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SubjectRe: [PATCH] riscv: mm: Proper page permissions after initmem free
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On 11/12/22 05:35, Björn Töpel wrote:
> From: Björn Töpel <bjorn@rivosinc.com>
>
> 64-bit RISC-V kernels have the kernel image mapped separately, and in
> addition to the linear map. When the kernel is loaded, the linear map
> of kernel image is set to PAGE_READ permission, and the kernel map is
> set to PAGE_READ and PAGE_EXEC.
>
> When the initmem is freed, the corresponding pages in the linear map
> should be restored to PAGE_READ and PAGE_WRITE. The corresponding
> pages in the kernel map should also be restored to PAGE_READ and
> PAGE_WRITE, by removing the PAGE_EXEC permission, and adding
> PAGE_WRITE.
>
> This is not the case. For 64-bit kernels, only the linear map is
> restored to its proper page permissions at initmem free, and not the
> kernelmap.
>
> In practise this results in that the kernel can potentially jump to
> dead __init code, and start executing invalid 0xcc instructions,
> without getting an exception.
>
> Restore the freed initmem properly, by setting both the alias (kernel
> map) and the linear map to the correct permissions.
>
> Fixes: e5c35fa04019 ("riscv: Map the kernel with correct permissions the first time")
> Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@rivosinc.com>
> ---
> arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Samuel Holland <samuel@sholland.org>
Tested-by: Samuel Holland <samuel@sholland.org> # on D1

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