |
tree | 684261ce66ecd1e3f53ec1346dfa675a62477d1f /arch/arm/kernel/process.c | |
parent | ARM: allow kuser helpers to be removed from the vector page (diff) | |
download | linux-48be69a026b2c17350a5ef18a1959a919f60be7d.tar.xz linux-48be69a026b2c17350a5ef18a1959a919f60be7d.zip |
ARM: move signal handlers into a vdso-like page
Move the signal handlers into a VDSO page rather than keeping them in
the vectors page. This allows us to place them randomly within this
page, and also map the page at a random location within userspace
further protecting these code fragments from ROP attacks. The new
VDSO page is also poisoned in the same way as the vector page.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/kernel/process.c')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/kernel/process.c | 40 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c index d3ca4f6915af..566d0d71a1e7 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c @@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm) #ifdef CONFIG_MMU /* * The vectors page is always readable from user space for the - * atomic helpers and the signal restart code. Insert it into the - * gate_vma so that it is visible through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem. + * atomic helpers. Insert it into the gate_vma so that it is visible + * through ptrace and /proc/<pid>/mem. */ static struct vm_area_struct gate_vma = { .vm_start = 0xffff0000, @@ -461,6 +461,40 @@ int in_gate_area_no_mm(unsigned long addr) const char *arch_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma) { - return (vma == &gate_vma) ? "[vectors]" : NULL; + return (vma == &gate_vma) ? "[vectors]" : + (vma->vm_mm && vma->vm_start == vma->vm_mm->context.sigpage) ? + "[sigpage]" : NULL; +} + +extern struct page *get_signal_page(void); + +int arch_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp) +{ + struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; + struct page *page; + unsigned long addr; + int ret; + + page = get_signal_page(); + if (!page) + return -ENOMEM; + + down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + addr = get_unmapped_area(NULL, 0, PAGE_SIZE, 0, 0); + if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr)) { + ret = addr; + goto up_fail; + } + + ret = install_special_mapping(mm, addr, PAGE_SIZE, + VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC, + &page); + + if (ret == 0) + mm->context.sigpage = addr; + + up_fail: + up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); + return ret; } #endif |