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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/pageattr_64.c16
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_64.c
index 139795029fb..60cfb687f97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_64.c
@@ -126,30 +126,36 @@ out_unlock:
static int
__change_page_attr(unsigned long address, struct page *page, pgprot_t prot)
{
- pgprot_t ref_prot2, oldprot;
struct page *kpte_page;
int level, err = 0;
pte_t *kpte;
+ BUG_ON(PageHighMem(page));
+
repeat:
kpte = lookup_address(address, &level);
if (!kpte)
return 0;
kpte_page = virt_to_page(kpte);
- oldprot = pte_pgprot(*kpte);
BUG_ON(PageLRU(kpte_page));
BUG_ON(PageCompound(kpte_page));
- prot = canon_pgprot(prot);
+
+ /*
+ * Better fail early if someone sets the kernel text to NX.
+ * Does not cover __inittext
+ */
+ BUG_ON(address >= (unsigned long)&_text &&
+ address < (unsigned long)&_etext &&
+ (pgprot_val(prot) & _PAGE_NX));
if (level == 4) {
- set_pte_atomic(kpte, mk_pte(page, prot));
+ set_pte_atomic(kpte, mk_pte(page, canon_pgprot(prot)));
} else {
err = split_large_page(kpte, address);
if (!err)
goto repeat;
}
-
return err;
}