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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:36:40 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc: mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: consider effective protection attributes in W+X
check
* Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com> wrote:
> Using just the leaf page table entry flags would cause a false warning
> in case _PAGE_RW is clear or _PAGE_NX is set in a higher level entry.
Good find - I assume this bug can cause both false positives and false negatives
as well, right?
Thanks,
Ingo
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