[tip: x86/build] x86/vmlinux: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment

From: tip-bot2 for Kees Cook
Date: Tue Nov 05 2019 - 04:28:57 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/build branch of tip:

Commit-ID: f0d7ee17d57c7a8510518a1e60366d053e2f3ff5
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/f0d7ee17d57c7a8510518a1e60366d053e2f3ff5
Author: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:13:38 -07:00
Committer: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:55:02 +01:00

x86/vmlinux: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment

The exception table was needlessly marked executable. In preparation
for execute-only memory, move the table into the RO_DATA segment via
the new macro that can be used by any architectures that want to make
a similar consolidation.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-c6x-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029211351.13243-17-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a1a758e..b06d6e1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#endif

#define EMITS_PT_NOTE
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN 16

#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
@@ -145,8 +146,6 @@ SECTIONS
#endif
} :text = 0x9090

- EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
-
/* End of text section, which should occupy whole number of pages */
_etext = .;
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);