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-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/mm/init.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
index 4c0c00ef3ca..2968b90ef8a 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/init.c
@@ -730,14 +730,15 @@ static __init int x8664_sysctl_init(void)
__initcall(x8664_sysctl_init);
#endif
-/* A pseudo VMAs to allow ptrace access for the vsyscall page. This only
+/* A pseudo VMA to allow ptrace access for the vsyscall page. This only
covers the 64bit vsyscall page now. 32bit has a real VMA now and does
not need special handling anymore. */
static struct vm_area_struct gate_vma = {
.vm_start = VSYSCALL_START,
- .vm_end = VSYSCALL_END,
- .vm_page_prot = PAGE_READONLY
+ .vm_end = VSYSCALL_START + (VSYSCALL_MAPPED_PAGES << PAGE_SHIFT),
+ .vm_page_prot = PAGE_READONLY_EXEC,
+ .vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_EXEC
};
struct vm_area_struct *get_gate_vma(struct task_struct *tsk)