Re: [kernel-hardening][PATCH v2 3/3] arm: mm: dump: add checking for writable and executable pages

From: park jinbum
Date: Sat Dec 02 2017 - 21:32:33 EST


I agree with your opinion, Laura.
I'll make a new version to take advantage of the existing pg_level and
bits arrays.

Thanks,
Jinbum Park.

2017-12-02 6:59 GMT+09:00 Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 12/01/2017 03:34 AM, Jinbum Park wrote:
>>
>> +static inline bool is_prot_ro(struct pg_state *st)
>> +{
>> + if (st->level < 4) {
>> + #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
>> + if ((st->current_prot &
>> + (L_PMD_SECT_RDONLY | PMD_SECT_AP2)) ==
>> + (L_PMD_SECT_RDONLY | PMD_SECT_AP2))
>> + return true;
>> + #elif __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6
>> + if ((st->current_prot &
>> + (PMD_SECT_APX | PMD_SECT_AP_READ | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE)) ==
>> + (PMD_SECT_APX | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE))
>> + return true;
>> + #else
>> + if ((st->current_prot &
>> + (PMD_SECT_AP_READ | PMD_SECT_AP_WRITE)) == 0)
>> + return true;
>> + #endif
>> + } else {
>> + if ((st->current_prot & L_PTE_RDONLY) == L_PTE_RDONLY)
>> + return true;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return false;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline bool is_prot_nx(struct pg_state *st)
>> +{
>> + if (st->level < 4) {
>> + if ((st->current_prot & PMD_SECT_XN) == PMD_SECT_XN)
>> + return true;
>> + } else {
>> + if ((st->current_prot & L_PTE_XN) == L_PTE_XN)
>> + return true;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return false;
>> +}
>
>
> I know arm64 checks the bits directly, but the arm32 code is a bit
> more fiddly and I have mixed feelings about copying and pasting
> the checks. It would be cleaner if we could take advantage of
> the existing pg_level and bits arrays. I also don't have my heart
> set on this so if nobody else objects, the code can stay as is.
>
> Thanks,
> Laura