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[v3,09/12] mm: Take placement mappings gap into account

Message ID 20240312222843.2505560-10-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series Cover a guard gap corner case | expand

Commit Message

Edgecombe, Rick P March 12, 2024, 10:28 p.m. UTC
When memory is being placed, mmap() will take care to respect the guard
gaps of certain types of memory (VM_SHADOWSTACK, VM_GROWSUP and
VM_GROWSDOWN). In order to ensure guard gaps between mappings, mmap()
needs to consider two things:
 1. That the new mapping isn’t placed in an any existing mappings guard
    gaps.
 2. That the new mapping isn’t placed such that any existing mappings
    are not in *its* guard gaps.

The long standing behavior of mmap() is to ensure 1, but not take any care
around 2. So for example, if there is a PAGE_SIZE free area, and a
mmap() with a PAGE_SIZE size, and a type that has a guard gap is being
placed, mmap() may place the shadow stack in the PAGE_SIZE free area. Then
the mapping that is supposed to have a guard gap will not have a gap to
the adjacent VMA.

For MAP_GROWSDOWN/VM_GROWSDOWN and MAP_GROWSUP/VM_GROWSUP this has not
been a problem in practice because applications place these kinds of
mappings very early, when there is not many mappings to find a space
between. But for shadow stacks, they may be placed throughout the lifetime
of the application.

Use the start_gap field to find a space that includes the guard gap for
the new mapping. Take care to not interfere with the alignment.

Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
---
v3:
 - Spelling fix in comment

v2:
 - Remove VM_UNMAPPED_START_GAP_SET and have struct vm_unmapped_area_info
   initialized with zeros (in another patch). (Kirill)
 - Drop unrelated space change (Kirill)
 - Add comment around interactions of alignment and start gap step
   (Kirill)
---
 include/linux/mm.h |  1 +
 mm/mmap.c          | 12 +++++++++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Christophe Leroy March 13, 2024, 9:04 a.m. UTC | #1
Le 12/03/2024 à 23:28, Rick Edgecombe a écrit :
> When memory is being placed, mmap() will take care to respect the guard
> gaps of certain types of memory (VM_SHADOWSTACK, VM_GROWSUP and
> VM_GROWSDOWN). In order to ensure guard gaps between mappings, mmap()
> needs to consider two things:
>   1. That the new mapping isn’t placed in an any existing mappings guard
>      gaps.
>   2. That the new mapping isn’t placed such that any existing mappings
>      are not in *its* guard gaps.
> 
> The long standing behavior of mmap() is to ensure 1, but not take any care
> around 2. So for example, if there is a PAGE_SIZE free area, and a
> mmap() with a PAGE_SIZE size, and a type that has a guard gap is being
> placed, mmap() may place the shadow stack in the PAGE_SIZE free area. Then
> the mapping that is supposed to have a guard gap will not have a gap to
> the adjacent VMA.
> 
> For MAP_GROWSDOWN/VM_GROWSDOWN and MAP_GROWSUP/VM_GROWSUP this has not
> been a problem in practice because applications place these kinds of
> mappings very early, when there is not many mappings to find a space
> between. But for shadow stacks, they may be placed throughout the lifetime
> of the application.
> 
> Use the start_gap field to find a space that includes the guard gap for
> the new mapping. Take care to not interfere with the alignment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
> ---
> v3:
>   - Spelling fix in comment
> 
> v2:
>   - Remove VM_UNMAPPED_START_GAP_SET and have struct vm_unmapped_area_info
>     initialized with zeros (in another patch). (Kirill)
>   - Drop unrelated space change (Kirill)
>   - Add comment around interactions of alignment and start gap step
>     (Kirill)
> ---
>   include/linux/mm.h |  1 +
>   mm/mmap.c          | 12 +++++++++---
>   2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index d91cde79aaee..deade7be00d0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -3418,6 +3418,7 @@ struct vm_unmapped_area_info {
>   	unsigned long high_limit;
>   	unsigned long align_mask;
>   	unsigned long align_offset;
> +	unsigned long start_gap;

Only a start_gap is needed ? No need of an end_gap ?

>   };
>   
>   extern unsigned long vm_unmapped_area(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info);
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index b889c79d11bd..634e706fd97e 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ static unsigned long unmapped_area(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info)
>   	MA_STATE(mas, &current->mm->mm_mt, 0, 0);
>   
>   	/* Adjust search length to account for worst case alignment overhead */
> -	length = info->length + info->align_mask;
> +	length = info->length + info->align_mask + info->start_gap;
>   	if (length < info->length)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
> @@ -1594,7 +1594,13 @@ static unsigned long unmapped_area(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info)
>   	if (mas_empty_area(&mas, low_limit, high_limit - 1, length))
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
> -	gap = mas.index;
> +	/*
> +	 * Adjust for the gap first so it doesn't interfere with the
> +	 * later alignment. The first step is the minimum needed to
> +	 * fulill the start gap, the next steps is the minimum to align
> +	 * that. It is the minimum needed to fulill both.
> +	 */
> +	gap = mas.index + info->start_gap;
>   	gap += (info->align_offset - gap) & info->align_mask;
>   	tmp = mas_next(&mas, ULONG_MAX);
>   	if (tmp && (tmp->vm_flags & VM_STARTGAP_FLAGS)) { /* Avoid prev check if possible */
> @@ -1633,7 +1639,7 @@ static unsigned long unmapped_area_topdown(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info)
>   
>   	MA_STATE(mas, &current->mm->mm_mt, 0, 0);
>   	/* Adjust search length to account for worst case alignment overhead */
> -	length = info->length + info->align_mask;
> +	length = info->length + info->align_mask + info->start_gap;
>   	if (length < info->length)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>
Edgecombe, Rick P March 13, 2024, 2:58 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, 2024-03-13 at 09:04 +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> 
> Only a start_gap is needed ? No need of an end_gap ?

Yea, shadow stacks only have a start gap. If any end gap is needed, it
will be much easier to add after all of this.
Christophe Leroy March 13, 2024, 4:51 p.m. UTC | #3
Le 13/03/2024 à 15:58, Edgecombe, Rick P a écrit :
> On Wed, 2024-03-13 at 09:04 +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>
>> Only a start_gap is needed ? No need of an end_gap ?
> 
> Yea, shadow stacks only have a start gap. If any end gap is needed, it
> will be much easier to add after all of this.

Ok


Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
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diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index d91cde79aaee..deade7be00d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -3418,6 +3418,7 @@  struct vm_unmapped_area_info {
 	unsigned long high_limit;
 	unsigned long align_mask;
 	unsigned long align_offset;
+	unsigned long start_gap;
 };
 
 extern unsigned long vm_unmapped_area(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info);
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index b889c79d11bd..634e706fd97e 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@  static unsigned long unmapped_area(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info)
 	MA_STATE(mas, &current->mm->mm_mt, 0, 0);
 
 	/* Adjust search length to account for worst case alignment overhead */
-	length = info->length + info->align_mask;
+	length = info->length + info->align_mask + info->start_gap;
 	if (length < info->length)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1594,7 +1594,13 @@  static unsigned long unmapped_area(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info)
 	if (mas_empty_area(&mas, low_limit, high_limit - 1, length))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	gap = mas.index;
+	/*
+	 * Adjust for the gap first so it doesn't interfere with the
+	 * later alignment. The first step is the minimum needed to
+	 * fulill the start gap, the next steps is the minimum to align
+	 * that. It is the minimum needed to fulill both.
+	 */
+	gap = mas.index + info->start_gap;
 	gap += (info->align_offset - gap) & info->align_mask;
 	tmp = mas_next(&mas, ULONG_MAX);
 	if (tmp && (tmp->vm_flags & VM_STARTGAP_FLAGS)) { /* Avoid prev check if possible */
@@ -1633,7 +1639,7 @@  static unsigned long unmapped_area_topdown(struct vm_unmapped_area_info *info)
 
 	MA_STATE(mas, &current->mm->mm_mt, 0, 0);
 	/* Adjust search length to account for worst case alignment overhead */
-	length = info->length + info->align_mask;
+	length = info->length + info->align_mask + info->start_gap;
 	if (length < info->length)
 		return -ENOMEM;