[PATCH] x86/CET: Update vfork to prevent child return

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Wed Sep 16 23:45:03 GMT 2020


Child of vfork should either call _exit or one of the exec family of
functions.  But normally there is nothing to prevent child of vfork from
returning to caller of vfork's caller.  With shadow stack enabled, we
can introduce mismatched shadow stack in child of vfork.  When the child
returns from the function in which vfork was called, mismatched shadow
stack will trigger SIGSEGV.
---
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S          |  6 +++
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile          |  5 ++
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/tst-cet-vfork-1.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S        |  6 +++
 4 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/tst-cet-vfork-1.c

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S
index ceb41db0bd..e54fdb7e4c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ ENTRY (__vfork)
 	/* Normal return if shadow stack isn't in use.  */
 	je	L(no_shstk)
 
+	testl	%eax, %eax
+	jnz	2f
+	/* NB: Jump back to caller directly with mismatched shadow stack
+	   to prevent child return.  */
+	jmp	*%ecx
+2:
 	/* Pop return address from shadow stack and jump back to caller
 	   directly.  */
 	movl	$1, %edx
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile
index 920edd8948..f3fae85c1e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ $(objpfx)tst-cet-property-2.out: $(objpfx)tst-cet-property-2 \
 	  $(evaluate-test)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(subdir),posix)
+tests += tst-cet-vfork-1
+CFLAGS-tst-cet-vfork-1.c += -mshstk
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(subdir),stdlib)
 tests += tst-cet-setcontext-1
 CFLAGS-tst-cet-setcontext-1.c += -mshstk
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/tst-cet-vfork-1.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/tst-cet-vfork-1.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ca148e857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/tst-cet-vfork-1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* Verify that child of vfork can't return with shadow stack.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <x86intrin.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+__attribute__ ((noclone, noinline))
+static pid_t
+do_test_1 (void)
+{
+  pid_t pid;
+
+  pid = vfork ();
+  if (pid == 0)
+    {
+      /* Child return should trigger SIGSEGV.  */
+      return 0;
+    }
+  _exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
+
+  return pid;
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  /* NB: This test should trigger SIGSEGV with shadow stack enabled.  */
+  if (_get_ssp () == 0)
+    return EXIT_UNSUPPORTED;
+  return do_test_1 () ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+
+#define EXPECTED_SIGNAL (_get_ssp () == 0 ? 0 : SIGSEGV)
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S
index 776d2fc610..5dd5cb714c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ ENTRY (__vfork)
 	/* Normal return if shadow stack isn't in use.  */
 	je	L(no_shstk)
 
+	testl	%eax, %eax
+	jnz	2f
+	/* NB: Jump back to caller directly with mismatched shadow stack
+	   to prevent child return.  */
+	jmp	*%rdi
+2:
 	/* Pop return address from shadow stack and jump back to caller
 	   directly.  */
 	movl	$1, %esi
-- 
2.26.2



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