Re: [PATCH v6] powerpc: Do not make the entire heap executable

[Michael Ellerman]

Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 32-bit powerpc the ELF PLT sections of binaries (built with --bss-plt,
>> or with a toolchain which defaults to it) look like this:
...
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
>> CC: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ---
>> Changes since v5:
>> * made do_brk_flags() error out if any bits other than VM_EXEC are set.
>>   (Kees Cook: "With this, I'd be happy to Ack.")
>>   See https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/661595/
>
> Excellent, thanks for the v6! Should this go via the ppc tree or the -mm tree?

-mm would be best, given the diffstat I think it's less likely to
 conflict if it goes via -mm.

cheers