linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86-64/Xen: eliminate W+X mappings

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:50:20 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:     mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
        xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86-64/Xen: eliminate W+X mappings

On 18/12/17 12:11, Jan Beulich wrote:
> A few thousand such pages are usually left around due to the re-use of
> L1 tables having been provided by the hypervisor (Dom0) or tool stack
> (DomU). Set NX in the direct map variant, which needs to be done in L2
> due to the dual use of the re-used L1s.
> 
> For x86_configure_nx() to actually do what it is supposed to do, call
> get_cpu_cap() first. This was broken by commit 4763ed4d45 ("x86, mm:
> Clean up and simplify NX enablement") when switching away from the
> direct EFER read.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>
> ---
> v2: Adjust comment style and indentation.
> ---
> While I certainly dislike the added header inclusion to obtain the
> prototype for get_cpu_cap(), I couldn't find a better alternative. I'm
> open to suggestions.

Move the prototype to arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h ?

With that fixed (or without it in case the x86 maintainers don't like
the prototype to be moved):

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen