Commit-ID: 241a1f22380646bc4d1dd18e5bc246877513da68 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/241a1f22380646bc4d1dd18e5bc246877513da68 Author: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:11:40 -0700 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:38:01 +0200 x86/kprobes: Use vmalloc special flag Use new flag VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS for handling freeing of special permissioned memory in vmalloc and remove places where memory was set NX and RW before freeing which is no longer needed. Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <deneen.t.dock@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <kernel-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <kristen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux_dti@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-21-namit@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c index 06058c44ab57..800593f4ddf7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c @@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void) if (!page) return NULL; + set_vm_flush_reset_perms(page); /* * First make the page read-only, and only then make it executable to * prevent it from being W+X in between. @@ -452,12 +453,6 @@ void *alloc_insn_page(void) /* Recover page to RW mode before releasing it */ void free_insn_page(void *page) { - /* - * First make the page non-executable, and only then make it writable to - * prevent it from being W+X in between. - */ - set_memory_nx((unsigned long)page, 1); - set_memory_rw((unsigned long)page, 1); module_memfree(page); }