[PATCH 3.16 116/212] drivers: hv: Turn off write permission on the hypercall page

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3.16.44-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 372b1e91343e657a7cc5e2e2bcecd5140ac28119 upstream.

The hypercall page only needs to be executable but currently it is setup to
be writable as well. Fix the issue.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename, context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/hv/hv.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/hv/hv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int hv_init(void)
 	/* See if the hypercall page is already set */
 	rdmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL, hypercall_msr.as_uint64);
 
-	virtaddr = __vmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
+	virtaddr = __vmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
 
 	if (!virtaddr)
 		goto cleanup;




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