From: Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx> efi: x86: Set the NX-compatibility flag in the PE header Following Baskov Evgeniy's "Handle UEFI NX-restricted page tables" patches, it's safe to set this compatibility flag to let loaders know they don't need to make special accommodations for kernel to load if pre-boot NX is enabled. Signed-off-by: Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220329184743.798513-1-pjones@xxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S index blahblah..blahblah 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S +++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S @@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ extra_header_fields: .long 0x200 # SizeOfHeaders .long 0 # CheckSum .word IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_APPLICATION # Subsystem (EFI application) +#ifdef CONFIG_DXE_MEM_ATTRIBUTES + .word IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT # DllCharacteristics +#else .word 0 # DllCharacteristics +#endif #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 .long 0 # SizeOfStackReserve .long 0 # SizeOfStackCommit -- https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/1771 _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
