From: Nadav Amit <na...@vmware.com>
Since alloc_module() will not set the pages as executable soon, set
ftrace trampoline pages as executable after they are allocated.
For the time being, do not change ftrace to use the text_poke()
interface. As a result, ftrace still breaks W^X.
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rost...@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <na...@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgeco...@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index ef49517f6bb2..53ba1aa3a01f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int
*tramp_size)
unsigned long end_offset;
unsigned long op_offset;
unsigned long offset;
+ unsigned long npages;
unsigned long size;
unsigned long retq;
unsigned long *ptr;
@@ -762,6 +763,7 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int
*tramp_size)
return 0;
*tramp_size = size + RET_SIZE + sizeof(void *);
+ npages = DIV_ROUND_UP(*tramp_size, PAGE_SIZE);
/* Copy ftrace_caller onto the trampoline memory */
ret = probe_kernel_read(trampoline, (void *)start_offset, size);
@@ -806,6 +808,12 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int
*tramp_size)
/* ALLOC_TRAMP flags lets us know we created it */
ops->flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP;
+ /*
+ * Module allocation needs to be completed by making the page
+ * executable. The page is still writable, which is a security hazard,
+ * but anyhow ftrace breaks W^X completely.
+ */
+ set_memory_x((unsigned long)trampoline, npages);
return (unsigned long)trampoline;
fail:
tramp_free(trampoline, *tramp_size);
--
2.17.1
