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authorStefan O'Rear <sorear@fastmail.com>2024-03-27 02:12:58 -0400
committerPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>2024-04-04 12:35:05 -0700
commitd14fa1fcf69db9d070e75f1c4425211fa619dfc8 (patch)
tree523a8633fd23944dde64630016689278b0c1ac52 /arch
parenta370c2419e4680a27382d9231edcf739d5d74efc (diff)
riscv: process: Fix kernel gp leakage
childregs represents the registers which are active for the new thread in user context. For a kernel thread, childregs->gp is never used since the kernel gp is not touched by switch_to. For a user mode helper, the gp value can be observed in user space after execve or possibly by other means. [From the email thread] The /* Kernel thread */ comment is somewhat inaccurate in that it is also used for user_mode_helper threads, which exec a user process, e.g. /sbin/init or when /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern is a pipe. Such threads do not have PF_KTHREAD set and are valid targets for ptrace etc. even before they exec. childregs is the *user* context during syscall execution and it is observable from userspace in at least five ways: 1. kernel_execve does not currently clear integer registers, so the starting register state for PID 1 and other user processes started by the kernel has sp = user stack, gp = kernel __global_pointer$, all other integer registers zeroed by the memset in the patch comment. This is a bug in its own right, but I'm unwilling to bet that it is the only way to exploit the issue addressed by this patch. 2. ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGSET): you can PTRACE_ATTACH to a user_mode_helper thread before it execs, but ptrace requires SIGSTOP to be delivered which can only happen at user/kernel boundaries. 3. /proc/*/task/*/syscall: this is perfectly happy to read pt_regs for user_mode_helpers before the exec completes, but gp is not one of the registers it returns. 4. PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER: LOCKDOWN_PERF normally prevents access to kernel addresses via PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR, but due to this bug kernel addresses are also exposed via PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER which is permitted under LOCKDOWN_PERF. I have not attempted to write exploit code. 5. Much of the tracing infrastructure allows access to user registers. I have not attempted to determine which forms of tracing allow access to user registers without already allowing access to kernel registers. Fixes: 7db91e57a0ac ("RISC-V: Task implementation") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Stefan O'Rear <sorear@fastmail.com> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240327061258.2370291-1-sorear@fastmail.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/riscv/kernel/process.c3
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
index 6abeecbfc51d..e4bc61c4e58a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
#include <asm/vector.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
-register unsigned long gp_in_global __asm__("gp");
-
#if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && !defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_PER_TASK)
#include <linux/stackprotector.h>
unsigned long __stack_chk_guard __read_mostly;
@@ -207,7 +205,6 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
if (unlikely(args->fn)) {
/* Kernel thread */
memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
- childregs->gp = gp_in_global;
/* Supervisor/Machine, irqs on: */
childregs->status = SR_PP | SR_PIE;