linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: Started to get "memfd_create() without MFD_EXEC nor MFD_NOEXEC

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Date:   Fri, 2 Jun 2023 08:12:04 +0100
From:   Stuart Foster <smf-linux@...ginmedia.com>
To:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Regressions <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Jeff Xu <jeffxu@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Verkamp <dverkamp@...omium.org>,
        David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Jorge Lucangeli Obes <jorgelo@...omium.org>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Started to get "memfd_create() without MFD_EXEC nor
 MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL"

On 02/06/2023 03:15, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On 6/1/23 21:12, Kees Cook wrote:
>>> Hm indeed it seems to have introduced 2 new flags and immediately warn if
>>> any process doesn't use them. Maybe it would make sense for some of the
>>> non-default values of vm.memfd_noexec, but it's too early to warn
>>> unconditionally everywhere, no?
>>
>> This is pretty standard for getting new options like this noticed by
>> userspace -- there is no regression in _behavior_. It's just a reminder
>> to fix userspace code.
>>
> 
> Telling regzbot:
> 
> #regzbot invalid: not a kernel regression, but userspace fix is needed
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Issue raised with XOrg:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/1553