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Subject[ 034/153] x86: Do not leak kernel page mapping locations
3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

commit e575a86fdc50d013bf3ad3aa81d9100e8e6cc60d upstream.

Without this patch, it is trivial to determine kernel page
mappings by examining the error code reported to dmesg[1].
Instead, declare the entire kernel memory space as a violation
of a present page.

Additionally, since show_unhandled_signals is enabled by
default, switch branch hinting to the more realistic
expectation, and unobfuscate the setting of the PF_PROT bit to
improve readability.

[1] http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/02/06/a-linux-memory-trick/

Reported-by: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Brad Spengler <spender@grsecurity.net>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130207174413.GA12485@www.outflux.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -738,13 +738,15 @@ __bad_area_nosemaphore(struct pt_regs *r
return;
}
#endif
+ /* Kernel addresses are always protection faults: */
+ if (address >= TASK_SIZE)
+ error_code |= PF_PROT;

- if (unlikely(show_unhandled_signals))
+ if (likely(show_unhandled_signals))
show_signal_msg(regs, error_code, address, tsk);

- /* Kernel addresses are always protection faults: */
tsk->thread.cr2 = address;
- tsk->thread.error_code = error_code | (address >= TASK_SIZE);
+ tsk->thread.error_code = error_code;
tsk->thread.trap_no = 14;

force_sig_info_fault(SIGSEGV, si_code, address, tsk, 0);



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