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authorVincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>2019-04-15 10:49:37 +0100
committerWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>2019-04-23 18:01:58 +0100
commitaf1b3cf2c2a3f42bbb680812ff1bbd715ac8af69 (patch)
tree67550d4018c6cc1e368214556d744317da53e689 /arch/arm64/kernel
parent1255a7341bee6cd96df056ed0c13e44b59023687 (diff)
arm64: compat: Add KUSER_HELPERS config option
When kuser helpers are enabled the kernel maps the relative code at a fixed address (0xffff0000). Making configurable the option to disable them means that the kernel can remove this mapping and any access to this memory area results in a sigfault. Add a KUSER_HELPERS config option that can be used to disable the mapping when it is turned off. This option can be turned off if and only if the applications are designed specifically for the platform and they do not make use of the kuser helpers code. Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> [will: Use IS_ENABLED() instead of #ifdef] Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile3
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/kuser32.S7
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c6
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index c18c34d56029..9e7dcb2c31c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ OBJCOPYFLAGS := --prefix-symbols=__efistub_
$(obj)/%.stub.o: $(obj)/%.o FORCE
$(call if_changed,objcopy)
-obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += sys32.o kuser32.o signal32.o \
+obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += sys32.o signal32.o \
sigreturn32.o sys_compat.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS) += kuser32.o
obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) += ftrace.o entry-ftrace.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += module.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS) += module-plts.o
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/kuser32.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/kuser32.S
index c5f2bbafd723..49825e9e421e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/kuser32.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/kuser32.S
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
* Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
* Copyright (C) 2012-2018 ARM Ltd.
*
- * Each segment is 32-byte aligned and will be moved to the top of the high
- * vector page. New segments (if ever needed) must be added in front of
- * existing ones. This mechanism should be used only for things that are
- * really small and justified, and not be abused freely.
+ * The kuser helpers below are mapped at a fixed address by
+ * aarch32_setup_additional_pages() and are provided for compatibility
+ * reasons with 32 bit (aarch32) applications that need them.
*
* See Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt for formal definitions.
*/
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
index 41f4d75bbc14..8074cbd3a3a8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ static int aarch32_alloc_kuser_vdso_page(void)
int kuser_sz = __kuser_helper_end - __kuser_helper_start;
unsigned long vdso_page;
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS))
+ return 0;
+
vdso_page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!vdso_page)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -112,6 +115,9 @@ static int aarch32_kuser_helpers_setup(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
void *ret;
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS))
+ return 0;
+
/*
* Avoid VM_MAYWRITE for compatibility with arch/arm/, where it's
* not safe to CoW the page containing the CPU exception vectors.