[PATCH v2] LoongArch: Enable STRICT_MODULE_RWX for stricter modules memory permissions

From: haoran . jiang

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 02:34:17 EST


From: Haoran Jiang <jianghaoran@xxxxxxxxxx>

Enable STRICT_MODULE_RWX to enforce strict memory permissions
on modules,making the code region non-writable, the data region
non-executable, and the read-only data region both non-writable
and non-executable.Add patch_map interface to temporarily map
read-only code sections via fixmap, enabling runtime code patching
while preserving memory protection after modifications

Signed-off-by: Haoran Jiang <jianghaoran@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
Change the method of modifying page table permissions from patch_map to set_memory_xx

---
arch/loongarch/Kconfig | 2 ++
arch/loongarch/kernel/inst.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/loongarch/Kconfig b/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
index 606597da46b8..40d748a13c50 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ config LOONGARCH
select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL if 64BIT
select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
select ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP
+ select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
select ARCH_HAS_VDSO_ARCH_DATA
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ config LOONGARCH
select NUMA_MEMBLKS if NUMA
select OF
select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
+ select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX
select PCI
select PCI_DOMAINS_GENERIC
select PCI_ECAM if ACPI
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/inst.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/inst.c
index 0b9228b7c13a..877890c77d0c 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/inst.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/inst.c
@@ -207,13 +207,31 @@ int larch_insn_read(void *addr, u32 *insnp)
int larch_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn)
{
int ret;
+ int err = 0;
+ size_t start;
unsigned long flags = 0;

if ((unsigned long)addr & 3)
return -EINVAL;

+ start = round_down((size_t)addr, PAGE_SIZE);
+
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&patch_lock, flags);
+
+ err = set_memory_rw(start, 1);
+ if (err) {
+ pr_info("%s: set_memory_rw() failed\n", __func__);
+ return err;
+ }
+
ret = copy_to_kernel_nofault(addr, &insn, LOONGARCH_INSN_SIZE);
+
+ err = set_memory_rox(start, 1);
+ if (err) {
+ pr_info("%s: set_memory_rox() failed\n", __func__);
+ return err;
+ }
+
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&patch_lock, flags);

return ret;
--
2.25.1