kern/181497: ASLR Feature Request - patch included

Oliver Pinter oliver.pntr at gmail.com
Sat Aug 24 13:50:02 UTC 2013


The following reply was made to PR kern/181497; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr at gmail.com>
To: Steven Lee <steven at roothosts.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/181497: ASLR Feature Request - patch included
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:48:49 +0200

 new version of the patchset:
 https://github.com/opntr/freebsd-patches-2013-tavasz/tree/master/r249952+ASLR
 
 On 8/24/13, Steven Lee <steven at roothosts.com> wrote:
 >
 >>Number:         181497
 >>Category:       kern
 >>Synopsis:       ASLR Feature Request - patch included
 >>Confidential:   no
 >>Severity:       non-critical
 >>Priority:       low
 >>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 >>State:          open
 >>Quarter:
 >>Keywords:
 >>Date-Required:
 >>Class:          change-request
 >>Submitter-Id:   current-users
 >>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug 24 02:20:00 UTC 2013
 >>Closed-Date:
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator:     Steven Lee
 >>Release:        releng/9.2
 >>Organization:
 > Root Hosts
 >>Environment:
 > N/A
 >>Description:
 > Most modern operating systems have ASLR to help mitigate yet-unknown
 > vulnerabilities.
 >
 > It would be very nice if FreeBSD shipped with ASLR features in the kernel
 > (default off), that could be easily switched on with a sysctl variable.
 >
 > I understand that in some production environments ASLR may make a system
 > slower through memory fragmentation, but at least give people the option to
 > turn ASLR on for those who actually want it. :)
 >
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 > N/A
 >>Fix:
 > This patch has been circulating the internet since FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE at
 > least. It looks like parts of it are from OpenBSD? (I could be wrong.) I've
 > used it in production for many many years and it works like a champ.
 >
 > The patch will just need the sysctl defaults inverted and the variable names
 > possibly renamed for clarity.
 >
 >
 > Patch attached with submission follows:
 >
 > commit 779a962519e7ead63dda24348b98f6cde8156752
 > Author: Oliver Pinter <opn at opn.(none)>
 > Date:   Tue Oct 4 00:24:01 2011 +0200
 >
 >     forwardport mmap-randomization patch from 7-STABLE-op
 >
 >     Signed-off-by: Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr at gmail.com>
 >
 > diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
 > index fe01142..dc66db6 100644
 > --- a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
 > +++ b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
 > @@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ MALLOC_DEFINE(M_PARGS, "proc-args", "Process
 > arguments");
 >  static int sysctl_kern_ps_strings(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS);
 >  static int sysctl_kern_usrstack(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS);
 >  static int sysctl_kern_stackprot(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS);
 > +static int sysctl_kern_stackgap_random(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS);
 >  static int do_execve(struct thread *td, struct image_args *args,
 >      struct mac *mac_p);
 >
 > @@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ SYSCTL_PROC(_kern, KERN_USRSTACK, usrstack,
 > CTLTYPE_ULONG|CTLFLAG_RD|
 >  SYSCTL_PROC(_kern, OID_AUTO, stackprot, CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RD,
 >      NULL, 0, sysctl_kern_stackprot, "I", "");
 >
 > +SYSCTL_PROC(_kern, OID_AUTO, stackgap_random, CTLTYPE_INT|CTLFLAG_RW,
 > +    NULL, 0, sysctl_kern_stackgap_random, "I", "stackgap maximum offset");
 > +
 >  u_long ps_arg_cache_limit = PAGE_SIZE / 16;
 >  SYSCTL_ULONG(_kern, OID_AUTO, ps_arg_cache_limit, CTLFLAG_RW,
 >      &ps_arg_cache_limit, 0, "");
 > @@ -177,6 +181,30 @@ sysctl_kern_stackprot(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 >  	    sizeof(p->p_sysent->sv_stackprot)));
 >  }
 >
 > +static int	stackgap_random = 64 * 1024;
 > +
 > +static int
 > +sysctl_kern_stackgap_random(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 > +{
 > +	int	err;
 > +	int	val;
 > +
 > +	val=stackgap_random;
 > +	err=sysctl_handle_int(oidp, &val, sizeof(int), req);
 > +	if (err || !req->newptr) {
 > +		return (err);
 > +	}
 > +
 > +	if ((val<ALIGNBYTES && (val!=0))
 > +	    || !powerof2(val) || val>64*1024*1024) {
 > +		return (EINVAL);
 > +	}
 > +
 > +	stackgap_random=val;
 > +
 > +	return (0);
 > +}
 > +
 >  /*
 >   * Each of the items is a pointer to a `const struct execsw', hence the
 >   * double pointer here.
 > @@ -1248,6 +1276,7 @@ exec_copyout_strings(imgp)
 >  	size_t execpath_len;
 >  	int szsigcode, szps;
 >  	char canary[sizeof(long) * 8];
 > +	int sgap;
 >
 >  	szps = sizeof(pagesizes[0]) * MAXPAGESIZES;
 >  	/*
 > @@ -1265,7 +1294,11 @@ exec_copyout_strings(imgp)
 >  		if (p->p_sysent->sv_szsigcode != NULL)
 >  			szsigcode = *(p->p_sysent->sv_szsigcode);
 >  	}
 > -	destp =	(caddr_t)arginfo - szsigcode - SPARE_USRSPACE -
 > +	sgap=0;
 > +	if (stackgap_random!=0) {
 > +		sgap=ALIGN(arc4random()&(stackgap_random-1));
 > +	}
 > +	destp =	(caddr_t)arginfo - szsigcode - SPARE_USRSPACE - sgap -
 >  	    roundup(execpath_len, sizeof(char *)) -
 >  	    roundup(sizeof(canary), sizeof(char *)) -
 >  	    roundup(szps, sizeof(char *)) -
 > diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_mmap.c b/sys/vm/vm_mmap.c
 > index e85b681..991a37d 100644
 > --- a/sys/vm/vm_mmap.c
 > +++ b/sys/vm/vm_mmap.c
 > @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 >  #include <sys/stat.h>
 >  #include <sys/sysent.h>
 >  #include <sys/vmmeter.h>
 > +#include <sys/sysctl.h>
 >
 >  #include <security/mac/mac_framework.h>
 >
 > @@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ static int vm_mmap_cdev(struct thread *, vm_size_t,
 > vm_prot_t, vm_prot_t *,
 >  static int vm_mmap_shm(struct thread *, vm_size_t, vm_prot_t, vm_prot_t *,
 >      int *, struct shmfd *, vm_ooffset_t, vm_object_t *);
 >
 > +static int mmap_random=1;
 > +SYSCTL_INT(_vm, OID_AUTO, mmap_random, CTLFLAG_RW, &mmap_random, 0,
 > +		"random mmap offset");
 > +
 >  /*
 >   * MPSAFE
 >   */
 > @@ -256,7 +261,8 @@ sys_mmap(td, uap)
 >  		/*
 >  		 * XXX for non-fixed mappings where no hint is provided or
 >  		 * the hint would fall in the potential heap space,
 > -		 * place it after the end of the largest possible heap.
 > +		 * place it after the end of the largest possible heap,
 > +		 * plus a random offset, if mmap_random is set.
 >  		 *
 >  		 * There should really be a pmap call to determine a reasonable
 >  		 * location.
 > @@ -265,9 +271,13 @@ sys_mmap(td, uap)
 >  		if (addr == 0 ||
 >  		    (addr >= round_page((vm_offset_t)vms->vm_taddr) &&
 >  		    addr < round_page((vm_offset_t)vms->vm_daddr +
 > -		    lim_max(td->td_proc, RLIMIT_DATA))))
 > +		    lim_max(td->td_proc, RLIMIT_DATA)))) {
 >  			addr = round_page((vm_offset_t)vms->vm_daddr +
 >  			    lim_max(td->td_proc, RLIMIT_DATA));
 > +			if (mmap_random) {
 > +				addr+=arc4random()&(256*1024*1024-1);
 > +			}
 > +		}
 >  		PROC_UNLOCK(td->td_proc);
 >  	}
 >  	if (flags & MAP_ANON) {
 >
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