[PATCH RESEND 1/2] prctl: Generalize PR_SET_MDWE support check to be per-arch

From: Zev Weiss
Date: Mon Feb 26 2024 - 20:36:10 EST


There exist systems other than PARISC where MDWE may not be feasible
to support; rather than cluttering up the generic code with additional
arch-specific logic let's add a generic function for checking MDWE
support and allow each arch to override it as needed.

Signed-off-by: Zev Weiss <zev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v6.3+
---
arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
include/linux/mman.h | 8 ++++++++
kernel/sys.c | 7 +++++--
3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h

diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47c5a1991d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_MMAN_H__
+#define __ASM_MMAN_H__
+
+#include <uapi/asm/mman.h>
+
+/* PARISC cannot allow mdwe as it needs writable stacks */
+static inline bool arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+#define arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported
+
+#endif /* __ASM_MMAN_H__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/mman.h b/include/linux/mman.h
index dc7048824be8..bcb201ab7a41 100644
--- a/include/linux/mman.h
+++ b/include/linux/mman.h
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ calc_vm_flag_bits(unsigned long flags)

unsigned long vm_commit_limit(void);

+#ifndef arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported
+static inline bool arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported(void)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+#define arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported
+#endif
+
/*
* Denies creating a writable executable mapping or gaining executable permissions.
*
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index f8e543f1e38a..8bb106a56b3a 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2408,8 +2408,11 @@ static inline int prctl_set_mdwe(unsigned long bits, unsigned long arg3,
if (bits & PR_MDWE_NO_INHERIT && !(bits & PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC_GAIN))
return -EINVAL;

- /* PARISC cannot allow mdwe as it needs writable stacks */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PARISC))
+ /*
+ * EOPNOTSUPP might be more appropriate here in principle, but
+ * existing userspace depends on EINVAL specifically.
+ */
+ if (!arch_memory_deny_write_exec_supported())
return -EINVAL;

current_bits = get_current_mdwe();
--
2.43.2