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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:38:29 +1100
From: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: jniethe5@...il.com, christophe.leroy@....fr, joel@....id.au,
mpe@...erman.id.au, dja@...ens.net, npiggin@...il.com,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 8/8] powerpc/mm: Disable set_memory() routines when
strict RWX isn't enabled
On 26/2/20 5:35 pm, Russell Currey wrote:
> There are a couple of reasons that the set_memory() functions are
> problematic when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX isn't enabled:
>
> - The linear mapping is a different size and apply_to_page_range()
> may modify a giant section, breaking everything
> - patch_instruction() doesn't know to work around a page being marked
> RO, and will subsequently crash
>
> The latter can be replicated by building a kernel with the set_memory()
> patches but with STRICT_KERNEL_RWX off and running ftracetest.
>
> Reported-by: Jordan Niethe <jniethe5@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
Can we squash this in earlier in the series for the sake of bisectability?
--
Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd@...ux.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited
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