[PATCH v2 7/8] x86/vsyscall: Add __ro_after_init to global variables

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Thu Jun 27 2019 - 00:45:26 EST


The vDSO is only configurable by command-line options, so make its
global variables __ro_after_init. This seems highly unlikely to
ever stop an exploit, but I think it's nice anyway.

Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
index 9c58ab807aeb..07003f3f1bfc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include "vsyscall_trace.h"

-static enum { EMULATE, XONLY, NONE } vsyscall_mode =
+static enum { EMULATE, XONLY, NONE } vsyscall_mode __ro_after_init =
#ifdef CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE
NONE;
#elif defined(CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY)
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static const char *gate_vma_name(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
static const struct vm_operations_struct gate_vma_ops = {
.name = gate_vma_name,
};
-static struct vm_area_struct gate_vma = {
+static struct vm_area_struct gate_vma __ro_after_init = {
.vm_start = VSYSCALL_ADDR,
.vm_end = VSYSCALL_ADDR + PAGE_SIZE,
.vm_page_prot = PAGE_READONLY_EXEC,
--
2.21.0