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author | Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> | 2023-06-12 17:10:44 -0700 |
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committer | Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> | 2023-07-11 14:12:19 -0700 |
commit | ae1f05a617dcbc0a732fbeba0893786cd009536c (patch) | |
tree | 7bc96e4ab50af87de9dda602be0535a526b917c0 /scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py | |
parent | e5136e876581ba5b63220378e25fec9dcec7bad1 (diff) |
x86/mm: Warn if create Write=0,Dirty=1 with raw prot
When user shadow stack is in use, Write=0,Dirty=1 is treated by the CPU as
shadow stack memory. So for shadow stack memory this bit combination is
valid, but when Dirty=1,Write=1 (conventionally writable) memory is being
write protected, the kernel has been taught to transition the Dirty=1
bit to SavedDirty=1, to avoid inadvertently creating shadow stack
memory. It does this inside pte_wrprotect() because it knows the PTE is
not intended to be a writable shadow stack entry, it is supposed to be
write protected.
However, when a PTE is created by a raw prot using mk_pte(), mk_pte()
can't know whether to adjust Dirty=1 to SavedDirty=1. It can't
distinguish between the caller intending to create a shadow stack PTE or
needing the SavedDirty shift.
The kernel has been updated to not do this, and so Write=0,Dirty=1
memory should only be created by the pte_mkfoo() helpers. Add a warning
to make sure no new mk_pte() start doing this, like, for example,
set_memory_rox() did.
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Pengfei Xu <pengfei.xu@intel.com>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@amd.com>
Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230613001108.3040476-19-rick.p.edgecombe%40intel.com
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