~james/split

36fd34c5221ae47ee29e89ecfbab8662ab4fd6f5 — james verified 2 months ago be965f3
test(pager): check recycling preserves isolation after remapping
5 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

M Makefile
A README.md
M check.ml
A media/poster.png
A media/split.mp4
M Makefile => Makefile +7 -1
@@ 6,7 6,7 @@ LD := aarch64-linux-gnu-ld
CFLAGS := -std=gnu11 -O2 -g -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-function -ffreestanding -nostdlib -mstrict-align -I$(BOARD)/include
QEMU := qemu-system-aarch64 -machine virt,virtualization=on -cpu cortex-a53 -m 2G -nographic -monitor none -serial stdio

.PHONY: all proof work demo run clean
.PHONY: all proof model work demo check run clean
all: build/loader.img

build:


@@ 47,10 47,16 @@ build/check: build/split.ml check.ml Makefile
	ocamlopt -w +a-4-42-70 -I +unix -I build -c -o build/check.cmx check.ml
	ocamlopt -I +unix -I build unix.cmxa build/split.cmx build/check.cmx -o $@

model: build/check
	build/check --model

work: all build/check
	build/check work document

demo run: work

check: all build/unsafe.img model
	build/check --test

clean:
	rm -rf build

A README.md => README.md +3 -0
@@ 0,0 1,3 @@
Split gives two seL4 workers private configuration snapshots through a userspace pager that copies shared pages on first write and scrubs discarded frames before reuse, with an Isabelle model exported to OCaml for checking guest memory operations.

[![Watch the seL4 showcase](media/poster.png)](media/split.mp4)

M check.ml => check.ml +111 -0
@@ 18,6 18,29 @@ let require ok message = if not ok then failwith message
let read s k offset = integer (S.read_byte s (nat k) (nat offset))
let step capacity s a = S.checked (nat 8) (nat 4096) (nat capacity) s a

let selftest () =
  let state = ref S.boot in
  let reference = Array.init 8 (fun k -> Array.init 4096 (fun b -> ((k mod 4) * 17 + b) mod 256)) in
  let random = Random.State.make [|2026; 4; 8|] in
  for i = 0 to 1023 do
    let k = Random.State.int random 8 in
    let offset = if i mod 127 = 0 then 4095 else Random.State.int random 128 in
    let byte = Random.State.int random 256 in
    let action = S.Write (nat k, nat offset, nat byte) in
    state := Option.get (step 12 !state action);
    reference.(k).(offset) <- byte;
    for j = 0 to 7 do
      require (read !state j offset = reference.(j).(offset)) "private memory refinement"
    done
  done;
  require (integer (S.frontier !state) = 12) "one copy per written page";
  List.iter (fun action -> require (step 12 !state action = None) "invalid action accepted")
    [S.Write (nat 8, nat 0, nat 1); S.Write (nat 0, nat 4096, nat 1);
     S.Write (nat 0, nat 0, nat 256); S.Read (nat 8, nat 0)];
  require (step 4 S.boot (S.Write (nat 0, nat 0, nat 1)) = None) "exhaustion accepted";
  require (Option.is_some (step 12 !state (S.Write (nat 0, nat 0, nat 1)))) "private write rejected";
  print_endline "checked 1024 model writes with boundary and exhaustion cases"

type document = { fields : string array; values : string array }

type guest = {


@@ 360,10 383,98 @@ let work image path =
          with Invalid_argument message | Sys_error message -> print_endline (String.capitalize_ascii message)
    done)

let exercise () =
  let original = load "document" in
  let g = launch "build/loader.img" original in
  Fun.protect ~finally:(fun () -> close g) (fun () ->
    let physicals () =
      Array.of_list (List.map (fun line -> match String.split_on_char ' ' line with
        | ["@map"; _; _; address; rights] -> int_of_string address, rights
        | _ -> failwith "invalid mapping record") (request g "P"))
    in
    let initial_frames = physicals () in
    require (Array.length initial_frames = 8) "mapping count";
    for p = 0 to 3 do
      require (initial_frames.(p) = initial_frames.(p + 4) && snd initial_frames.(p) = "0")
        "initial physical sharing"
    done;
    require (query g 0 = original.values && query g 1 = original.values && query g 2 = original.values) "initial document";
    edit g 0 3 "x";
    require ((query g 0).(3) = "x") "document edit";
    let copied_frames = physicals () in
    require (fst copied_frames.(3) <> fst initial_frames.(3) && snd copied_frames.(3) = "1"
      && copied_frames.(7) = initial_frames.(7)) "physical copy isolation";
    peek g 0 3;
    peek g 1 3;
    peek g 2 3;
    require (query g 1 = original.values && query g 2 = original.values) "snapshot isolation";
    require (integer (S.frontier g.state) = 5) "first write copy";
    edit g 0 3 "";
    require ((query g 0).(3) = "") "empty field";
    require (integer (S.frontier g.state) = 5) "repeated edit allocated";
    require ((physicals ()).(3) = copied_frames.(3)) "private physical frame changed";
    edit g 0 3 (String.make 255 'x');
    require (String.length (query g 0).(3) = 255) "maximum field";
    let rejected = try edit g 0 0 (String.make 256 'x'); false with Invalid_argument _ -> true in
    require rejected "oversized field accepted";
    let before = query g 0 in
    let rejected = try ignore (request g ("E 0 0 " ^ String.make 256 'x')); false
      with Failure message -> message = "field too long" in
    require (rejected && query g 0 = before) "guest edit bounds";
    for c = 0 to 1 do
      for p = 0 to 3 do edit g c p (Printf.sprintf "snapshot %d field %d" c p) done
    done;
    require (integer (S.frontier g.state) = 12) "copy pool accounting";
    let final_frames = physicals () in
    for k = 0 to 7 do
      for j = k + 1 to 7 do
        require (fst final_frames.(k) <> fst final_frames.(j)) "private physical alias"
      done
    done;
    edit g 1 0 "updated after pool exhausted";
    require ((query g 1).(0) = "updated after pool exhausted") "private edit after exhaustion";
    require (query g 2 = original.values) "original changed";
    let values = query g 0 in
    save "build/export.txt" {original with values};
    require ((load "build/export.txt").values = values) "saved document differs";
    let rejected = try edit g 2 0 "changed"; false with Invalid_argument _ -> true in
    require rejected "original edit accepted";
    let survivor = query g 1 in
    discard g 0;
    require (List.length g.available = 4 && query g 1 = survivor) "discard isolation";
    let reset_frames = physicals () in
    for p = 0 to 3 do require (reset_frames.(p) = initial_frames.(p)) "discard mapping restore" done;
    pool g;
    for cycle = 0 to 15 do
      for p = 0 to 3 do edit g 0 p (Printf.sprintf "cycle %d field %d" cycle p) done;
      require (g.available = [] && integer (S.frontier g.state) = 12) "recycling grew pool";
      require (query g 1 = survivor && query g 2 = original.values) "recycling changed survivor";
      discard g 0
    done;
    discard g 1;
    require (List.length g.available = 8) "complete pool return";
    let recycled = fst final_frames.(7) in
    edit g 0 0 "draft now owns review frame";
    require (fst (physicals ()).(0) = recycled) "cross snapshot physical reuse";
    edit g 1 3 "review writes its old virtual address";
    require (fst (physicals ()).(7) <> recycled && (query g 0).(0) = "draft now owns review frame")
      "stale client mapping survived discard";
    discard g 0;
    discard g 1;
    pool g;
    require (query g 2 = original.values && List.length g.available = 8) "reclamation final state");
  let g = launch "build/unsafe.img" original in
  let detected = Fun.protect ~finally:(fun () -> close g) (fun () ->
    try edit g 0 3 "changed"; false with Failure message -> message = "write reached a shared page") in
  require detected "writable alias was not detected";
  print_endline "exercised edits, exports, full pool recycling and stale mapping isolation"

let () =
  Sys.catch_break true;
  try
    match Array.to_list Sys.argv with
    | [_; "--model"] -> selftest ()
    | [_; "--test"] -> exercise ()
    | [_] | [_; "work"] -> work "build/loader.img" "document"
    | [_; "work"; path] -> work "build/loader.img" path
    | _ -> invalid_arg "usage: check work DOCUMENT"

A media/poster.png => media/poster.png +0 -0
A media/split.mp4 => media/split.mp4 +0 -0