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[v3,18/20] x86/ftrace: Use vmalloc special flag

Message ID 20190221234451.17632-19-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Merge text_poke fixes and executable lockdowns | expand

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Edgecombe, Rick P Feb. 21, 2019, 11:44 p.m. UTC
Use new flag VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS for handling freeing of special
permissioned memory in vmalloc and remove places where memory was set NX
and RW before freeing which is no longer needed.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Steven Rostedt Feb. 22, 2019, 12:22 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:44:49 -0800
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> wrote:

> Use new flag VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS for handling freeing of special
> permissioned memory in vmalloc and remove places where memory was set NX
> and RW before freeing which is no longer needed.
> 
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> index 13c8249b197f..93efe3955333 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -692,10 +692,6 @@ static inline void *alloc_tramp(unsigned long size)
>  }
>  static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp, int size)

As size is no longer used within the function, can you remove that too.

Thanks,

-- Steve

>  {
> -	int npages = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> -
> -	set_memory_nx((unsigned long)tramp, npages);
> -	set_memory_rw((unsigned long)tramp, npages);
>  	module_memfree(tramp);
>  }
>  #else
> @@ -820,6 +816,8 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size)
>  	/* ALLOC_TRAMP flags lets us know we created it */
>  	ops->flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP;
>  
> +	set_vm_flush_reset_perms(trampoline);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Module allocation needs to be completed by making the page
>  	 * executable. The page is still writable, which is a security hazard,
Edgecombe, Rick P Feb. 22, 2019, 12:55 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, 2019-02-21 at 19:22 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:44:49 -0800
> Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Use new flag VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS for handling freeing of special
> > permissioned memory in vmalloc and remove places where memory was set NX
> > and RW before freeing which is no longer needed.
> > 
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 6 ++----
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> > index 13c8249b197f..93efe3955333 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
> > @@ -692,10 +692,6 @@ static inline void *alloc_tramp(unsigned long size)
> >  }
> >  static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp, int size)
> 
> As size is no longer used within the function, can you remove that too.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Steve
> 
Good point, I'll remove it.

Thanks,

Rick

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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 13c8249b197f..93efe3955333 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -692,10 +692,6 @@  static inline void *alloc_tramp(unsigned long size)
 }
 static inline void tramp_free(void *tramp, int size)
 {
-	int npages = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
-	set_memory_nx((unsigned long)tramp, npages);
-	set_memory_rw((unsigned long)tramp, npages);
 	module_memfree(tramp);
 }
 #else
@@ -820,6 +816,8 @@  create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size)
 	/* ALLOC_TRAMP flags lets us know we created it */
 	ops->flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP;
 
+	set_vm_flush_reset_perms(trampoline);
+
 	/*
 	 * Module allocation needs to be completed by making the page
 	 * executable. The page is still writable, which is a security hazard,