Unused space between the end of __ex_table and the start of
rodata can be left W+x in the kernel page tables. Extend the
setting of the NX bit to cover this gap by starting from
text_end rather than rodata_start.
Before:
---[ High Kernel Mapping ]---
0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd
0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81600000 6M ro PSE GLB x pmd
0xffffffff81600000-0xffffffff81754000 1360K ro GLB x pte
0xffffffff81754000-0xffffffff81800000 688K RW GLB x pte
0xffffffff81800000-0xffffffff81a00000 2M ro PSE GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff81a00000-0xffffffff81b3b000 1260K ro GLB NX pte
0xffffffff81b3b000-0xffffffff82000000 4884K RW GLB NX pte
0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff82200000 2M RW PSE GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff82200000-0xffffffffa0000000 478M pmd
After:
---[ High Kernel Mapping ]---
0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff81000000 16M pmd
0xffffffff81000000-0xffffffff81600000 6M ro PSE GLB x pmd
0xffffffff81600000-0xffffffff81754000 1360K ro GLB x pte
0xffffffff81754000-0xffffffff81800000 688K RW GLB NX pte
0xffffffff81800000-0xffffffff81a00000 2M ro PSE GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff81a00000-0xffffffff81b3b000 1260K ro GLB NX pte
0xffffffff81b3b000-0xffffffff82000000 4884K RW GLB NX pte
0xffffffff82000000-0xffffffff82200000 2M RW PSE GLB NX pmd
0xffffffff82200000-0xffffffffa0000000 478M pmd
Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443704662-3138-1-git-send-email-sds@tycho.nsa.gov
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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