Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Stephen Smalley <> | Subject | [PATCH] x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata | Date | Thu, 1 Oct 2015 09:04:22 -0400 |
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Unused space between the end of __ex_table and the start of rodata can be left W+x in the kernel page tables. Extend the setting of the NX bit to cover this gap by starting from text_end rather than rodata_start.
Before: ---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd 0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81600000 6M ro PSE GLB x pmd 0xffffffff81600000-0xffffffff81754000 1360K ro GLB x pte 0xffffffff81754000-0xffffffff81800000 688K RW GLB x pte 0xffffffff81800000-0xffffffff81a00000 2M ro PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff81a00000-0xffffffff81b3b000 1260K ro GLB NX pte 0xffffffff81b3b000-0xffffffff82000000 4884K RW GLB NX pte 0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff82200000 2M RW PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff82200000-0xffffffffa0000000 478M pmd
After: ---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd 0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81600000 6M ro PSE GLB x pmd 0xffffffff81600000-0xffffffff81754000 1360K ro GLB x pte 0xffffffff81754000-0xffffffff81800000 688K RW GLB NX pte 0xffffffff81800000-0xffffffff81a00000 2M ro PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff81a00000-0xffffffff81b3b000 1260K ro GLB NX pte 0xffffffff81b3b000-0xffffffff82000000 4884K RW GLB NX pte 0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff82200000 2M RW PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff82200000-0xffffffffa0000000 478M pmd
Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> --- arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c index 30564e2..df48430 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c @@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void) * has been zapped already via cleanup_highmem(). */ all_end = roundup((unsigned long)_brk_end, PMD_SIZE); - set_memory_nx(rodata_start, (all_end - rodata_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT); + set_memory_nx(text_end, (all_end - text_end) >> PAGE_SHIFT); rodata_test(); -- 2.1.0
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