3.2.65-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 72212675d1c96f5db8ec6fb35701879911193158 upstream. HPA said, we should not have RW and +x set at the time. for kernel layout: [ 0.000000] Kernel Layout: [ 0.000000] .text: [0x01000000-0x021434f8] [ 0.000000] .rodata: [0x02200000-0x02a13fff] [ 0.000000] .data: [0x02c00000-0x02dc763f] [ 0.000000] .init: [0x02dc9000-0x0312cfff] [ 0.000000] .bss: [0x0313b000-0x03dd6fff] [ 0.000000] .brk: [0x03dd7000-0x03dfffff] before the patch, we have ---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd 0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff82200000 18M ro PSE GLB x pmd 0xffffffff82200000-0xffffffff82c00000 10M ro PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff82c00000-0xffffffff82dc9000 1828K RW GLB x pte 0xffffffff82dc9000-0xffffffff82e00000 220K RW GLB NX pte 0xffffffff82e00000-0xffffffff83000000 2M RW PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff83000000-0xffffffff8313a000 1256K RW GLB NX pte 0xffffffff8313a000-0xffffffff83200000 792K RW GLB x pte 0xffffffff83200000-0xffffffff83e00000 12M RW PSE GLB x pmd 0xffffffff83e00000-0xffffffffa0000000 450M pmd after patch,, we get ---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd 0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff82200000 18M ro PSE GLB x pmd 0xffffffff82200000-0xffffffff82c00000 10M ro PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff82c00000-0xffffffff82e00000 2M RW GLB NX pte 0xffffffff82e00000-0xffffffff83000000 2M RW PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff83000000-0xffffffff83200000 2M RW GLB NX pte 0xffffffff83200000-0xffffffff83e00000 12M RW PSE GLB NX pmd 0xffffffff83e00000-0xffffffffa0000000 450M pmd so data, bss, brk get NX ... Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359058816-7615-33-git-send-email-yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c @@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void) unsigned long text_end = PAGE_ALIGN((unsigned long) &__stop___ex_table); unsigned long rodata_end = PAGE_ALIGN((unsigned long) &__end_rodata); unsigned long data_start = (unsigned long) &_sdata; + unsigned long all_end = PFN_ALIGN(&_end); printk(KERN_INFO "Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n", (end - start) >> 10); @@ -786,10 +787,10 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void) kernel_set_to_readonly = 1; /* - * The rodata section (but not the kernel text!) should also be - * not-executable. + * The rodata/data/bss/brk section (but not the kernel text!) + * should also be not-executable. */ - set_memory_nx(rodata_start, (end - rodata_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT); + set_memory_nx(rodata_start, (all_end - rodata_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT); rodata_test(); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html