@@ -356,4 +356,37 @@ static inline unsigned long __get_current_cr3_fast(void)
return cr3;
}
+typedef struct {
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
+} temp_mm_state_t;
+
+/*
+ * Using a temporary mm allows to set temporary mappings that are not accessible
+ * by other CPUs. Such mappings are needed to perform sensitive memory writes
+ * that override the kernel memory protections (e.g., W^X), without exposing the
+ * temporary page-table mappings that are required for these write operations to
+ * other CPUs. Using a temporary mm also allows to avoid TLB shootdowns when the
+ * mapping is torn down.
+ *
+ * Context: The temporary mm needs to be used exclusively by a single core. To
+ * harden security IRQs must be disabled while the temporary mm is
+ * loaded, thereby preventing interrupt handler bugs from overriding
+ * the kernel memory protection.
+ */
+static inline temp_mm_state_t use_temporary_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ temp_mm_state_t temp_state;
+
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+ temp_state.mm = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.loaded_mm);
+ switch_mm_irqs_off(NULL, mm, current);
+ return temp_state;
+}
+
+static inline void unuse_temporary_mm(temp_mm_state_t prev_state)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+ switch_mm_irqs_off(NULL, prev_state.mm, current);
+}
+
#endif /* _ASM_X86_MMU_CONTEXT_H */
Commit-ID: cefa929c034eb5d9c15c50088235a0093a219687 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/cefa929c034eb5d9c15c50088235a0093a219687 Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> AuthorDate: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:11:23 -0700 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> CommitDate: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:37:50 +0200 x86/mm: Introduce temporary mm structs Using a dedicated page-table for temporary PTEs prevents other cores from using - even speculatively - these PTEs, thereby providing two benefits: (1) Security hardening: an attacker that gains kernel memory writing abilities cannot easily overwrite sensitive data. (2) Avoiding TLB shootdowns: the PTEs do not need to be flushed in remote page-tables. To do so a temporary mm_struct can be used. Mappings which are private for this mm can be set in the userspace part of the address-space. During the whole time in which the temporary mm is loaded, interrupts must be disabled. The first use-case for temporary mm struct, which will follow, is for poking the kernel text. [ Commit message was written by Nadav Amit ] Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> 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> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.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: 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: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-4-namit@vmware.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> --- arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)