linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] microblaze: Stop printing the virtual memory layout

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Message-ID: <2a382a84-a158-e25f-c840-f64808654fcf@monstr.eu>
Date:   Mon, 9 Mar 2020 11:09:09 +0100
From:   Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>, Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] microblaze: Stop printing the virtual memory layout

On 05. 03. 20 16:05, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> For security, don't display the kernel's virtual memory layout.
> 
> Kees Cook points out:
> "These have been entirely removed on other architectures, so let's
> just do the same for ia32 and remove it unconditionally."
> 
> 071929dbdd86 ("arm64: Stop printing the virtual memory layout")
> 1c31d4e96b8c ("ARM: 8820/1: mm: Stop printing the virtual memory layout")
> 31833332f798 ("m68k/mm: Stop printing the virtual memory layout")
> fd8d0ca25631 ("parisc: Hide virtual kernel memory layout")
> adb1fe9ae2ee ("mm/page_alloc: Remove kernel address exposure in free_reserved_area()")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
> ---
>  arch/microblaze/mm/init.c | 12 ------------
>  1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
> index 1056f1674065..8323651bf7ec 100644
> --- a/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/init.c
> @@ -201,18 +201,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
>  #endif
>  
>  	mem_init_print_info(NULL);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> -	pr_info("Kernel virtual memory layout:\n");
> -	pr_info("  * 0x%08lx..0x%08lx  : fixmap\n", FIXADDR_START, FIXADDR_TOP);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
> -	pr_info("  * 0x%08lx..0x%08lx  : highmem PTEs\n",
> -		PKMAP_BASE, PKMAP_ADDR(LAST_PKMAP));
> -#endif /* CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
> -	pr_info("  * 0x%08lx..0x%08lx  : early ioremap\n",
> -		ioremap_bot, ioremap_base);
> -	pr_info("  * 0x%08lx..0x%08lx  : vmalloc & ioremap\n",
> -		(unsigned long)VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END);
> -#endif
>  	mem_init_done = 1;
>  }
>  
> 

Applied.
M

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Maintainer of Linux kernel - Xilinx Zynq ARM and ZynqMP ARM64 SoCs
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