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diff --git a/kernel/stackleak.c b/kernel/stackleak.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..deba0d8992f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/stackleak.c @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +/* + * This code fills the used part of the kernel stack with a poison value + * before returning to userspace. It's part of the STACKLEAK feature + * ported from grsecurity/PaX. + * + * Author: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@linux.com> + * + * STACKLEAK reduces the information which kernel stack leak bugs can + * reveal and blocks some uninitialized stack variable attacks. + */ + +#include <linux/stackleak.h> + +asmlinkage void stackleak_erase(void) +{ + /* It would be nice not to have 'kstack_ptr' and 'boundary' on stack */ + unsigned long kstack_ptr = current->lowest_stack; + unsigned long boundary = (unsigned long)end_of_stack(current); + unsigned int poison_count = 0; + const unsigned int depth = STACKLEAK_SEARCH_DEPTH / sizeof(unsigned long); + + /* Check that 'lowest_stack' value is sane */ + if (unlikely(kstack_ptr - boundary >= THREAD_SIZE)) + kstack_ptr = boundary; + + /* Search for the poison value in the kernel stack */ + while (kstack_ptr > boundary && poison_count <= depth) { + if (*(unsigned long *)kstack_ptr == STACKLEAK_POISON) + poison_count++; + else + poison_count = 0; + + kstack_ptr -= sizeof(unsigned long); + } + + /* + * One 'long int' at the bottom of the thread stack is reserved and + * should not be poisoned (see CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK=y). + */ + if (kstack_ptr == boundary) + kstack_ptr += sizeof(unsigned long); + + /* + * Now write the poison value to the kernel stack. Start from + * 'kstack_ptr' and move up till the new 'boundary'. We assume that + * the stack pointer doesn't change when we write poison. + */ + if (on_thread_stack()) + boundary = current_stack_pointer; + else + boundary = current_top_of_stack(); + + while (kstack_ptr < boundary) { + *(unsigned long *)kstack_ptr = STACKLEAK_POISON; + kstack_ptr += sizeof(unsigned long); + } + + /* Reset the 'lowest_stack' value for the next syscall */ + current->lowest_stack = current_top_of_stack() - THREAD_SIZE/64; +} + |