linux/init
Thomas Garnier 210e7a43fa mm: SLUB freelist randomization
Implements freelist randomization for the SLUB allocator.  It was
previous implemented for the SLAB allocator.  Both use the same
configuration option (CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM).

The list is randomized during initialization of a new set of pages.  The
order on different freelist sizes is pre-computed at boot for
performance.  Each kmem_cache has its own randomized freelist.

This security feature reduces the predictability of the kernel SLUB
allocator against heap overflows rendering attacks much less stable.

For example these attacks exploit the predictability of the heap:
 - Linux Kernel CAN SLUB overflow (https://goo.gl/oMNWkU)
 - Exploiting Linux Kernel Heap corruptions (http://goo.gl/EXLn95)

Performance results:

slab_test impact is between 3% to 4% on average for 100000 attempts
without smp.  It is a very focused testing, kernbench show the overall
impact on the system is way lower.

Before:

  Single thread testing
  =====================
  1. Kmalloc: Repeatedly allocate then free test
  100000 times kmalloc(8) -> 49 cycles kfree -> 77 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(16) -> 51 cycles kfree -> 79 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(32) -> 53 cycles kfree -> 83 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(64) -> 62 cycles kfree -> 90 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(128) -> 81 cycles kfree -> 97 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(256) -> 98 cycles kfree -> 121 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(512) -> 95 cycles kfree -> 122 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(1024) -> 96 cycles kfree -> 126 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(2048) -> 115 cycles kfree -> 140 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(4096) -> 149 cycles kfree -> 171 cycles
  2. Kmalloc: alloc/free test
  100000 times kmalloc(8)/kfree -> 70 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(16)/kfree -> 70 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(32)/kfree -> 70 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(64)/kfree -> 70 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(128)/kfree -> 70 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(256)/kfree -> 69 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(512)/kfree -> 70 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(1024)/kfree -> 73 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(2048)/kfree -> 72 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(4096)/kfree -> 71 cycles

After:

  Single thread testing
  =====================
  1. Kmalloc: Repeatedly allocate then free test
  100000 times kmalloc(8) -> 57 cycles kfree -> 78 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(16) -> 61 cycles kfree -> 81 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(32) -> 76 cycles kfree -> 93 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(64) -> 83 cycles kfree -> 94 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(128) -> 106 cycles kfree -> 107 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(256) -> 118 cycles kfree -> 117 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(512) -> 114 cycles kfree -> 116 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(1024) -> 115 cycles kfree -> 118 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(2048) -> 147 cycles kfree -> 131 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(4096) -> 214 cycles kfree -> 161 cycles
  2. Kmalloc: alloc/free test
  100000 times kmalloc(8)/kfree -> 66 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(16)/kfree -> 66 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(32)/kfree -> 66 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(64)/kfree -> 66 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(128)/kfree -> 65 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(256)/kfree -> 67 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(512)/kfree -> 67 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(1024)/kfree -> 64 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(2048)/kfree -> 67 cycles
  100000 times kmalloc(4096)/kfree -> 67 cycles

Kernbench, before:

  Average Optimal load -j 12 Run (std deviation):
  Elapsed Time 101.873 (1.16069)
  User Time 1045.22 (1.60447)
  System Time 88.969 (0.559195)
  Percent CPU 1112.9 (13.8279)
  Context Switches 189140 (2282.15)
  Sleeps 99008.6 (768.091)

After:

  Average Optimal load -j 12 Run (std deviation):
  Elapsed Time 102.47 (0.562732)
  User Time 1045.3 (1.34263)
  System Time 88.311 (0.342554)
  Percent CPU 1105.8 (6.49444)
  Context Switches 189081 (2355.78)
  Sleeps 99231.5 (800.358)

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1464295031-26375-3-git-send-email-thgarnie@google.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
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calibrate.c kernel: add calibration_delay_done() 2014-06-16 12:47:39 -06:00
do_mounts_initrd.c init/do_mounts: initrd_load() can be boolean 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
do_mounts_md.c init: disable sparse checking of the mount.o source files 2012-05-31 17:49:27 -07:00
do_mounts_rd.c init, Documentation: Remove ramdisk_blocksize mentions 2015-12-26 05:22:00 -07:00
do_mounts.c init/do_mounts.c: add create_dev() failure log 2015-06-25 17:00:42 -07:00
do_mounts.h init/do_mounts: initrd_load() can be boolean 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
init_task.c sched/rt: Move rt specific bits into new header file 2013-02-07 20:51:08 +01:00
initramfs.c kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
Kconfig mm: SLUB freelist randomization 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
main.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2016-06-24 19:08:33 -07:00
Makefile init_task: Replace CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_INIT_TASK 2012-05-05 13:00:46 +02:00
noinitramfs.c init: mark __user address space on string literals 2010-10-26 16:52:15 -07:00
version.c copy address of proc_ns_ops into ns_common 2014-12-04 14:34:47 -05:00