[LTP] [PATCH] syscalls/pkeys01: use a dummy function instead of function_size

Jan Stancek jstancek@redhat.com
Wed Nov 20 15:56:10 CET 2024


On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 4:48 PM Jan Stancek <jstancek@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> As Martin found:
>   The function_size() code
>   is broken in a way that I cannot easily fix. The function tries
>   to calculate the size of a function by finding the first RET
>   instruction. However, in 32bit LTP builds, the code gets compiled
>   to this:
>
>   0804b690 <function_size>:
>    804b690:       8b 4c 24 04             mov    0x4(%esp),%ecx
>    804b694:       0f b6 01                movzbl (%ecx),%eax
>    804b697:       83 c0 3e                add    $0x3e,%eax
>    804b69a:       3c 01                   cmp    $0x1,%al
>    804b69c:       76 1a                   jbe    804b6b8 <function_size+0x28>
>    804b69e:       89 c8                   mov    %ecx,%eax
>    804b6a0:       83 c0 01                add    $0x1,%eax
>    804b6a3:       0f b6 10                movzbl (%eax),%edx
>    804b6a6:       83 c2 3e                add    $0x3e,%edx
>    804b6a9:       80 fa 01                cmp    $0x1,%dl
>    804b6ac:       77 f2                   ja     804b6a0 <function_size+0x10>
>    804b6ae:       29 c8                   sub    %ecx,%eax
>    804b6b0:       83 c0 10                add    $0x10,%eax
>    804b6b3:       c3                      ret
>    804b6b4:       8d 74 26 00             lea    0x0(%esi,%eiz,1),%esi
>    804b6b8:       b8 10 00 00 00          mov    $0x10,%eax
>    804b6bd:       c3                      ret
>    804b6be:       66 90                   xchg   %ax,%ax
>
>   If you look closely enough, you'll notice a C2 byte in add $0x3e,%edx
>   instruction on address 804b6a6. The function will assume this byte is
>   a RET instruction, return a size that's 22 bytes too short and then
>   the code execution inside the executable buffer will run past the end
>   of buffer, resulting in a segfault.
>
> Use a dummy function and copy entire page, similar to what we do
> in mprotect04.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@redhat.com>
> ---
>  testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/Makefile |  2 ++
>  testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/pkey01.c | 31 ++++++++++--------------
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> Notes:
>
> This could be an alternative to reverting PKEY_DISABLE_EXECUTE test.
> I haven't tested it yet on 32bit, but since it doesn't rely on any
> instruction codes I don't expect it to break. An important test
> would also be ppc64le.

I tested 32bit and ppc64le, both worked fine, so I propose we give this
a consideration as alternative to Martin's revert.

>
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/Makefile
> index 9ee2c2ea57b0..814593f3c720 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/Makefile
> @@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ top_srcdir              ?= ../../../..
>
>  include $(top_srcdir)/include/mk/testcases.mk
>
> +pkey01: CFLAGS += -falign-functions=64
> +
>  include $(top_srcdir)/include/mk/generic_leaf_target.mk
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/pkey01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/pkey01.c
> index c041cbcfd969..b10760b5bd2f 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/pkey01.c
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/pkeys/pkey01.c
> @@ -144,15 +144,9 @@ static char *flag_to_str(int flags)
>         }
>  }
>
> -static size_t function_size(void (*func)(void))
> +static long __attribute__ ((noinline)) dummy_func(void)
>  {
> -       unsigned char *start = (unsigned char *)func;
> -       unsigned char *end = start;
> -
> -       while (*end != 0xC3 && *end != 0xC2)
> -               end++;
> -
> -       return (size_t)(end - start + 1);
> +       return 0xdead;
>  }
>
>  /*
> @@ -165,8 +159,11 @@ static int pkey_test(struct tcase *tc, struct mmap_param *mpa)
>         char *buffer;
>         int pkey, status;
>         int fd = mpa->fd;
> -       size_t (*func)();
> -       size_t func_size = 0;
> +       long (*func)(void) = 0;
> +       uintptr_t page_mask = ~(getpagesize() - 1);
> +       uintptr_t offset_mask = (getpagesize() - 1);
> +       uintptr_t func_page_offset = (uintptr_t)&dummy_func & offset_mask;
> +       void *page_to_copy = (void *)((uintptr_t)&dummy_func & page_mask);
>
>         if (!execute_supported && (tc->access_rights == PKEY_DISABLE_EXECUTE)) {
>                 tst_res(TCONF, "skip PKEY_DISABLE_EXECUTE test");
> @@ -184,8 +181,8 @@ static int pkey_test(struct tcase *tc, struct mmap_param *mpa)
>         buffer = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, size, mpa->prot, mpa->flags, fd, 0);
>
>         if (mpa->prot == (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC)) {
> -               func_size = function_size((void (*)(void))function_size);
> -               memcpy(buffer, (void *)function_size, func_size);
> +               memcpy(buffer, page_to_copy, getpagesize());
> +               func = (long (*)(void))(buffer + func_page_offset);
>         }
>
>         pkey = pkey_alloc(tc->flags, tc->access_rights);
> @@ -211,8 +208,7 @@ static int pkey_test(struct tcase *tc, struct mmap_param *mpa)
>                                 "Write buffer success, buffer[0] = %d", *buffer);
>                 break;
>                 case PKEY_DISABLE_EXECUTE:
> -                       func = (size_t (*)())buffer;
> -                       tst_res(TFAIL | TERRNO, "Execute buffer result = %zi", func(func));
> +                       tst_res(TFAIL | TERRNO, "Execute buffer result = %ld", func());
>                 break;
>                 }
>                 exit(0);
> @@ -242,11 +238,10 @@ static int pkey_test(struct tcase *tc, struct mmap_param *mpa)
>                 tst_res(TPASS, "Read & Write buffer success, buffer[0] = %d", *buffer);
>         break;
>         case PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC:
> -               func = (size_t (*)())buffer;;
> -               if (func_size == func(func))
> -                       tst_res(TPASS, "Execute buffer success, result = %zi", func_size);
> +               if (dummy_func() == func())
> +                       tst_res(TPASS, "Execute buffer success, result = %ld", dummy_func());
>                 else
> -                       tst_res(TFAIL, "Execute buffer with unexpected result: %zi", func(func));
> +                       tst_res(TFAIL, "Execute buffer with unexpected result: %zi", func());
>         break;
>         }
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>
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