linux/arch/arm64
Ard Biesheuvel 87143f404f arm64: mm: use XN table mapping attributes for the linear region
The way the arm64 kernel virtual address space is constructed guarantees
that swapper PGD entries are never shared between the linear region on
the one hand, and the vmalloc region on the other, which is where all
kernel text, module text and BPF text mappings reside.

This means that mappings in the linear region (which never require
executable permissions) never share any table entries at any level with
mappings that do require executable permissions, and so we can set the
table-level PXN attributes for all table entries that are created while
setting up mappings in the linear region. Since swapper's PGD level page
table is mapped r/o itself, this adds another layer of robustness to the
way the kernel manages its own page tables. While at it, set the UXN
attribute as well for all kernel mappings created at boot.

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210310104942.174584-3-ardb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2021-03-19 18:50:45 +00:00
..
boot regulator: Updates for v5.12 2021-02-22 09:16:38 -08:00
configs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hid/hid 2021-02-23 14:52:22 -08:00
crypto crypto: arm64/crc-t10dif - move NEON yield to C code 2021-02-10 17:55:58 +11:00
include arm64: mm: use XN table mapping attributes for the linear region 2021-03-19 18:50:45 +00:00
kernel More fixes for ARM and x86. 2021-03-14 12:35:02 -07:00
kvm More fixes for ARM and x86. 2021-03-14 12:35:02 -07:00
lib arm64: kasan: simplify and inline MTE functions 2021-02-26 09:41:03 -08:00
mm arm64: mm: use XN table mapping attributes for the linear region 2021-03-19 18:50:45 +00:00
net bpf: Rename BPF_XADD and prepare to encode other atomics in .imm 2021-01-14 18:34:29 -08:00
xen
Kbuild
Kconfig arm64/mm: Drop THP conditionality from FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER 2021-03-08 13:03:54 +00:00
Kconfig.debug arm64: remove TEXT_OFFSET randomization 2020-06-15 13:10:59 +01:00
Kconfig.platforms Updates for the irq subsystem: 2021-02-21 11:53:06 -08:00
Makefile arm64: do not descend to vdso directories twice 2021-01-20 12:18:46 +00:00