Re: [PATCH net-next 09/10] arm64: unexport set_memory_ro and set_memory_rw

From: Will Deacon
Date: Fri Feb 27 2015 - 14:54:46 EST


On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 02:55:41PM +0000, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> This effectively unexports set_memory_ro and set_memory_rw functions from
> commit 11d91a770f1f ("arm64: Add CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX support").
>
> No module user of those is in mainline kernel and we explicitly do not want
> modules to use these functions, as they i.e. protect eBPF (interpreted and
> JIT'ed) images from malicious modifications or bugs.
>
> Outside of eBPF scope, I believe also other set_memory_* functions should
> be unexported on arm64 for modules.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Laura Abbott <lauraa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
> index bb0ea94..8659357 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c
> @@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ int set_memory_ro(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
> __pgprot(PTE_RDONLY),
> __pgprot(PTE_WRITE));
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_memory_ro);
>
> int set_memory_rw(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
> {
> @@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ int set_memory_rw(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
> __pgprot(PTE_WRITE),
> __pgprot(PTE_RDONLY));
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_memory_rw);
>
> int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
> {

Looks good to me. Can this be applied independently, or does it need to
remain part of your series?

Will
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