[PATCH v3 0/3] Replace invocations of prandom_u32() with get_random_u32()

[david . keisarschm]

From: David Keisar Schmidt <david.keisarschm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

This third series add some changes to the commit messages,
and also replaces get_random_u32 with get_random_u32_below,
in a case a modulo operation is done on the result.

The security improvements for prandom_u32 done in commits c51f8f88d705
from October 2020 and d4150779e60f from May 2022 didn't handle the cases
when prandom_bytes_state() and prandom_u32_state() are used.

Specifically, this weak randomization takes place in three cases:
    1.	mm/slab.c
    2.	mm/slab_common.c
    3.	arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c

The first two invocations (mm/slab.c, mm/slab_common.c) are used to create
randomization in the slab allocator freelists.
This is done to make sure attackers can’t obtain information on the heap state.

The last invocation, inside arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c,
randomizes the virtual address space of kernel memory regions.
Hence, we have added the necessary changes to make those randomizations stronger,
switching  prandom_u32 instances to get_random_u32.

# Changes since v2

* edited commit message in all three patches.
* replaced instances of get_random_u32 with get_random_u32_below
    in mm/slab.c, mm/slab_common.c

# Changes since v1

* omitted the renaming patch, per the feedback we received
* omitted the replace of prandom_u32_state with get_random_u32 in bpf/core.c
 as it turned out to be a duplicate of a patch suggested earlier by Jason Donenfeld

Regards,


David Keisar Schmidt (3):
  Replace invocation of weak PRNG in mm/slab.c
  Replace invocation of weak PRNG inside mm/slab_common.c
  Replace invocation of weak PRNG in arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c

 arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c |  5 +----
 mm/slab.c           | 25 ++++++++++---------------
 mm/slab_common.c    | 11 +++--------
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

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