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

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Message-ID: <817ecb6f0910050457v5db02550m62c742f679b26577@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 5 Oct 2009 07:57:59 -0400
From:	Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@...il.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@...il.com>,
	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>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] RO/NX protection for loadable kernel modules

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@...il.com> wrote:
>> Hi Siarhei,
>>  I tried out this patch on 2.6.31, and got the following trace during bootup..
>>
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: at kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1003 ftrace_bug+0x198/0x27e() (Not tainted)
>> Hardware name: VGN-Z540N
> ...
>> ---[ end trace 95b33ebf87286ae6 ]---
>> ftrace faulted on writing [<ffffffffa0000193>] video_output_register+0x11/0x10a [output]
>>
>>
>> I guess ftrace is trying to NOP out something in the modules which
>> are marked read-only ?
>
> Entirely possible. I will review ftrace and make sure the patch
> accounts for this.

I've posted new version of the patch that also sets each module's text
as RW when ftrace preps the kernel for modifications: [PATCH v7] RO/NX
protection for loadable kernel modules

Let me know how that works for you.
Thank you.
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