The exception table was needlessly marked executable. In preparation for execute-only memory, move the table into the RO_DATA segment via the new macro that can be used by any architectures that want to make a similar consolidation. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index a1a758e25b2b..b06d6e1188de 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ #endif #define EMITS_PT_NOTE +#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN 16 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h> #include <asm/asm-offsets.h> @@ -145,8 +146,6 @@ SECTIONS #endif } :text = 0x9090 - EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) - /* End of text section, which should occupy whole number of pages */ _etext = .; . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); -- 2.17.1