Under CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY, this adds object size checking to the
SLAB allocator to catch any copies that may span objects.
Based on code from PaX and grsecurity.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
---
init/Kconfig | 1 +
mm/slab.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f755a602d4a1..798c2020ee7c 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1757,6 +1757,7 @@ choice
config SLAB
bool "SLAB"
+ select HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR
help
The regular slab allocator that is established and known to work
well in all environments. It organizes cache hot objects in
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index cc8bbc1e6bc9..5e2d5f349aca 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -4477,6 +4477,36 @@ static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
module_init(slab_proc_init);
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY
+/*
+ * Rejects objects that are incorrectly sized.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if check passes, otherwise const char * to name of cache
+ * to indicate an error.
+ */
+const char *__check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n,
+ struct page *page)
+{
+ struct kmem_cache *cachep;
+ unsigned int objnr;
+ unsigned long offset;
+
+ /* Find and validate object. */
+ cachep = page->slab_cache;
+ objnr = obj_to_index(cachep, page, (void *)ptr);
+ BUG_ON(objnr >= cachep->num);
+
+ /* Find offset within object. */
+ offset = ptr - index_to_obj(cachep, page, objnr) - obj_offset(cachep);
+
+ /* Allow address range falling entirely within object size. */
+ if (offset <= cachep->object_size && n <= cachep->object_size - offset)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return cachep->name;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY */
+
/**
* ksize - get the actual amount of memory allocated for a given object
* @objp: Pointer to the object
--
2.7.4
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