linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] RO/NX protection for loadable kernel modules

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Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:29:29 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] RO/NX protection for loadable kernel modules

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:20:47 pm Siarhei Liakh wrote:
> +/*
> + * LKM RO/NX protection: protect module's text/ro-data
> + * from modification and any data from execution.
> + */
> +static void set_section_ro_nx(void *base,
> +			unsigned long text_size,
> +			unsigned long ro_size,
> +			unsigned long total_size)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86

This is usually considered a bad idea.  Make a new config option,
CONFIG_HAVE_SET_MEMORY_PROTECTION, select it in arch/x86/Kconfig.
Then wrap the entire functions in one #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_....
and put empty versions in the #else.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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