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[2001:14bb:51:a4c8:5c24:24d7:ca5f:e7d2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m63-v6sm5444564lje.81.2018.12.21.10.14.54 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:14:55 -0800 (PST) From: Igor Stoppa X-Google-Original-From: Igor Stoppa To: Andy Lutomirski , Matthew Wilcox , Peter Zijlstra , Dave Hansen , Mimi Zohar , Thiago Jung Bauermann Cc: igor.stoppa@huawei.com, Nadav Amit , Kees Cook , Ahmed Soliman , linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 06/12] __wr_after_init: Documentation: self-protection Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 20:14:17 +0200 Message-Id: <20181221181423.20455-7-igor.stoppa@huawei.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.19.1 In-Reply-To: <20181221181423.20455-1-igor.stoppa@huawei.com> References: <20181221181423.20455-1-igor.stoppa@huawei.com> Reply-To: Igor Stoppa MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Update the self-protection documentation, to mention also the use of the __wr_after_init attribute. Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa CC: Andy Lutomirski CC: Nadav Amit CC: Matthew Wilcox CC: Peter Zijlstra CC: Kees Cook CC: Dave Hansen CC: Mimi Zohar CC: Thiago Jung Bauermann CC: Ahmed Soliman CC: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org CC: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com CC: linux-mm@kvack.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Documentation/security/self-protection.rst | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst b/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst index f584fb74b4ff..df2614bc25b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst +++ b/Documentation/security/self-protection.rst @@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ For variables that are initialized once at ``__init`` time, these can be marked with the (new and under development) ``__ro_after_init`` attribute. -What remains are variables that are updated rarely (e.g. GDT). These -will need another infrastructure (similar to the temporary exceptions -made to kernel code mentioned above) that allow them to spend the rest -of their lifetime read-only. (For example, when being updated, only the -CPU thread performing the update would be given uninterruptible write -access to the memory.) +Others, which are statically allocated, but still need to be updated +rarely, can be marked with the ``__wr_after_init`` attribute. + +The update mechanism must avoid exposing the data to rogue alterations +during the update. For example, only the CPU thread performing the update +would be given uninterruptible write access to the memory. + +Currently there is no protection available for data allocated dynamically. Segregation of kernel memory from userspace memory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~