Re: W10 Mandatory ASLR default

[Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>]

On 2018-02-14 00:36, Andreas Schiffler wrote:
> On 2/13/2018 11:17 PM, Thomas Wolff wrote:
>> Am 14.02.2018 um 04:25 schrieb Brian Inglis:
>>> On 2018-02-12 21:58, Andreas Schiffler wrote:
>>>> Found the workaround (read: not really a solution as it leaves the system
>>>> vulnerable, but it unblocks cygwin)
>>>> - Go to Windows Defender Security Center - Exploit protection settings
>>>> - Disable System Settings - Force randomization for images (Mandatory ASLR) and
>>>> Randomize memory allocations (Bottom-up ASLR) from "On by default" to "Off by
>>>> default"
>>>>
>>>> Now setup.exe works and can rebase everything; after that Cygwin Terminal
>>>> starts as a working shell without problems.

>>>> @cygwin dev's - It seems one of the windows updates (system is on 1709 build
>>>> 16299.214) might have changed my ASLR settings to "system wide mandatory" (i.e.
>>>> see
>>>> https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/srd/2017/11/21/clarifying-the-behavior-of-mandatory-aslr/
>>>> for info) so that the cygwin DLLs don't work correctly anymore (i.e. see old
>>>> thread about this topic here
>>>> https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-06/msg00092.html).
>>>> It would be good to devize a test for the setup.exe that
>>>> checks the registry (likely
>>>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel])
>>>> for this state and alerts the user.
>>> I'm on W10 Home 1709/16299.192 (slightly older).
>>> Under Windows Defender Security Center/App & browser control/Exploit
>>> protection/Exploit protection settings/System settings/Force randomization for
>>> images (Mandatory ASLR) - "Force relocation of images not compiled with
>>> /DYNAMICBASE" is "Off by default", whereas Randomize memory allocations
>>> (Bottom-up ASLR) - "Randomize locations for virtual memory allocations." and all
>>> other settings are "On by default".
>>> Under Windows Defender Security Center/App & browser control/Exploit
>>> protection/Exploit protection settings/Program settings various .exes have 0-2
>>> system overrides of settings.
>>> It would be nice if one of the project volunteers with Windows threat mitigation
>>> knowledge could look at these, to see if there is a better approach.

>> I guess Andreas' suggestion is confirmed by
>> https://github.com/mintty/wsltty/issues/6#issuecomment-361281467

> Here is the registry state:
> Mandatory ASLR off
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel]
> "MitigationOptions"=hex:00,02,22,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
> Mandatory ASLR on
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel]
> "MitigationOptions"=hex:00,01,21,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

Could setup be updated to reset Mandatory ASLR if the reg keys exist, or an
/etc/postinstall/[0z]p_disable_mandatory_aslr.sh script do a check and reset?

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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