arm64/kernel: kaslr: reduce module randomization range to 4 GB

We currently have to rely on the GCC large code model for KASLR for
two distinct but related reasons:
- if we enable full randomization, modules will be loaded very far away
  from the core kernel, where they are out of range for ADRP instructions,
- even without full randomization, the fact that the 128 MB module region
  is now no longer fully reserved for kernel modules means that there is
  a very low likelihood that the normal bottom-up allocation of other
  vmalloc regions may collide, and use up the range for other things.

Large model code is suboptimal, given that each symbol reference involves
a literal load that goes through the D-cache, reducing cache utilization.
But more importantly, literals are not instructions but part of .text
nonetheless, and hence mapped with executable permissions.

So let's get rid of our dependency on the large model for KASLR, by:
- reducing the full randomization range to 4 GB, thereby ensuring that
  ADRP references between modules and the kernel are always in range,
- reduce the spillover range to 4 GB as well, so that we fallback to a
  region that is still guaranteed to be in range
- move the randomization window of the core kernel to the middle of the
  VMALLOC space

Note that KASAN always uses the module region outside of the vmalloc space,
so keep the kernel close to that if KASAN is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
index c8c6c2828b79..70c3e5518e95 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.c
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 		 * less likely that the module region gets exhausted, so we
 		 * can simply omit this fallback in that case.
 		 */
-		p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, MODULE_ALIGN, VMALLOC_START,
-				VMALLOC_END, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, 0,
-				NUMA_NO_NODE, __builtin_return_address(0));
+		p = __vmalloc_node_range(size, MODULE_ALIGN, module_alloc_base,
+				module_alloc_base + SZ_4G, GFP_KERNEL,
+				PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE,
+				__builtin_return_address(0));
 
 	if (p && (kasan_module_alloc(p, size) < 0)) {
 		vfree(p);