[PATCH v8 1/2] mm: security: introduce init_on_alloc=1 and init_on_free=1 boot options
Alexander Potapenko
glider at google.com
Thu Jun 27 08:18:24 UTC 2019
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 8:15 PM Qian Cai <cai at lca.pw> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2019-06-26 at 14:19 +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> > The new options are needed to prevent possible information leaks and
> > make control-flow bugs that depend on uninitialized values more
> > deterministic.
> >
> > This is expected to be on-by-default on Android and Chrome OS. And it
> > gives the opportunity for anyone else to use it under distros too via
> > the boot args. (The init_on_free feature is regularly requested by
> > folks where memory forensics is included in their threat models.)
> >
> > init_on_alloc=1 makes the kernel initialize newly allocated pages and heap
> > objects with zeroes. Initialization is done at allocation time at the
> > places where checks for __GFP_ZERO are performed.
> >
> > init_on_free=1 makes the kernel initialize freed pages and heap objects
> > with zeroes upon their deletion. This helps to ensure sensitive data
> > doesn't leak via use-after-free accesses.
> >
> > Both init_on_alloc=1 and init_on_free=1 guarantee that the allocator
> > returns zeroed memory. The two exceptions are slab caches with
> > constructors and SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU flag. Those are never
> > zero-initialized to preserve their semantics.
> >
> > Both init_on_alloc and init_on_free default to zero, but those defaults
> > can be overridden with CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON and
> > CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
> >
> > If either SLUB poisoning or page poisoning is enabled, we disable
> > init_on_alloc and init_on_free so that initialization doesn't interfere
> > with debugging.
> >
> > Slowdown for the new features compared to init_on_free=0,
> > init_on_alloc=0:
> >
> > hackbench, init_on_free=1: +7.62% sys time (st.err 0.74%)
> > hackbench, init_on_alloc=1: +7.75% sys time (st.err 2.14%)
> >
> > Linux build with -j12, init_on_free=1: +8.38% wall time (st.err 0.39%)
> > Linux build with -j12, init_on_free=1: +24.42% sys time (st.err 0.52%)
> > Linux build with -j12, init_on_alloc=1: -0.13% wall time (st.err 0.42%)
> > Linux build with -j12, init_on_alloc=1: +0.57% sys time (st.err 0.40%)
> >
> > The slowdown for init_on_free=0, init_on_alloc=0 compared to the
> > baseline is within the standard error.
> >
> > The new features are also going to pave the way for hardware memory
> > tagging (e.g. arm64's MTE), which will require both on_alloc and on_free
> > hooks to set the tags for heap objects. With MTE, tagging will have the
> > same cost as memory initialization.
> >
> > Although init_on_free is rather costly, there are paranoid use-cases where
> > in-memory data lifetime is desired to be minimized. There are various
> > arguments for/against the realism of the associated threat models, but
> > given that we'll need the infrastructure for MTE anyway, and there are
> > people who want wipe-on-free behavior no matter what the performance cost,
> > it seems reasonable to include it in this series.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider at google.com>
> > Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> > To: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
> > To: Christoph Lameter <cl at linux.com>
> > To: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko at kernel.org>
> > Cc: James Morris <jmorris at namei.org>
> > Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge at hallyn.com>
> > Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers at google.com>
> > Cc: Kostya Serebryany <kcc at google.com>
> > Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov at google.com>
> > Cc: Sandeep Patil <sspatil at android.com>
> > Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott at redhat.com>
> > Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org>
> > Cc: Jann Horn <jannh at google.com>
> > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> > Cc: Marco Elver <elver at google.com>
> > Cc: Qian Cai <cai at lca.pw>
> > Cc: linux-mm at kvack.org
> > Cc: linux-security-module at vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: kernel-hardening at lists.openwall.com
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - unconditionally initialize pages in kernel_init_free_pages()
> > - comment from Randy Dunlap: drop 'default false' lines from
> > Kconfig.hardening
> > v3:
> > - don't call kernel_init_free_pages() from memblock_free_pages()
> > - adopted some Kees' comments for the patch description
> > v4:
> > - use NULL instead of 0 in slab_alloc_node() (found by kbuild test robot)
> > - don't write to NULL object in slab_alloc_node() (found by Android
> > testing)
> > v5:
> > - adjusted documentation wording as suggested by Kees
> > - disable SLAB_POISON if auto-initialization is on
> > - don't wipe RCU cache allocations made without __GFP_ZERO
> > - dropped SLOB support
> > v7:
> > - rebase the patch, added the Acked-by: tag
> > v8:
> > - addressed comments by Michal Hocko: revert kernel/kexec_core.c and
> > apply initialization in dma_pool_free()
> > - disable init_on_alloc/init_on_free if slab poisoning or page
> > poisoning are enabled, as requested by Qian Cai
> > - skip the redzone when initializing a freed heap object, as requested
> > by Qian Cai and Kees Cook
> > - use s->offset to address the freeptr (suggested by Kees Cook)
> > - updated the patch description, added Signed-off-by: tag
> > ---
> > .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++
> > drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c | 2 +-
> > include/linux/mm.h | 22 ++++++
> > mm/dmapool.c | 4 +-
> > mm/page_alloc.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++--
> > mm/slab.c | 16 ++++-
> > mm/slab.h | 19 +++++
> > mm/slub.c | 43 +++++++++--
> > net/core/sock.c | 2 +-
> > security/Kconfig.hardening | 29 ++++++++
> > 10 files changed, 199 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > index 138f6664b2e2..84ee1121a2b9 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > @@ -1673,6 +1673,15 @@
> >
> > initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial
> > ramdisk
> >
> > + init_on_alloc= [MM] Fill newly allocated pages and heap
> > objects with
> > + zeroes.
> > + Format: 0 | 1
> > + Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON.
> > +
> > + init_on_free= [MM] Fill freed pages and heap objects with
> > zeroes.
> > + Format: 0 | 1
> > + Default set by CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
> > +
> > init_pkru= [x86] Specify the default memory protection keys
> > rights
> > register contents for all processes. 0x55555554 by
> > default (disallow access to all but pkey 0). Can
> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
> > b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
> > index 829b0c6944d8..61758201d9b2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
> > @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ __malloc void *_uverbs_alloc(struct uverbs_attr_bundle
> > *bundle, size_t size,
> > res = (void *)pbundle->internal_buffer + pbundle->internal_used;
> > pbundle->internal_used =
> > ALIGN(new_used, sizeof(*pbundle->internal_buffer));
> > - if (flags & __GFP_ZERO)
> > + if (want_init_on_alloc(flags))
> > memset(res, 0, size);
> > return res;
> > }
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> > index dd0b5f4e1e45..96be2604f313 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> > @@ -2696,6 +2696,28 @@ static inline void kernel_poison_pages(struct page
> > *page, int numpages,
> > int enable) { }
> > #endif
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON
> > +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(init_on_alloc);
> > +#else
> > +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(init_on_alloc);
> > +#endif
> > +static inline bool want_init_on_alloc(gfp_t flags)
> > +{
> > + if (static_branch_unlikely(&init_on_alloc))
> > + return true;
> > + return flags & __GFP_ZERO;
> > +}
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON
> > +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(init_on_free);
> > +#else
> > +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(init_on_free);
> > +#endif
> > +static inline bool want_init_on_free(void)
> > +{
> > + return static_branch_unlikely(&init_on_free);
> > +}
> > +
> > extern bool _debug_pagealloc_enabled;
> >
> > static inline bool debug_pagealloc_enabled(void)
>
> Do those really necessary need to be static keys?
Yes. Initially they weren't, but using static branches saved us a few %%.
> Adding either init_on_free=0 or init_on_alloc=0 to the kernel cmdline will
> generate a warning with kernels built with clang.
Looks like Kees has taken care of this issue in his "arm64: Move
jump_label_init() before parse_early_param()"
Thanks Kees!
> [ 0.000000] static_key_disable(): static key 'init_on_free+0x0/0x4' used
> before call to jump_label_init()
> [ 0.000000] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at ./include/linux/jump_label.h:317
> early_init_on_free+0x1c0/0x200
> [ 0.000000] Modules linked in:
> [ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.2.0-rc6-next-20190626+
> #9
> [ 0.000000] pstate: 60000089 (nZCv daIf -PAN -UAO)
> [ 0.000000] pc : early_init_on_free+0x1c0/0x200
> [ 0.000000] lr : early_init_on_free+0x1c0/0x200
> [ 0.000000] sp : ffff100012c07df0
> [ 0.000000] x29: ffff100012c07e20 x28: ffff1000110a01ec
> [ 0.000000] x27: 000000000000005f x26: ffff100011716cd0
> [ 0.000000] x25: ffff100010d36166 x24: ffff100010d3615d
> [ 0.000000] x23: ffff100010d364b5 x22: ffff1000117164a0
> [ 0.000000] x21: 0000000000000000 x20: 0000000000000000
> [ 0.000000] x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 000000000000002e
> [ 0.000000] x17: 000000000000000f x16: 0000000000000040
> [ 0.000000] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 6c61632065726f66
> [ 0.000000] x13: 6562206465737520 x12: 273478302f307830
> [ 0.000000] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000
> [ 0.000000] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000000000000
> [ 0.000000] x7 : 6d756a206f74206c x6 : ffff100014426625
> [ 0.000000] x5 : ffff100012c07b28 x4 : 0000000000000007
> [ 0.000000] x3 : ffff1000101aadf4 x2 : 0000000000000001
> [ 0.000000] x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 000000000000005d
> [ 0.000000] Call trace:
> [ 0.000000] early_init_on_free+0x1c0/0x200
> [ 0.000000] do_early_param+0xd0/0x104
> [ 0.000000] parse_args+0x1f0/0x524
> [ 0.000000] parse_early_param+0x70/0x8c
> [ 0.000000] setup_arch+0xa8/0x268
> [ 0.000000] start_kernel+0x80/0x560
>
--
Alexander Potapenko
Software Engineer
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