The .notes section should be non-executable read-only data. As such, move it to the RO_DATA macro instead of being per-architecture defined. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> # s390 --- arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 -- arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 -- arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S | 2 -- arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 -- arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 -- arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 -- arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 -- arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 -- arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S | 1 - arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 -- arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 9 +++++---- 26 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index cdfdc91ce64c..bf28043485f6 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ SECTIONS swapper_pg_dir = SWAPPER_PGD; _etext = .; /* End of text section */ - NOTES - RODATA EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 6c693a9d29b6..1d6eef4b6976 100644 --- a/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ SECTIONS /DISCARD/ : { *(.eh_frame) } #endif - NOTES - . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); _end = . ; diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S index 8c74037ade22..d2a9651c24ad 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S @@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS ARM_UNWIND_SECTIONS #endif - NOTES - _etext = .; /* End of text and rodata section */ ARM_VECTORS diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 23150c0f0f4d..068db6860867 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ SECTIONS ARM_UNWIND_SECTIONS #endif - NOTES - #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX . = ALIGN(1<<SECTION_SHIFT); #else diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index aa76f7259668..e7dafc29b1fa 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ SECTIONS RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE) /* everything from this point to */ EXCEPTION_TABLE(8) /* __init_begin will be marked RO NX */ - NOTES . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); idmap_pg_dir = .; diff --git a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 584bab2bace6..d6e3802536b3 100644 --- a/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/c6x/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ SECTIONS } EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) - NOTES RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE) .const : diff --git a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index ae7961b973f2..75dd31412242 100644 --- a/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/csky/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ SECTIONS RW_DATA_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE) _edata = .; - NOTES EXCEPTION_TABLE(L1_CACHE_BYTES) BSS_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, L1_CACHE_BYTES) VBR_BASE diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 49f716c0a1df..88776e785245 100644 --- a/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ SECTIONS _etext = . ; } EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) - NOTES RO_DATA_SECTION(4) ROMEND = .; #if defined(CONFIG_ROMKERNEL) diff --git a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 78f2418e97c8..6a6e8fc422ee 100644 --- a/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/hexagon/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ SECTIONS _edata = .; EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) - NOTES BSS_SECTION(_PAGE_SIZE, _PAGE_SIZE, _PAGE_SIZE) diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index bfc937ec168c..fae077595756 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS { /* * Read-only data */ - NOTES - EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) /* MCA table */ diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index e1f3e8741292..d008e50bb212 100644 --- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ SECTIONS { . = ALIGN(16); RODATA EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) - NOTES /* * sdata2 section can go anywhere, but must be word aligned diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 6a22f531d815..91e566defc16 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ SECTIONS __stop___dbe_table = .; } - NOTES - _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */ RODATA diff --git a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 9e90f30a181d..c4f1c5a604c3 100644 --- a/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/nds32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ SECTIONS _edata = .; EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) - NOTES BSS_SECTION(4, 4, 4) _end = .; diff --git a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 6ad64f14617d..20e4078b3477 100644 --- a/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/nios2/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ SECTIONS STABS_DEBUG DWARF_DEBUG - NOTES DISCARDS } diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 2e2c72c157f3..142c51c994f5 100644 --- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ SECTIONS _edata = .; EXCEPTION_TABLE(4) - NOTES /* Init code and data */ . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 99cd24f2ea01..168d12b2ebb8 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ SECTIONS /* RO because of BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT */ EXCEPTION_TABLE(8) - NOTES /* unwind info */ .PARISC.unwind : { diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 4f19d814d592..4e7cec088c8b 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ SECTIONS #endif EXCEPTION_TABLE(0) - NOTES - /* * Init sections discarded at runtime */ diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 23cd1a9e52a1..df5229c4034d 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ SECTIONS BSS_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, 0) EXCEPTION_TABLE(0x10) - NOTES .rel.dyn : { *(.rel.dyn*) diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index f88eedeb915a..beb4df053e20 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ SECTIONS _etext = .; /* End of text section */ } :text = 0x0700 - NOTES - RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE) . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 77a59d8c6b4d..fef39054cc70 100644 --- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ SECTIONS } = 0x0009 EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) - NOTES _sdata = .; RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE) diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 61afd787bd0c..8929fbc35a80 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ SECTIONS __stop___fixup = .; } EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) - NOTES . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); __init_begin = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S index d7086b985f27..91aca356095f 100644 --- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S +++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ PROVIDE (_unprotected_end = .); . = ALIGN(4096); - NOTES EXCEPTION_TABLE(0) BUG_TABLE diff --git a/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 7abf90537cd5..78c4c56057b0 100644 --- a/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/unicore32/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ SECTIONS _edata = .; EXCEPTION_TABLE(L1_CACHE_BYTES) - NOTES BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0) _end = .; diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 8be25b09c2b7..41362e90142d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ SECTIONS _etext = .; } :text = 0x9090 - NOTES - EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) /* .text should occupy whole number of pages */ diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index 943f10639a93..a0a843745695 100644 --- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ SECTIONS .fixup : { *(.fixup) } EXCEPTION_TABLE(16) - NOTES /* Data section */ _sdata = .; diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index 97d4299f14dc..dc3390ec6b60 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ * _edata = .; * * EXCEPTION_TABLE(...) - * NOTES * * BSS_SECTION(0, 0, 0) * _end = .; @@ -512,10 +511,12 @@ __start___modver = .; \ KEEP(*(__modver)) \ __stop___modver = .; \ - . = ALIGN((align)); \ - __end_rodata = .; \ } \ - . = ALIGN((align)); + \ + NOTES \ + \ + . = ALIGN((align)); \ + __end_rodata = .; /* RODATA & RO_DATA provided for backward compatibility. * All archs are supposed to use RO_DATA() */ -- 2.17.1