linux/kernel
Kees Cook 7a46ec0e2f locking/refcounts, x86/asm: Implement fast refcount overflow protection
This implements refcount_t overflow protection on x86 without a noticeable
performance impact, though without the fuller checking of REFCOUNT_FULL.

This is done by duplicating the existing atomic_t refcount implementation
but with normally a single instruction added to detect if the refcount
has gone negative (e.g. wrapped past INT_MAX or below zero). When detected,
the handler saturates the refcount_t to INT_MIN / 2. With this overflow
protection, the erroneous reference release that would follow a wrap back
to zero is blocked from happening, avoiding the class of refcount-overflow
use-after-free vulnerabilities entirely.

Only the overflow case of refcounting can be perfectly protected, since
it can be detected and stopped before the reference is freed and left to
be abused by an attacker. There isn't a way to block early decrements,
and while REFCOUNT_FULL stops increment-from-zero cases (which would
be the state _after_ an early decrement and stops potential double-free
conditions), this fast implementation does not, since it would require
the more expensive cmpxchg loops. Since the overflow case is much more
common (e.g. missing a "put" during an error path), this protection
provides real-world protection. For example, the two public refcount
overflow use-after-free exploits published in 2016 would have been
rendered unexploitable:

  http://perception-point.io/2016/01/14/analysis-and-exploitation-of-a-linux-kernel-vulnerability-cve-2016-0728/

  http://cyseclabs.com/page?n=02012016

This implementation does, however, notice an unchecked decrement to zero
(i.e. caller used refcount_dec() instead of refcount_dec_and_test() and it
resulted in a zero). Decrements under zero are noticed (since they will
have resulted in a negative value), though this only indicates that a
use-after-free may have already happened. Such notifications are likely
avoidable by an attacker that has already exploited a use-after-free
vulnerability, but it's better to have them reported than allow such
conditions to remain universally silent.

On first overflow detection, the refcount value is reset to INT_MIN / 2
(which serves as a saturation value) and a report and stack trace are
produced. When operations detect only negative value results (such as
changing an already saturated value), saturation still happens but no
notification is performed (since the value was already saturated).

On the matter of races, since the entire range beyond INT_MAX but before
0 is negative, every operation at INT_MIN / 2 will trap, leaving no
overflow-only race condition.

As for performance, this implementation adds a single "js" instruction
to the regular execution flow of a copy of the standard atomic_t refcount
operations. (The non-"and_test" refcount_dec() function, which is uncommon
in regular refcount design patterns, has an additional "jz" instruction
to detect reaching exactly zero.) Since this is a forward jump, it is by
default the non-predicted path, which will be reinforced by dynamic branch
prediction. The result is this protection having virtually no measurable
change in performance over standard atomic_t operations. The error path,
located in .text.unlikely, saves the refcount location and then uses UD0
to fire a refcount exception handler, which resets the refcount, handles
reporting, and returns to regular execution. This keeps the changes to
.text size minimal, avoiding return jumps and open-coded calls to the
error reporting routine.

Example assembly comparison:

refcount_inc() before:

  .text:
  ffffffff81546149:       f0 ff 45 f4             lock incl -0xc(%rbp)

refcount_inc() after:

  .text:
  ffffffff81546149:       f0 ff 45 f4             lock incl -0xc(%rbp)
  ffffffff8154614d:       0f 88 80 d5 17 00       js     ffffffff816c36d3
  ...
  .text.unlikely:
  ffffffff816c36d3:       48 8d 4d f4             lea    -0xc(%rbp),%rcx
  ffffffff816c36d7:       0f ff                   (bad)

These are the cycle counts comparing a loop of refcount_inc() from 1
to INT_MAX and back down to 0 (via refcount_dec_and_test()), between
unprotected refcount_t (atomic_t), fully protected REFCOUNT_FULL
(refcount_t-full), and this overflow-protected refcount (refcount_t-fast):

  2147483646 refcount_inc()s and 2147483647 refcount_dec_and_test()s:
		    cycles		protections
  atomic_t           82249267387	none
  refcount_t-fast    82211446892	overflow, untested dec-to-zero
  refcount_t-full   144814735193	overflow, untested dec-to-zero, inc-from-zero

This code is a modified version of the x86 PAX_REFCOUNT atomic_t
overflow defense from the last public patch of PaX/grsecurity, based
on my understanding of the code. Changes or omissions from the original
code are mine and don't reflect the original grsecurity/PaX code. Thanks
to PaX Team for various suggestions for improvement for repurposing this
code to be a refcount-only protection.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: arozansk@redhat.com
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170815161924.GA133115@beast
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-08-17 10:40:26 +02:00
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bpf bpf: fix bpf_prog_get_info_by_fd to dump correct xlated_prog_len 2017-07-29 23:29:41 -07:00
cgroup cpuset: Make nr_cpusets private 2017-08-10 12:28:57 +02:00
configs config: android-base: disable CONFIG_NFSD and CONFIG_NFS_FS 2017-06-09 11:47:38 +02:00
debug sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
events Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-21 11:12:48 -07:00
gcov gcov: support GCC 7.1 2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
irq genirq/cpuhotplug: Revert "Set force affinity flag on hotplug migration" 2017-07-27 15:40:02 +02:00
livepatch livepatch: Fix stacking of patches with respect to RCU 2017-06-20 10:42:19 +02:00
locking locking/lockdep: Fix the rollback and overwrite detection logic in crossrelease 2017-08-14 12:52:17 +02:00
power mm: fix global NR_SLAB_.*CLAIMABLE counter reads 2017-08-10 15:54:06 -07:00
printk Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2017-07-05 11:11:26 -07:00
rcu rcu: Remove RCU CPU stall warnings from Tiny RCU 2017-06-08 18:52:45 -07:00
sched locking/lockdep: Apply crossrelease to completions 2017-08-10 12:29:10 +02:00
time timers: Fix overflow in get_next_timer_interrupt 2017-08-01 14:20:53 +02:00
trace trace: fix the errors caused by incompatible type of RCU variables 2017-07-20 09:27:29 -04:00
.gitignore
acct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
async.c async: Adjust system_state checks 2017-05-23 10:01:37 +02:00
audit_fsnotify.c Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00
audit_tree.c Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00
audit_watch.c Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00
audit.c Merge branch 'stable-4.13' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2017-07-20 10:22:26 -07:00
audit.h audit: style fix 2017-06-12 18:07:43 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: kernel generated netlink traffic should have a portid of 0 2017-05-02 10:16:05 -04:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'stable-4.13' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2017-07-05 11:24:05 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c capability: export has_capability 2017-01-12 07:01:56 -07:00
compat.c Merge branch 'misc.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-06 20:57:13 -07:00
configs.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c smp/hotplug: Replace BUG_ON and react useful 2017-07-11 22:25:44 +02:00
crash_core.c kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c doc: ReSTify credentials.txt 2017-05-18 10:30:19 -06:00
delayacct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c locking/lockdep: Implement the 'crossrelease' feature 2017-08-10 12:29:07 +02:00
extable.c lib/extable.c: use bsearch() library function in search_extable() 2017-07-10 16:32:35 -07:00
fork.c Merge branch 'linus' into locking/core, to resolve conflicts 2017-08-11 13:51:59 +02:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
futex.c Merge branch 'linus' into locking/core, to pick up fixes 2017-08-10 12:20:53 +02:00
groups.c kernel/groups.c: use sort library function 2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: defer showing held locks 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c jump_label: Provide hotplug context variants 2017-08-10 12:28:59 +02:00
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: replace all_var with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL) 2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00
kcmp.c kcmp: add KCMP_EPOLL_TFD mode to compare epoll target files 2017-07-12 16:26:01 -07:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/mutex: Allow MUTEX_SPIN_ON_OWNER when DEBUG_MUTEXES 2016-10-25 11:31:51 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: simplify interrupt check 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
kexec_core.c kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
kexec_file.c kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
kexec.c kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
kmod.c kmod: throttle kmod thread limit 2017-07-14 15:05:13 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Ensure that jprobe probepoints are at function entry 2017-07-08 11:05:35 +02:00
ksysfs.c kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section 2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00
kthread.c cgroup, kthread: close race window where new kthreads can be migrated to non-root cgroups 2017-03-17 10:18:47 -04:00
latencytop.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
Makefile kernel/watchdog: split up config options 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
membarrier.c Fix: Disable sys_membarrier when nohz_full is enabled 2017-01-23 11:32:16 -08:00
memremap.c mm, memory_hotplug: replace for_device by want_memblock in arch_add_memory 2017-07-06 16:24:32 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Modules updates for v4.13 2017-07-12 17:22:01 -07:00
notifier.c kernel/notifier.c: simplify expression 2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
nsproxy.c perf: Add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info 2017-03-13 15:57:41 -03:00
padata.c padata: Avoid nested calls to cpus_read_lock() in pcrypt_init_padata() 2017-05-26 10:10:37 +02:00
panic.c locking/refcounts, x86/asm: Implement fast refcount overflow protection 2017-08-17 10:40:26 +02:00
params.c boot/param: Move next_arg() function to lib/cmdline.c for later reuse 2017-04-18 10:37:13 +02:00
pid_namespace.c pid_ns: Sleep in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE in zap_pid_ns_processes 2017-05-13 17:26:01 -05:00
pid.c pid: kill pidhash_size in pidhash_init() 2017-08-02 16:34:46 -07:00
profile.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ptrace.c ptrace: Properly initialize ptracer_cred on fork 2017-05-23 07:40:44 -05:00
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c Merge branch 'work.splice' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-02 11:38:06 -07:00
resource.c
seccomp.c seccomp: Switch from atomic_t to recount_t 2017-06-26 09:24:00 -07:00
signal.c Fix compat_sys_sigpending breakage 2017-08-06 11:48:27 -07:00
smp.c smp, cpumask: Use non-atomic cpumask_{set,clear}_cpu() 2017-05-23 10:01:32 +02:00
smpboot.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c sched/core: Remove 'task' parameter and rename tsk_restore_flags() to current_restore_flags() 2017-04-11 09:06:32 +02:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces 2017-03-08 09:18:02 +01:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Provide stop_machine_cpuslocked() 2017-05-26 10:10:36 +02:00
sys_ni.c move aio compat to fs/aio.c 2016-12-22 22:58:37 -05:00
sys.c fix a braino in compat_sys_getrlimit() 2017-07-12 09:15:00 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl_binary.c: check name array length in deprecated_sysctl_warning() 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
sysctl.c kernel/watchdog: split up config options 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c taskstats: add e/u/stime for TGID command 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/clock.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:27 +01:00
tracepoint.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
tsacct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ucount.c ucount: Remove the atomicity from ucount->count 2017-03-06 15:26:37 -06:00
uid16.c sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
up.c
user_namespace.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/user.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c sched/headers: Remove <linux/rwsem.h> from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-03 01:45:36 +01:00
utsname.c sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
watchdog_hld.c kernel/watchdog: split up config options 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c: use better pr_fmt prefix 2017-07-14 15:05:13 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c locking/lockdep: Implement the 'crossrelease' feature 2017-08-10 12:29:07 +02:00