linux-hardening - [PATCH 1/4] vmlinux.lds.h: Use regular *RODATA and *RO_AFTER_INIT

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Date:   Wed,  1 Sep 2021 16:37:54 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] vmlinux.lds.h: Use regular *RODATA and *RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA suffixes

Rename the various section macros that live in RODATA and
RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA. Just being called "DATA" implies they are expected
to be writable.

Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S    |  2 +-
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 63bdb9e1bfc1..93bc74c2a71b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	__start_ro_after_init = .;
 	.data..ro_after_init : {
 		 *(.data..ro_after_init)
-		JUMP_TABLE_DATA
+		JUMP_TABLE_RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA
 	} :data
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 62669b36a772..70c74fdf9c9b 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
  * used to determine the order of the priority of each sched class in
  * relation to each other.
  */
-#define SCHED_DATA				\
+#define SCHED_RODATA				\
 	STRUCT_ALIGN();				\
 	__begin_sched_classes = .;		\
 	*(__idle_sched_class)			\
@@ -396,13 +396,13 @@
 	. = __start_init_task + THREAD_SIZE;				\
 	__end_init_task = .;
 
-#define JUMP_TABLE_DATA							\
+#define JUMP_TABLE_RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA					\
 	. = ALIGN(8);							\
 	__start___jump_table = .;					\
 	KEEP(*(__jump_table))						\
 	__stop___jump_table = .;
 
-#define STATIC_CALL_DATA						\
+#define STATIC_CALL_RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA					\
 	. = ALIGN(8);							\
 	__start_static_call_sites = .;					\
 	KEEP(*(.static_call_sites))					\
@@ -420,8 +420,8 @@
 	. = ALIGN(8);							\
 	__start_ro_after_init = .;					\
 	*(.data..ro_after_init)						\
-	JUMP_TABLE_DATA							\
-	STATIC_CALL_DATA						\
+	JUMP_TABLE_RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA					\
+	STATIC_CALL_RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA					\
 	__end_ro_after_init = .;
 #endif
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 	.rodata           : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - LOAD_OFFSET) {		\
 		__start_rodata = .;					\
 		*(.rodata) *(.rodata.*)					\
-		SCHED_DATA						\
+		SCHED_RODATA						\
 		RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA	/* Read only after init */	\
 		. = ALIGN(8);						\
 		__start___tracepoints_ptrs = .;				\
-- 
2.30.2