arm64: add better page protections to arm64

Add page protections for arm64 similar to those in arm.
This is for security reasons to prevent certain classes
of exploits. The current method:

- Map all memory as either RWX or RW. We round to the nearest
  section to avoid creating page tables before everything is mapped
- Once everything is mapped, if either end of the RWX section should
  not be X, we split the PMD and remap as necessary
- When initmem is to be freed, we change the permissions back to
  RW (using stop machine if necessary to flush the TLB)
- If CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA is set, the read only sections are set
  read only.

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
index 5fdd6dce8061..4a8741073c90 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -66,4 +66,27 @@ config DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
           against certain classes of kernel exploits.
           If in doubt, say "N".
 
+config DEBUG_RODATA
+	bool "Make kernel text and rodata read-only"
+	help
+	  If this is set, kernel text and rodata will be made read-only. This
+	  is to help catch accidental or malicious attempts to change the
+	  kernel's executable code. Additionally splits rodata from kernel
+	  text so it can be made explicitly non-executable.
+
+          If in doubt, say Y
+
+config DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA
+	depends on DEBUG_RODATA && !ARM64_64K_PAGES
+	bool "Align linker sections up to SECTION_SIZE"
+	help
+	  If this option is enabled, sections that may potentially be marked as
+	  read only or non-executable will be aligned up to the section size of
+	  the kernel. This prevents sections from being split into pages and
+	  avoids a potential TLB penalty. The downside is an increase in
+	  alignment and potentially wasted space. Turn on this option if
+	  performance is more important than memory pressure.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N
+
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