Since alloc_module() will not set the pages as executable soon, set ftrace trampoline pages as executable after they are allocated. For the time being, do not change ftrace to use the text_poke() interface. As a result, ftrace still breaks W^X. Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c index ef49517f6bb2..53ba1aa3a01f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c @@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size) unsigned long end_offset; unsigned long op_offset; unsigned long offset; + unsigned long npages; unsigned long size; unsigned long retq; unsigned long *ptr; @@ -762,6 +763,7 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size) return 0; *tramp_size = size + RET_SIZE + sizeof(void *); + npages = DIV_ROUND_UP(*tramp_size, PAGE_SIZE); /* Copy ftrace_caller onto the trampoline memory */ ret = probe_kernel_read(trampoline, (void *)start_offset, size); @@ -806,6 +808,12 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size) /* ALLOC_TRAMP flags lets us know we created it */ ops->flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP; + /* + * Module allocation needs to be completed by making the page + * executable. The page is still writable, which is a security hazard, + * but anyhow ftrace breaks W^X completely. + */ + set_memory_x((unsigned long)trampoline, npages); return (unsigned long)trampoline; fail: tramp_free(trampoline, *tramp_size); -- 2.17.1