[PATCH 02/11] powerpc/kernel: Change the do_syscall_trace_enter() API
Kees Cook
keescook at chromium.org
Tue Jul 28 04:48:01 AEST 2015
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> wrote:
> The API for calling do_syscall_trace_enter() is currently sensible
> enough, it just returns the (modified) syscall number.
>
> However once we enable seccomp filter it will get more complicated. When
> seccomp filter runs, the seccomp kernel code (via SECCOMP_RET_ERRNO), or
> a ptracer (via SECCOMP_RET_TRACE), may reject the syscall and *may* or may
> *not* set a return value in r3.
>
> That means the assembler that calls do_syscall_trace_enter() can not
> blindly return ENOSYS, it needs to only return ENOSYS if a return value
> has not already been set.
>
> There is no way to implement that logic with the current API. So change
> the do_syscall_trace_enter() API to make it deal with the return code
> juggling, and the assembler can then just return whatever return code it
> is given.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
-Kees
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 4 ++++
> arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 23 ++++++++++++++------
> arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> 3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
> index 67ecdf61f4e3..2405631e91a2 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
> @@ -458,6 +458,10 @@ syscall_dotrace:
> lwz r7,GPR7(r1)
> lwz r8,GPR8(r1)
> REST_NVGPRS(r1)
> +
> + cmplwi r0,NR_syscalls
> + /* Return code is already in r3 thanks to do_syscall_trace_enter() */
> + bge- ret_from_syscall
> b syscall_dotrace_cont
>
> syscall_exit_work:
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> index ee15d3c62e26..a94f155db78e 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
> @@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ END_FW_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)
> CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r11, r1)
> ld r10,TI_FLAGS(r11)
> andi. r11,r10,_TIF_SYSCALL_DOTRACE
> - bne syscall_dotrace
> -.Lsyscall_dotrace_cont:
> + bne syscall_dotrace /* does not return */
> cmpldi 0,r0,NR_syscalls
> bge- syscall_enosys
>
> @@ -246,22 +245,34 @@ syscall_dotrace:
> bl save_nvgprs
> addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
> bl do_syscall_trace_enter
> +
> /*
> - * Restore argument registers possibly just changed.
> - * We use the return value of do_syscall_trace_enter
> - * for the call number to look up in the table (r0).
> + * We use the return value of do_syscall_trace_enter() as the syscall
> + * number. If the syscall was rejected for any reason do_syscall_trace_enter()
> + * returns an invalid syscall number and the test below against
> + * NR_syscalls will fail.
> */
> mr r0,r3
> +
> + /* Restore argument registers just clobbered and/or possibly changed. */
> ld r3,GPR3(r1)
> ld r4,GPR4(r1)
> ld r5,GPR5(r1)
> ld r6,GPR6(r1)
> ld r7,GPR7(r1)
> ld r8,GPR8(r1)
> +
> + /* Repopulate r9 and r10 for the system_call path */
> addi r9,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
> CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r10, r1)
> ld r10,TI_FLAGS(r10)
> - b .Lsyscall_dotrace_cont
> +
> + cmpldi r0,NR_syscalls
> + blt+ system_call
> +
> + /* Return code is already in r3 thanks to do_syscall_trace_enter() */
> + b .Lsyscall_exit
> +
>
> syscall_enosys:
> li r3,-ENOSYS
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
> index f21897b42057..7484221bb3f8 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -1762,26 +1762,42 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
> return ret;
> }
>
> -/*
> - * We must return the syscall number to actually look up in the table.
> - * This can be -1L to skip running any syscall at all.
> +/**
> + * do_syscall_trace_enter() - Do syscall tracing on kernel entry.
> + * @regs: the pt_regs of the task to trace (current)
> + *
> + * Performs various types of tracing on syscall entry. This includes seccomp,
> + * ptrace, syscall tracepoints and audit.
> + *
> + * The pt_regs are potentially visible to userspace via ptrace, so their
> + * contents is ABI.
> + *
> + * One or more of the tracers may modify the contents of pt_regs, in particular
> + * to modify arguments or even the syscall number itself.
> + *
> + * It's also possible that a tracer can choose to reject the system call. In
> + * that case this function will return an illegal syscall number, and will put
> + * an appropriate return value in regs->r3.
> + *
> + * Return: the (possibly changed) syscall number.
> */
> long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
> {
> - long ret = 0;
> + bool abort = false;
>
> user_exit();
>
> secure_computing_strict(regs->gpr[0]);
>
> - if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE) &&
> - tracehook_report_syscall_entry(regs))
> + if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)) {
> /*
> - * Tracing decided this syscall should not happen.
> - * We'll return a bogus call number to get an ENOSYS
> - * error, but leave the original number in regs->gpr[0].
> + * The tracer may decide to abort the syscall, if so tracehook
> + * will return !0. Note that the tracer may also just change
> + * regs->gpr[0] to an invalid syscall number, that is handled
> + * below on the exit path.
> */
> - ret = -1L;
> + abort = tracehook_report_syscall_entry(regs) != 0;
> + }
>
> if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)))
> trace_sys_enter(regs, regs->gpr[0]);
> @@ -1798,7 +1814,17 @@ long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
> regs->gpr[5] & 0xffffffff,
> regs->gpr[6] & 0xffffffff);
>
> - return ret ?: regs->gpr[0];
> + if (abort || regs->gpr[0] >= NR_syscalls) {
> + /*
> + * If we are aborting explicitly, or if the syscall number is
> + * now invalid, set the return value to -ENOSYS.
> + */
> + regs->gpr[3] = -ENOSYS;
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> + /* Return the possibly modified but valid syscall number */
> + return regs->gpr[0];
> }
>
> void do_syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs)
> --
> 2.1.0
>
--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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