linux/arch/x86
Andy Lutomirski 394f56fe48 x86_64, vdso: Fix the vdso address randomization algorithm
The theory behind vdso randomization is that it's mapped at a random
offset above the top of the stack.  To avoid wasting a page of
memory for an extra page table, the vdso isn't supposed to extend
past the lowest PMD into which it can fit.  Other than that, the
address should be a uniformly distributed address that meets all of
the alignment requirements.

The current algorithm is buggy: the vdso has about a 50% probability
of being at the very end of a PMD.  The current algorithm also has a
decent chance of failing outright due to incorrect handling of the
case where the top of the stack is near the top of its PMD.

This fixes the implementation.  The paxtest estimate of vdso
"randomisation" improves from 11 bits to 18 bits.  (Disclaimer: I
don't know what the paxtest code is actually calculating.)

It's worth noting that this algorithm is inherently biased: the vdso
is more likely to end up near the end of its PMD than near the
beginning.  Ideally we would either nix the PMD sharing requirement
or jointly randomize the vdso and the stack to reduce the bias.

In the mean time, this is a considerable improvement with basically
no risk of compatibility issues, since the allowed outputs of the
algorithm are unchanged.

As an easy test, doing this:

for i in `seq 10000`
  do grep -P vdso /proc/self/maps |cut -d- -f1
done |sort |uniq -d

used to produce lots of output (1445 lines on my most recent run).
A tiny subset looks like this:

7fffdfffe000
7fffe01fe000
7fffe05fe000
7fffe07fe000
7fffe09fe000
7fffe0bfe000
7fffe0dfe000

Note the suspicious fe000 endings.  With the fix, I get a much more
palatable 76 repeated addresses.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
2014-12-20 16:56:57 -08:00
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boot Merge branch 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-12-10 12:42:16 -08:00
configs x86/kconfig/defconfig: Enable CONFIG_FHANDLE=y 2014-12-08 12:04:17 +01:00
crypto crypto: sha - replace memset by memzero_explicit 2014-12-02 22:55:49 +08:00
ia32 x86: hook up execveat system call 2014-12-13 12:42:51 -08:00
include Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-12-19 14:02:02 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-12-19 14:02:02 -08:00
kvm 3.19 changes for KVM: 2014-12-18 16:05:28 -08:00
lguest x86: Avoid building unused IRQ entry stubs 2014-12-16 14:08:14 +01:00
lib Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
math-emu
mm x86: mm: fix VM_FAULT_RETRY handling 2014-12-17 11:52:37 -08:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-12-10 15:48:20 -05:00
oprofile percpu: Resolve ambiguities in __get_cpu_var/cpumask_var_t 2014-08-28 08:58:57 -04:00
pci Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-12-19 14:02:02 -08:00
platform Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-12-19 14:02:02 -08:00
power nosave: consolidate __nosave_{begin,end} in <asm/sections.h> 2014-10-09 22:26:04 -04:00
purgatory Merge branches 'x86-build-for-linus', 'x86-cleanups-for-linus' and 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-12-10 12:35:46 -08:00
realmode
syscalls x86: hook up execveat system call 2014-12-13 12:42:51 -08:00
tools Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-12-10 12:10:24 -08:00
um Merge branch 'akpm' (second patch-bomb from Andrew) 2014-12-13 13:00:36 -08:00
vdso x86_64, vdso: Fix the vdso address randomization algorithm 2014-12-20 16:56:57 -08:00
video
xen xen: additional features for 3.19-rc0 2014-12-16 13:23:03 -08:00
.gitignore x86/build: Add arch/x86/purgatory/ make generated files to gitignore 2014-10-09 09:29:46 +02:00
Kbuild kexec: create a new config option CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE for new syscall 2014-08-29 16:28:16 -07:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-12-19 14:02:02 -08:00
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