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x86/alternatives: Use temporary mm for text poking
authorNadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:11:27 +0000 (17:11 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:37:52 +0000 (12:37 +0200)
commitb3fd8e83ada0d51b71a84297480187e2d40e5ded
treef6edb618afdbc8b44052ebdb697c3b95e86c65bc
parent4fc19708b165c1c152fa1f12f6600e66184b7786
x86/alternatives: Use temporary mm for text poking

text_poke() can potentially compromise security as it sets temporary
PTEs in the fixmap. These PTEs might be used to rewrite the kernel code
from other cores accidentally or maliciously, if an attacker gains the
ability to write onto kernel memory.

Moreover, since remote TLBs are not flushed after the temporary PTEs are
removed, the time-window in which the code is writable is not limited if
the fixmap PTEs - maliciously or accidentally - are cached in the TLB.
To address these potential security hazards, use a temporary mm for
patching the code.

Finally, text_poke() is also not conservative enough when mapping pages,
as it always tries to map 2 pages, even when a single one is sufficient.
So try to be more conservative, and do not map more than needed.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: <deneen.t.dock@intel.com>
Cc: <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>
Cc: <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <linux_dti@icloud.com>
Cc: <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-8-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c