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[1/3] RISC-V: Fix .init section permission update

Message ID 20210129190038.1001626-1-atish.patra@wdc.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series [1/3] RISC-V: Fix .init section permission update | expand

Commit Message

Atish Patra Jan. 29, 2021, 7 p.m. UTC
.init section permission should only updated to non-execute if
STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is enabled. Otherwise, this will lead to a kernel hang.

Fixes: 19a00869028f ("RISC-V: Protect all kernel sections including init early")

Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Palmer Dabbelt Feb. 3, 2021, 2:34 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:00:36 PST (-0800), Atish Patra wrote:
> .init section permission should only updated to non-execute if
> STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is enabled. Otherwise, this will lead to a kernel hang.
>
> Fixes: 19a00869028f ("RISC-V: Protect all kernel sections including init early")
>
> Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
> index 3fa3f26dde85..c7c0655dd45b 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ void free_initmem(void)
>  	unsigned long init_begin = (unsigned long)__init_begin;
>  	unsigned long init_end = (unsigned long)__init_end;
>
> -	set_memory_rw_nx(init_begin, (init_end - init_begin) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX))
> +		set_memory_rw_nx(init_begin, (init_end - init_begin) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +
>  	free_initmem_default(POISON_FREE_INITMEM);
>  }

Thanks, this is on fixes.
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diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
index 3fa3f26dde85..c7c0655dd45b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@  void free_initmem(void)
 	unsigned long init_begin = (unsigned long)__init_begin;
 	unsigned long init_end = (unsigned long)__init_end;
 
-	set_memory_rw_nx(init_begin, (init_end - init_begin) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX))
+		set_memory_rw_nx(init_begin, (init_end - init_begin) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+
 	free_initmem_default(POISON_FREE_INITMEM);
 }