The following commit has been merged into the x86/build branch of tip: Commit-ID: f0d7ee17d57c7a8510518a1e60366d053e2f3ff5 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/f0d7ee17d57c7a8510518a1e60366d053e2f3ff5 Author: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:13:38 -07:00 Committer: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:55:02 +01:00 x86/vmlinux: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment 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> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-c6x-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@xxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: x86-ml <x86@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-17-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 a1a758e..b06d6e1 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);
