glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-execstack.c
Florian Weimer 52a01100ad elf: Remove ad-hoc restrictions on dlopen callers [BZ #22787]
This looks like a post-exploitation hardening measure: If an attacker is
able to redirect execution flow, they could use that to load a DSO which
contains additional code (or perhaps make the stack executable).

However, the checks are not in the correct place to be effective: If
they are performed before the critical operation, an attacker with
sufficient control over execution flow could simply jump directly to
the code which performs the operation, bypassing the check.  The check
would have to be executed unconditionally after the operation and
terminate the process in case a caller violation was detected.

Furthermore, in _dl_check_caller, there was a fallback reading global
writable data (GL(dl_rtld_map).l_map_start and
GL(dl_rtld_map).l_text_end), which could conceivably be targeted by an
attacker to disable the check, too.

Other critical functions (such as system) remain completely
unprotected, so the value of these additional checks does not appear
that large.  Therefore this commit removes this functionality.
2018-02-21 10:37:22 +01:00

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/* Stack executability handling for GNU dynamic linker. Linux version.
Copyright (C) 2003-2018 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
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#include <ldsodefs.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <libintl.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stackinfo.h>
#include <sysdep.h>
extern int __stack_prot attribute_relro attribute_hidden;
int
_dl_make_stack_executable (void **stack_endp)
{
/* This gives us the highest/lowest page that needs to be changed. */
uintptr_t page = ((uintptr_t) *stack_endp
& -(intptr_t) GLRO(dl_pagesize));
int result = 0;
if (__builtin_expect (__mprotect ((void *) page, GLRO(dl_pagesize),
__stack_prot) == 0, 1))
goto return_success;
result = errno;
goto out;
return_success:
/* Clear the address. */
*stack_endp = NULL;
/* Remember that we changed the permission. */
GL(dl_stack_flags) |= PF_X;
out:
#ifdef check_consistency
check_consistency ();
#endif
return result;
}
rtld_hidden_def (_dl_make_stack_executable)