From 4fc19708b165c1c152fa1f12f6600e66184b7786 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nadav Amit Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 16:22:46 -0700 Subject: x86/alternatives: Initialize temporary mm for patching To prevent improper use of the PTEs that are used for text patching, the next patches will use a temporary mm struct. Initailize it by copying the init mm. The address that will be used for patching is taken from the lower area that is usually used for the task memory. Doing so prevents the need to frequently synchronize the temporary-mm (e.g., when BPF programs are installed), since different PGDs are used for the task memory. Finally, randomize the address of the PTEs to harden against exploits that use these PTEs. Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org Cc: deneen.t.dock@intel.com Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Cc: kristen@linux.intel.com Cc: linux_dti@icloud.com Cc: will.deacon@arm.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426232303.28381-8-nadav.amit@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- init/main.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'init/main.c') diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c index 7d4025d665eb..95dd9406ee31 100644 --- a/init/main.c +++ b/init/main.c @@ -504,6 +504,8 @@ void __init __weak thread_stack_cache_init(void) void __init __weak mem_encrypt_init(void) { } +void __init __weak poking_init(void) { } + bool initcall_debug; core_param(initcall_debug, initcall_debug, bool, 0644); @@ -737,6 +739,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void) taskstats_init_early(); delayacct_init(); + poking_init(); check_bugs(); acpi_subsystem_init(); -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522