4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 063fb3e56f6dd29b2633b678b837e1d904200e6f upstream. After kasan_init() executed, no one is allowed to write to kasan_zero_page, so write protect it. Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452516679-32040-3-git-send-email-aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/kasan_init_64.c @@ -126,10 +126,16 @@ void __init kasan_init(void) /* * kasan_zero_page has been used as early shadow memory, thus it may - * contain some garbage. Now we can clear it, since after the TLB flush - * no one should write to it. + * contain some garbage. Now we can clear and write protect it, since + * after the TLB flush no one should write to it. */ memset(kasan_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE); + for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++) { + pte_t pte = __pte(__pa(kasan_zero_page) | __PAGE_KERNEL_RO); + set_pte(&kasan_zero_pte[i], pte); + } + /* Flush TLBs again to be sure that write protection applied. */ + __flush_tlb_all(); init_task.kasan_depth = 0; pr_info("KernelAddressSanitizer initialized\n"); -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>