[Crash-utility] [PATCH RESEND] Basic support for PaX's split module layout

Mathias Krause minipli at grsecurity.net
Thu Jul 30 13:34:59 UTC 2020


PaX and grsecurity kernels split module memory into dedicated r/x and
r/w mappings using '*_rw' and '*_rx' named member variables in 'struct
module'. To add basic support for such kernels detect the split layout
by testing for the corresponding structure members and use these
instead.

So far we limit ourself to only track module code mappings for such
kernels as adding support for separate data mappings violates lots of
invariants in the rest of our code base, thereby would require a major
rework. However, with that patch applied, module code references can be
resolved in backtraces, memory and code dumps, which makes it already
very useful for analyzing such kernels.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli at grsecurity.net>
---
Resend as the original posting got stuck in the mail queue.

 defs.h    | 13 +++++++++++
 kernel.c  | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 symbols.c | 20 ++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/defs.h b/defs.h
index d7adb23b86d5..160974ed554a 100644
--- a/defs.h
+++ b/defs.h
@@ -654,12 +654,15 @@ struct new_utsname {
 #define TIMER_BASES                (0x20ULL)
 #define IRQ_DESC_TREE_RADIX        (0x40ULL)
 #define IRQ_DESC_TREE_XARRAY       (0x80ULL)
+#define KMOD_PAX                  (0x100ULL)
 
 #define XEN()       (kt->flags & ARCH_XEN)
 #define OPENVZ()    (kt->flags & ARCH_OPENVZ)
 #define PVOPS()     (kt->flags & ARCH_PVOPS)
 #define PVOPS_XEN() (kt->flags & ARCH_PVOPS_XEN)
 
+#define PAX_MODULE_SPLIT() (kt->flags2 & KMOD_PAX)
+
 #define XEN_MACHINE_TO_MFN(m)    ((ulonglong)(m) >> PAGESHIFT())
 #define XEN_PFN_TO_PSEUDO(p)     ((ulonglong)(p) << PAGESHIFT())
 
@@ -1346,7 +1349,11 @@ struct offset_table {                    /* stash of commonly-used offsets */
 	long module_gpl_syms;
 	long module_num_gpl_syms;
 	long module_module_core;
+	long module_module_core_rw;
+	long module_module_core_rx;
 	long module_core_size;
+	long module_core_size_rw;
+	long module_core_size_rx;
 	long module_core_text_size;
 	long module_num_symtab;
 	long module_symtab;
@@ -1776,6 +1783,8 @@ struct offset_table {                    /* stash of commonly-used offsets */
 	long mm_struct_rss_stat;
 	long mm_rss_stat_count;
 	long module_module_init;
+	long module_module_init_rw;
+	long module_module_init_rx;
 	long module_init_text_size;
 	long cpu_context_save_fp;
 	long cpu_context_save_sp;
@@ -1793,6 +1802,8 @@ struct offset_table {                    /* stash of commonly-used offsets */
 	long unwind_idx_insn;
 	long signal_struct_nr_threads;
 	long module_init_size;
+	long module_init_size_rw;
+	long module_init_size_rx;
 	long module_percpu;
 	long radix_tree_node_slots;
 	long s390_stack_frame_back_chain;
@@ -2313,6 +2324,8 @@ struct array_table {
  *  in the offset table, size table or array_table.
  */
 #define OFFSET(X)	   (OFFSET_verify(offset_table.X, (char *)__FUNCTION__, __FILE__, __LINE__, #X))
+#define MODULE_OFFSET(X,Y) (PAX_MODULE_SPLIT() ? OFFSET(Y) : OFFSET(X))
+#define MODULE_OFFSET2(X,T) MODULE_OFFSET(X, X##_##T)
 #define SIZE(X)            (SIZE_verify(size_table.X, (char *)__FUNCTION__, __FILE__, __LINE__, #X))
 #define INVALID_OFFSET     (-1)
 #define INVALID_MEMBER(X)  (offset_table.X == INVALID_OFFSET)
diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c
index 5ed602108b87..c2b8e0a04a26 100644
--- a/kernel.c
+++ b/kernel.c
@@ -3540,6 +3540,62 @@ module_init(void)
 					   "module_core");
 			MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(module_module_init, "module",
 					   "module_init");
+		} else if (MEMBER_EXISTS("module", "module_core_rx")) {
+			if (CRASHDEBUG(1))
+				error(INFO, "PaX module layout detected.\n");
+			kt->flags2 |= KMOD_PAX;
+
+			MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(module_core_size_rw, "module",
+					   "core_size_rw");
+			MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(module_core_size_rx, "module",
+					   "core_size_rx");
+
+			MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(module_init_size_rw, "module",
+					   "init_size_rw");
+			MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(module_init_size_rx, "module",
+					   "init_size_rx");
+
+			MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(module_module_core_rw, "module",
+					   "module_core_rw");
+			MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(module_module_core_rx, "module",
+					   "module_core_rx");
+
+			MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(module_module_init_rw, "module",
+					   "module_init_rw");
+			MEMBER_OFFSET_INIT(module_module_init_rx, "module",
+					   "module_init_rx");
+		} else if (MEMBER_EXISTS("module_layout", "base_rx")) {
+			if (CRASHDEBUG(1))
+				error(INFO, "PaX module layout detected.\n");
+			kt->flags2 |= KMOD_PAX;
+
+			ASSIGN_OFFSET(module_core_size_rw) =
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module", "core_layout") +
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module_layout", "size_rw");
+			ASSIGN_OFFSET(module_core_size_rx) =
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module", "core_layout") +
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module_layout", "size_rx");
+
+			ASSIGN_OFFSET(module_init_size_rw) =
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module", "init_layout") +
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module_layout", "size_rw");
+			ASSIGN_OFFSET(module_init_size_rx) =
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module", "init_layout") +
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module_layout", "size_rx");
+
+			ASSIGN_OFFSET(module_module_core_rw) =
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module", "core_layout") +
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module_layout", "base_rw");
+			ASSIGN_OFFSET(module_module_core_rx) =
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module", "core_layout") +
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module_layout", "base_rx");
+
+			ASSIGN_OFFSET(module_module_init_rw) =
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module", "init_layout") +
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module_layout", "base_rw");
+			ASSIGN_OFFSET(module_module_init_rx) =
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module", "init_layout") +
+				MEMBER_OFFSET("module_layout", "base_rx");
 		} else {
 			ASSIGN_OFFSET(module_core_size) =
 				MEMBER_OFFSET("module", "core_layout") +
@@ -3682,10 +3738,10 @@ module_init(void)
 		case KALLSYMS_V2:
 			if (THIS_KERNEL_VERSION >= LINUX(2,6,27)) {
 				numksyms = UINT(modbuf + OFFSET(module_num_symtab));
-				size = UINT(modbuf + OFFSET(module_core_size));
+				size = UINT(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET2(module_core_size, rx));
 			} else {
 				numksyms = ULONG(modbuf + OFFSET(module_num_symtab));
-				size = ULONG(modbuf + OFFSET(module_core_size));
+				size = ULONG(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET2(module_core_size, rx));
 			}
 
 			if (!size) {
@@ -3792,7 +3848,7 @@ verify_modules(void)
 				break;
 			case KMOD_V2:
 				mod_base = ULONG(modbuf + 
-					OFFSET(module_module_core));
+					MODULE_OFFSET2(module_module_core, rx));
 				break;
 			}
 
@@ -3816,10 +3872,10 @@ verify_modules(void)
 						OFFSET(module_name);
 					if (THIS_KERNEL_VERSION >= LINUX(2,6,27))
 						mod_size = UINT(modbuf +
-							OFFSET(module_core_size));
+							MODULE_OFFSET2(module_core_size, rx));
 					else
 						mod_size = ULONG(modbuf +
-							OFFSET(module_core_size));
+							MODULE_OFFSET2(module_core_size, rx));
                 			if (strlen(module_name) < MAX_MOD_NAME)
                         			strcpy(buf, module_name);
                 			else 
@@ -5989,6 +6045,8 @@ dump_kernel_table(int verbose)
 		fprintf(fp, "%sIRQ_DESC_TREE_RADIX", others++ ? "|" : "");
 	if (kt->flags2 & IRQ_DESC_TREE_XARRAY)
 		fprintf(fp, "%sIRQ_DESC_TREE_XARRAY", others++ ? "|" : "");
+	if (kt->flags2 & KMOD_PAX)
+		fprintf(fp, "%sKMOD_PAX", others++ ? "|" : "");
 	fprintf(fp, ")\n");
 
         fprintf(fp, "         stext: %lx\n", kt->stext);
diff --git a/symbols.c b/symbols.c
index 3b1f08af43ff..be672fcaefd9 100644
--- a/symbols.c
+++ b/symbols.c
@@ -1766,17 +1766,17 @@ store_module_symbols_v2(ulong total, int mods_installed)
 
 		if (THIS_KERNEL_VERSION >= LINUX(2,6,27)) {
 			nksyms = UINT(modbuf + OFFSET(module_num_symtab));
-			size = UINT(modbuf + OFFSET(module_core_size));
+			size = UINT(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET2(module_core_size, rx));
 		} else {
 			nksyms = ULONG(modbuf + OFFSET(module_num_symtab));
-			size = ULONG(modbuf + OFFSET(module_core_size));
+			size = ULONG(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET2(module_core_size, rx));
 		}
 
 		mod_name = modbuf + OFFSET(module_name);
 
 		lm = &st->load_modules[m++];
 		BZERO(lm, sizeof(struct load_module));
-		lm->mod_base = ULONG(modbuf + OFFSET(module_module_core));
+		lm->mod_base = ULONG(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET2(module_module_core, rx));
 		lm->module_struct = mod;
 		lm->mod_size = size;
         	if (strlen(mod_name) < MAX_MOD_NAME)
@@ -1795,23 +1795,23 @@ store_module_symbols_v2(ulong total, int mods_installed)
 		lm->mod_flags = MOD_EXT_SYMS;
 		lm->mod_ext_symcnt = mcnt;
 		lm->mod_init_module_ptr = ULONG(modbuf + 
-			OFFSET(module_module_init));
+			MODULE_OFFSET2(module_module_init, rx));
 		if (VALID_MEMBER(module_percpu))
 			lm->mod_percpu = ULONG(modbuf + OFFSET(module_percpu));
 		if (THIS_KERNEL_VERSION >= LINUX(2,6,27)) {
 			lm->mod_etext_guess = lm->mod_base +
-				UINT(modbuf + OFFSET(module_core_text_size));
+				UINT(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET(module_core_text_size, module_core_size_rx));
 			lm->mod_init_size =
-				UINT(modbuf + OFFSET(module_init_size));
+				UINT(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET2(module_init_size, rx));
 			lm->mod_init_text_size = 
-				UINT(modbuf + OFFSET(module_init_text_size));
+				UINT(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET(module_init_text_size, module_init_size_rx));
 		} else {
 			lm->mod_etext_guess = lm->mod_base +
-				ULONG(modbuf + OFFSET(module_core_text_size));
+				ULONG(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET(module_core_text_size, module_core_size_rx));
 			lm->mod_init_size =
-				ULONG(modbuf + OFFSET(module_init_size));
+				ULONG(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET2(module_init_size, rx));
 			lm->mod_init_text_size = 
-				ULONG(modbuf + OFFSET(module_init_text_size));
+				ULONG(modbuf + MODULE_OFFSET(module_init_text_size, module_init_size_rx));
 		}
 		lm->mod_text_start = lm->mod_base;
 
-- 
2.20.1





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