Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] powerpc/32s: Only leave NX unset on segments used for modules

[Andreas Schwab]

On Jun 29 2020, Christophe Leroy wrote:

> Instead of leaving NX unset on all segments above the start
> of vmalloc space, only leave NX unset on segments used for
> modules.

I'm getting this crash:

kernel tried to execute exec-protected page (f294b000) - exploit attempt (uid: 0)
BUG: Unable to handle kernel instruction fetch
Faulting instruction address: 0xf294b000
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
BE PAGE_SIZE=4K MMU=Hash PowerMac
Modules linked in: pata_macio(+)
CPU: 0 PID: 87 Comm: udevd Not tainted 5.8.0-rc2-test #49
NIP:  f294b000 LR: 0005c60 CTR: f294b000
REGS: f18d9cc0 TRAP: 0400  Not tainted  (5.8.0-rc2-test)
MSR:  10009032 <E,ME,IR,DR,RI>  CR: 84222422  XER: 20000000
GPR00: c0005c14 f18d9d78 ef30ca20 00000000 ef0000e0 c00993d0 ef6da038 0000005e
GPR08: c09050b8 c08b0000 00000000 f18d9d78 44222422 10072070 00000000 0fefaca4
GPR16: 1006a00c f294d50b 00000120 00000124 c0096ea8 0000000e ef2776c0 ef2776e4
GPR24: f18fd6e8 00000001 c086fe64 c086fe04 00000000 c08b0000 f294b000 ffffffff
NIP [f294b000] pata_macio_init+0x0/0xc0 [pata_macio]
LR [c0005c60] do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x160
Call Trace:
[f18d9d78] [c0005c14] do_one_initcall+0x20/0x160 (unreliable)
[f18d9dd8] [c009a22c] do_init_module+0x60/0x1c0
[f18d9df8] [c00993d8] load_module+0x16a8/0x1c14
[f18d9ea8] [c0099aa4] sys_finit_module+0x8c/0x94
[f18d9f38] [c0012174] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x34
--- interrupt: c01 at 0xfdb4318
   LR = 0xfeee9c0
Instruction dump:
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX <3d20c08b> 3d40c086 9421ffe0 8129106c
---[ end trace 85a98cc836109871 ]---

Andreas.

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