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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/init_64.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c index 3a98d6f724a..9b61c75a235 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c @@ -591,10 +591,17 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void) if (end <= start) return; - set_memory_ro(start, (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT); printk(KERN_INFO "Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n", (end - start) >> 10); + set_memory_ro(start, (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT); + + /* + * The rodata section (but not the kernel text!) should also be + * not-executable. + */ + start = ((unsigned long)__start_rodata + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & PAGE_MASK; + set_memory_nx(start, (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT); rodata_test(); |