add manpages for Memory Protection Keys
v4 cover add manpages for Memory Protection Keys
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/[email protected]>
Changes from v3:
* Split patches up, one per manpage.
* Started new sentences on new lines.
* Added description of default key to pkey.7
* reindented and fixed up sys_ in example code, s/err/status/, also removed assert()s.
* Various other fixes in response to Michael's review
One outstanding issue is the language and behavior for the PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS/WRITE flags. Should the manpage describe the acceptable number of flags as "zero or more" or "zero or one"?
Changes from v2:
* clarified that calling pkey_free() on a pkey in use by a mapping is bad.
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Memory Protection Keys for User pages is an Intel CPU feature which will first appear on Skylake Servers, but will also be supported on future non-server parts (there is also a QEMU implementation). It provides a mechanism for enforcing page-based protections, but without requiring modification of the page tables when an application wishes to change permissions.
I have propsed adding five new system calls to support this feature. The five calls are distributed across three man-pages (one existing and 2 new), plus a new pkey(7) page which serves as a general overview of the feature.
The system calls for this feature are not currently upstream but can be found here:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/daveh/x86-pkeys.git/
PATCH v4 1/6 pkey.7: New page with overview of Memory Protection Keys
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b/man7/pkey.7 | 230 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 230 insertions(+)
man7/pkey.7 new file +230 -0
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation +.\" +.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM) +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.\" %%%LICENSE_END +.\" +.TH PKEYS 7 2016-03-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +pkeys \- overview of Memory Protection Keys +.SH DESCRIPTION +Memory Protection Keys (pkeys) are an extension to existing +page-based memory permissions. +Normal page permissions using +page tables require expensive system calls and TLB invalidations +when changing permissions. +Memory Protection Keys provide a mechanism for changing +protections without requiring modification of the page tables on +every permission change. + +To use pkeys, software must first "tag" a page in the pagetables +with a pkey. +After this tag is in place, an application only has +to change the contents of a register in order to remove write +access, or all access to a tagged page. + +pkeys work in conjunction with the existing PROT_READ / PROT_WRITE / +PROT_EXEC permissions passed to system calls like +.BR mprotect (2) +and +.BR mmap (2), +but always act to further restrict these traditional permission +mechanisms. + +To use this feature, the processor must support it, and Linux +must contain support for the feature on a given processor. +As of early 2016 only future Intel x86 processors are supported, +and this hardware supports 16 protection keys in each process. +However, pkey 0 is used as the default key, so a maximum of 15 +are available for actual application use. +The default key is assigned to any memory region for which a +pkey has not been explicitly assigned via +.BR pkey_mprotect(2). + + +Protection keys has the potential to add a layer of security and +reliability to applications. +But, it has not been primarily designed as +a security feature. +For instance, WRPKRU is a completely unprivileged +instruction, so pkeys are useless in any case that an attacker controls +the PKRU register or can execute arbitrary instructions. + +Applications should be very careful to ensure that they do not "leak" +protection keys. +For instance, before an application calls +.BR pkey_free(2) +the application should be sure that no memory has that pkey assigned. +If the application left the freed pkey assigned, a future user of +that pkey might inadvertently change the permissions of an unrelated +data structure which could impact security or stability. +The kernel currently allows in-use pkeys to have +.BR pkey_free(2) +called on them because it would have processor or memory performance +implications to perform the additional checks needed to disallow it. +Implementation of these checks is left up to applications. +Applications may implement these checks by searching the /proc +filesystem smaps file for memory regions with the pkey assigned. +More details can be found in +.BR proc(5) + +Any application wanting to use protection keys needs to be able +to function without them. +They might be unavailable because the hardware that the +application runs on does not support them, the kernel code does +not contain support, the kernel support has been disabled, or +because the keys have all been allocated, perhaps by a library +the application is using. +It is recommended that applications wanting to use protection +keys should simply call +.BR pkey_alloc () +instead of attempting to detect support for the +feature in any othee way. + +Hardware support for protection keys may be enumerated with +the cpuid instruction. +Details on how to do this can be found in the Intel Software +Developers Manual. +The kernel performs this enumeration and exposes the information +in /proc/cpuinfo under the "flags" field. +"pku" in this field indicates hardware support for protection +keys and "ospke" indicates that the kernel contains and has +enabled protection keys support. +.SS Protection Keys system calls +The Linux kernel implements the following pkey-related system calls: +.BR pkey_mprotect (2), +.BR pkey_alloc (2), +.BR pkey_free (2), +.BR pkey_set (2), +and +.BR pkey_get (2) . +.SH NOTES +The Linux pkey system calls are available only if the kernel was +fonfigured and built with the +.BR CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS +option. +.SH EXAMPLE +.PP +The program below allocates a page of memory with read/write +permissions via PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE. +It then writes some data to the memory and successfully reads it +back. +After that, it attempts to allocate a protection key and +disallows access to it by passsing +.BR PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS +to +.BR pkey_set (2). +It then tried to access +.BR buffer +which we now expect to cause a fatal signal to the application. +.in +4n +.nf +.RB "$" " ./a.out" +buffer contains: 73 +about to read buffer again... +Segmentation fault (core dumped) +.fi +.in +.SS Program source +\& +.nf +#define _GNU_SOURCE +#include <unistd.h> +#include <sys/syscall.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <sys/mman.h> + +int pkey_get(int pkey, unsigned long flags) +{ + return syscall(SYS_pkey_get, pkey); +} + +int pkey_set(int pkey, unsigned long rights, unsigned long flags) +{ + return syscall(SYS_pkey_set, pkey, rights, flags); +} + +int pkey_mprotect(void *ptr, size_t size, unsigned long orig_prot, unsigned long pkey) +{ + return syscall(SYS_pkey_mprotect, ptr, size, orig_prot, pkey); +} + +int pkey_alloc(void) +{ + return syscall(SYS_pkey_alloc, 0, 0); +} + +int pkey_free(unsigned long pkey) +{ + return syscall(SYS_pkey_free, pkey); +} + +int main(void) +{ + int status; + int pkey; + int *buffer; + + /* Allocate one page of memory: */ + buffer = mmap(NULL, getpagesize(), PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0); + if (buffer == MAP_FAILED) + return -ENOMEM; + + /* Put some random data in to the page (still OK to touch): */ + (*buffer) = __LINE__; + printf("buffer contains: %d\\n", *buffer); + + /* Allocate a protection key: */ + pkey = pkey_alloc(); + if (pkey < 0) + return pkey; + + /* Disable access to any memory with "pkey" set, + * even though there is none right now. */ + status = pkey_set(pkey, PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS, 0); + if (status) + return status; + + /* + * set the protection key on "buffer": + * Note that it is still read/write as far as mprotect() is, + * concerned and the previous pkey_set() overrides it. + */ + status = pkey_mprotect(buffer, getpagesize(), PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, pkey); + if (status) + return status; + + printf("about to read buffer again...\\n"); + /* this will crash, because we have disallowed access: */ + printf("buffer contains: %d\\n", *buffer); + + status = pkey_free(pkey); + if (status) + return status; + + return 0; +} +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR pkey_alloc (2), +.BR pkey_free (2), +.BR pkey_get (2), +.BR pkey_mprotect (2), +.BR pkey_set (2),
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Re: [PATCH 1/6] pkey.7: New page with overview of Memory Protection Keys
man7/pkey.7 line 57
Quoted 6 lines · Dave Hansen
man7/pkey.7 new file +6
-0+To use this feature, the processor must support it, and Linux +must contain support for the feature on a given processor. +As of early 2016 only future Intel x86 processors are supported, +and this hardware supports 16 protection keys in each process. +However, pkey 0 is used as the default key, so a maximum of 15 +are available for actual application use.
How can we reserve pkeys for use in system libraries?
Thanks,
Florian
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Re: [PATCH 1/6] pkey.7: New page with overview of Memory Protection Keys
Quoted 9 lines · Florian Weimer
man7/pkey.7 line 57
Quoted 6 lines · Dave Hansen
man7/pkey.7 new file +6
-0+To use this feature, the processor must support it, and Linux +must contain support for the feature on a given processor. +As of early 2016 only future Intel x86 processors are supported, +and this hardware supports 16 protection keys in each process. +However, pkey 0 is used as the default key, so a maximum of 15 +are available for actual application use.How can we reserve pkeys for use in system libraries?
We are currently in need of a centralized mechanism to track which keys are allocated/free. My plan is to go add one to glibc. I'll add the documentation to the manpages when I post this functionality.
PATCH v4 2/6 mprotect.2: add pkey_mprotect() syscall
In reply to Dave Hansen---
b/man2/mprotect.2 | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
man2/mprotect.2 renamed from man2/mprotect.2~mprotect +41 -3
@@ -38,16 +38,19 @@ .\" .TH MPROTECT 2 2015-07-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME -mprotect \- set protection on a region of memory +mprotect, pkey_mprotect \- set protection on a region of memory .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <sys/mman.h> .sp .BI "int mprotect(void *" addr ", size_t " len ", int " prot ); +.BI "int pkey_mprotect(void *" addr ", size_t " len ", int " prot ", int " pkey "); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .BR mprotect () -changes protection for the calling process's memory page(s) +and +.BR pkey_mprotect () +change protection for the calling process's memory page(s) containing any part of the address range in the interval [\fIaddr\fP,\ \fIaddr\fP+\fIlen\fP\-1]. .I addr
@@ -74,10 +77,19 @@ The memory can be modified. .TP .B PROT_EXEC The memory can be executed. +.PP +.I pkey +is the protection key to assign to the memory. +A pkey must be allocated with +.BR pkey_alloc (2) +before it is passed to +.BR pkey_mprotect (). .SH RETURN VALUE On success, .BR mprotect () -returns zero. +and +.BR pkey_mprotect () +return zero. On error, \-1 is returned, and .I errno is set appropriately.
@@ -95,6 +107,8 @@ to mark it .B EINVAL \fIaddr\fP is not a valid pointer, or not a multiple of the system page size. +Or: \fIpkey\fP has not been allocated with +.BR pkey_alloc (2) .\" Or: both PROT_GROWSUP and PROT_GROWSDOWN were specified in 'prot'. .TP .B ENOMEM
@@ -165,6 +179,29 @@ but at a minimum can allow write access has been set, and must not allow any access if .B PROT_NONE has been set. + +Applications should be careful when mixing use of +.BR mprotect () +and +.BR pkey_mprotect () . +On x86, when +.BR mprotect () +is used with +.IR prot +set to +.B PROT_EXEC +a pkey is may be allocated and set on the memory implicitly +by the kernel, but only when the pkey was 0 previously. + +On systems that do not support protection keys in hardware, +.BR pkey_mprotect () +may still be used, but +.IR pkey +must be set to 0. +When called this way, the operation of +.BR pkey_mprotect () +is equivalent to +.BR mprotect (). .SH EXAMPLE .\" sigaction.2 refers to this example .PP
@@ -246,3 +283,4 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) .SH SEE ALSO .BR mmap (2), .BR sysconf (3) +.BR pkey (7)
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PATCH v4 3/6 pkey_alloc.2: New page describing protection key allocation and free
In reply to Dave Hansen---
b/man2/pkey_alloc.2 | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+)
man2/pkey_alloc.2 new file +109 -0
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation +.\" +.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM) +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and author of this work. +.\" %%%LICENSE_END +.\" +.TH PKEY_ALLOC 2 2016-03-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +pkey_alloc, pkey_free \- allocate or free a protection key +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/mman.h> +.sp +.BI "int pkey_alloc(unsigned long " flags ", unsigned long " access_rights ");" +.BI "int pkey_free(int " pkey ");" +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR pkey_alloc () +allocates a protection key and allows it to be passed to +the other interfaces that accept a protection key like +.BR pkey_mprotect (), +.BR pkey_set () +and +.BR pkey_get (). +.PP +.BR pkey_free () +frees a protection key and makes it available for later +allocations. +After a protection key has been freed, it may no longer be used +in any protection-key-related operations. +An application should not call +.BR pkey_free () +on any protection key which has been assigned to an address +range by +.BR pkey_mprotect () +and which is still in use. The behavior in this case is +undefined and may result in an error. +.PP +.RB ( pkey_alloc ()) +.I flags +may contain zero or more disable operations: +.TP +.B PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS +Disable all data access to memory covered by the returned protection key. +.TP +.B PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE +Disable write access to memory covered by the returned protection key. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR pkey_alloc () +returns a positive protection key value. +.BR pkey_free () +returns zero. +On error, \-1 is returned, and +.I errno +is set appropriately. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EINVAL +.IR pkey , +.IR flags , +or +.I access_rights +is invalid. +.TP +.B ENOSPC +.(RB pkey_alloc ()) +All protection keys available for the current process have +been allocated. +The number of keys available is architecture-specific and +implementation-specfic and may be reduced by kernel-internal use +of certain keys. +There are currently 15 keys available to user programs on x86. +.SH VERSIONS +.BR pkey_alloc () +and +.BR pkey_free () +were added to Linux in kernel <FIXME>; +library support was added to glibc in version <FIXME>. +.SH CONFORMING TO +The +.BR pkey_alloc () +and +.BR pkey_free () +system calls are Linux-specific. +.SH +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR pkey_get (2), +.BR pkey_mprotect (2), +.BR pkey_set (2), +.BR pkey (7)
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PATCH v4 4/6 pkey_get.2: New page desribing pkey rights manipulation syscalls
In reply to Dave Hansen---
b/man2/pkey_get.2 | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+)
man2/pkey_get.2 new file +109 -0
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation +.\" +.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM) +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and author of this work. +.\" %%%LICENSE_END +.\" +.TH PKEY_GET 2 2016-03-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +pkey_get, pkey_set \- manage protection key access permissions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/mman.h> +.sp +.BI "int pkey_get(int " pkey ", unsigned long " flags "); +.BI "int pkey_set(int " pkey ", unsigned long " access_rights ", unsigned long " flags ");" +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR pkey_set () +sets the current set of rights for the calling +thread for the protection key specified by +.IR pkey . +When rights for a key are disabled, any future access +to any memory region with that key set will generate a +.B SIGSEGV +signal. +Access rights are private to each thread. +.PP +.I access_rights +may contain zero or more disable operations: +.TP +.B PKEY_DISABLE_ACCESS +Disable all access to memory protected by the specified protection key. +.TP +.B PKEY_DISABLE_WRITE +Disable write access to memory protected by the specified protection key. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR pkey_set () +returns zero. +.BR pkey_get () +returns a mask containing zero or more of the disable operations +listed above. +On error, \-1 is returned, and +.I errno +is set appropriately. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EINVAL +.I pkey +or +.I access_rights +is invalid. +.SH NOTES +When any signal handler is invoked, the thread is temporarily +given a new, default set of protection key rights that override +whatever rights were set in the interrupted context. +The thread's protection key rights are restored when the signal +handler returns. + +The effects of a call to +.BR pkey_set () +from a signal handler will not persist when control passes out of +the signal handler. +This is true both when the handler returns to a normal, +nonsignal context, and when the signal handler is interrupted +by another signal handler. + +This signal behavior is unusual and is due to the fact that +the x86 PKRU register (which stores \fIaccess_rights\fP) +is managed with the same hardware mechanism (XSAVE) that +manages +floating-point registers. +The signal behavior is the same as that of a floating point +register. +.SH VERSIONS +.BR pkey_get () +and +.BR pkey_set () +were added to Linux in kernel <FIXME>; +library support was added to glibc in version <FIXME>. +.SH CONFORMING TO +The +.BR pkey_get () +and +.BR pkey_set () +system calls are Linux-specific. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR pkey_alloc (2), +.BR pkey_free (2), +.BR pkey_mprotect (2), +.BR pkey (7),
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PATCH v4 5/6 sigaction.2: describe siginfo changes from pkey-induced signals
In reply to Dave Hansen---
b/man2/sigaction.2 | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
man2/sigaction.2 renamed from man2/sigaction.2~sigaction +9 -0
@@ -311,6 +311,8 @@ siginfo_t { (since Linux 3.5) */ unsigned int si_arch; /* Architecture of attempted system call (since Linux 3.5) */ + unsigned int si_pkey; /* Protection key set on si_addr + (since Linux <FIXME>) */ } .fi .in
@@ -597,6 +599,13 @@ Coprocessor error. .TP .B ILL_BADSTK Internal stack error. +.TP +.B SEGV_PKUERR +Access was denied by memory protection keys. +See: +.BR pkeys (7). +The protection key which applied to this access is available via +.I si_pkey .RE .PP The following values can be placed in
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PATCH v4 6/6 proc.5: describe new ProtectionKey smaps field
In reply to Dave Hansen---
b/man5/proc.5 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
man5/proc.5 renamed from man5/proc.5~proc +7 -0
@@ -1573,6 +1573,13 @@ The codes are the following: nh - no-huge page advise flag mg - mergeable advise flag +"ProtectionKey" field contains the memory protection key (see +.BR pkeys (5)) +associated with the virtual memory area. +Only present if the kernel was built with the +.B CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS +configuration option. (since Linux 4.6) + The .IR /proc/[pid]/smaps file is present only if the
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