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x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata
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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 <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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stephensmalley authored and Ingo Molnar committed Oct 2, 2015
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
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Expand Up @@ -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();

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