[PATCH v5 3/7] x86: make CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA non-optional

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Feb 17 2016 - 17:44:10 EST


This removes the CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA option and makes it always enabled.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 3 +++
arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 18 +++---------------
arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 5 -----
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h | 7 -------
arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 6 +++---
arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c | 8 ++------
arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c | 2 --
arch/x86/kernel/test_rodata.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 25 +++++++++++--------------
arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 3 ---
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 3 ---
arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 2 +-
13 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index e8f82cc760f7..f1146060d78c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
def_bool y

+config DEBUG_RODATA
+ def_bool y
+
config PGTABLE_LEVELS
int
default 4 if X86_64
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 68a2d1f0a683..67eec55093a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -74,28 +74,16 @@ config EFI_PGT_DUMP
issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
table.

-config DEBUG_RODATA
- bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
- default y
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- ---help---
- Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
- in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
- data. This is recommended so that we can catch kernel bugs sooner.
- If in doubt, say "Y".
-
config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
- bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
- depends on DEBUG_RODATA
+ bool "Testcase for the marking rodata read-only"
default y
---help---
- This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
- feature as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
+ This option enables a testcase for the setting rodata read-only
+ as well as for the change_page_attr() infrastructure.
If in doubt, say "N"

config DEBUG_WX
bool "Warn on W+X mappings at boot"
- depends on DEBUG_RODATA
select X86_PTDUMP_CORE
---help---
Generate a warning if any W+X mappings are found at boot.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index c8cff75c5b21..61518cf79437 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -91,15 +91,10 @@ void clflush_cache_range(void *addr, unsigned int size);

#define mmio_flush_range(addr, size) clflush_cache_range(addr, size)

-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
extern const int rodata_test_data;
extern int kernel_set_to_readonly;
void set_kernel_text_rw(void);
void set_kernel_text_ro(void);
-#else
-static inline void set_kernel_text_rw(void) { }
-static inline void set_kernel_text_ro(void) { }
-#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
int rodata_test(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
index c1adf33fdd0d..bc62e7cbf1b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
@@ -17,15 +17,8 @@ static inline bool kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused(void)
}
#endif /* CONFIG_KVM_GUEST */

-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
#define KVM_HYPERCALL \
ALTERNATIVE(".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xc1", ".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xd9", X86_FEATURE_VMMCALL)
-#else
-/* On AMD processors, vmcall will generate a trap that we will
- * then rewrite to the appropriate instruction.
- */
-#define KVM_HYPERCALL ".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xc1"
-#endif

/* For KVM hypercalls, a three-byte sequence of either the vmcall or the vmmcall
* instruction. The hypervisor may replace it with something else but only the
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h
index 0a5242428659..13b6cdd0af57 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
extern char __brk_base[], __brk_limit[];
extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___ex_table[];

-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
extern char __end_rodata_hpage_align[];
#endif

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 29408d6d6626..05c9e3f5b6d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ within(unsigned long addr, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
static unsigned long text_ip_addr(unsigned long ip)
{
/*
- * On x86_64, kernel text mappings are mapped read-only with
- * CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA. So we use the kernel identity mapping instead
- * of the kernel text mapping to modify the kernel text.
+ * On x86_64, kernel text mappings are mapped read-only, so we use
+ * the kernel identity mapping instead of the kernel text mapping
+ * to modify the kernel text.
*
* For 32bit kernels, these mappings are same and we can use
* kernel identity mapping to modify code.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
index 44256a62702b..ed15cd486d06 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -750,9 +750,7 @@ void kgdb_arch_set_pc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long ip)
int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
{
int err;
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
char opc[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE];
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA */

bpt->type = BP_BREAKPOINT;
err = probe_kernel_read(bpt->saved_instr, (char *)bpt->bpt_addr,
@@ -761,7 +759,6 @@ int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
return err;
err = probe_kernel_write((char *)bpt->bpt_addr,
arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
if (!err)
return err;
/*
@@ -778,13 +775,12 @@ int kgdb_arch_set_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
if (memcmp(opc, arch_kgdb_ops.gdb_bpt_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE))
return -EINVAL;
bpt->type = BP_POKE_BREAKPOINT;
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA */
+
return err;
}

int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
{
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
int err;
char opc[BREAK_INSTR_SIZE];

@@ -801,8 +797,8 @@ int kgdb_arch_remove_breakpoint(struct kgdb_bkpt *bpt)
if (err || memcmp(opc, bpt->saved_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE))
goto knl_write;
return err;
+
knl_write:
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA */
return probe_kernel_write((char *)bpt->bpt_addr,
(char *)bpt->saved_instr, BREAK_INSTR_SIZE);
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c b/arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c
index 3f92ce07e525..27538f183c3b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ static int test_NX(void)
* by the error message
*/

-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
/* Test 3: Check if the .rodata section is executable */
if (rodata_test_data != 0xC3) {
printk(KERN_ERR "test_nx: .rodata marker has invalid value\n");
@@ -151,7 +150,6 @@ static int test_NX(void)
printk(KERN_ERR "test_nx: .rodata section is executable\n");
ret = -ENODEV;
}
-#endif

#if 0
/* Test 4: Check if the .data section of a module is executable */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/test_rodata.c b/arch/x86/kernel/test_rodata.c
index 5ecbfe5099da..cb4a01b41e27 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/test_rodata.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/test_rodata.c
@@ -76,5 +76,5 @@ int rodata_test(void)
}

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA infrastructure");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Testcase for marking rodata as read-only");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 04afe9b7e52a..afdfcc5d93bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -41,29 +41,28 @@ ENTRY(phys_startup_64)
jiffies_64 = jiffies;
#endif

-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
/*
- * On 64-bit, align RODATA to 2MB so that even with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
- * we retain large page mappings for boundaries spanning kernel text, rodata
- * and data sections.
+ * On 64-bit, align RODATA to 2MB so we retain large page mappings for
+ * boundaries spanning kernel text, rodata and data sections.
*
* However, kernel identity mappings will have different RWX permissions
* to the pages mapping to text and to the pages padding (which are freed) the
* text section. Hence kernel identity mappings will be broken to smaller
* pages. For 64-bit, kernel text and kernel identity mappings are different,
- * so we can enable protection checks that come with CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA,
- * as well as retain 2MB large page mappings for kernel text.
+ * so we can enable protection checks as well as retain 2MB large page
+ * mappings for kernel text.
*/
-#define X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_BEGIN . = ALIGN(HPAGE_SIZE);
+#define X64_ALIGN_RODATA_BEGIN . = ALIGN(HPAGE_SIZE);

-#define X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_END \
+#define X64_ALIGN_RODATA_END \
. = ALIGN(HPAGE_SIZE); \
__end_rodata_hpage_align = .;

#else

-#define X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_BEGIN
-#define X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_END
+#define X64_ALIGN_RODATA_BEGIN
+#define X64_ALIGN_RODATA_END

#endif

@@ -112,13 +111,11 @@ SECTIONS

EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) :text = 0x9090

-#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
/* .text should occupy whole number of pages */
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
-#endif
- X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_BEGIN
+ X64_ALIGN_RODATA_BEGIN
RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
- X64_ALIGN_DEBUG_RODATA_END
+ X64_ALIGN_RODATA_END

/* Data */
.data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index a4bb1c7ab65e..bd7a9b9e2e14 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -868,7 +868,6 @@ static noinline int do_test_wp_bit(void)
return flag;
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
const int rodata_test_data = 0xC3;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rodata_test_data);

@@ -957,5 +956,3 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
if (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)
debug_checkwx();
}
-#endif
-
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 9686535edfb5..214afda97911 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -1075,7 +1075,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
mem_init_print_info(NULL);
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
const int rodata_test_data = 0xC3;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rodata_test_data);

@@ -1167,8 +1166,6 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
debug_checkwx();
}

-#endif
-
int kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr)
{
unsigned long above = ((long)addr) >> __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index f6b206fb6403..926f804d7e7e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static inline pgprot_t static_protections(pgprot_t prot, unsigned long address,
__pa_symbol(__end_rodata) >> PAGE_SHIFT))
pgprot_val(forbidden) |= _PAGE_RW;

-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
/*
* Once the kernel maps the text as RO (kernel_set_to_readonly is set),
* kernel text mappings for the large page aligned text, rodata sections
--
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