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author | Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> | 2013-02-07 09:44:13 -0800 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2013-02-07 19:57:44 +0100 |
commit | e575a86fdc50d013bf3ad3aa81d9100e8e6cc60d (patch) | |
tree | 04caac94b924d2a3a084f348b999f790f625b09f /Documentation/x86/boot.txt | |
parent | bb9b1a834f7a916a65ba64f4812078cfbe2f4fc4 (diff) |
x86: Do not leak kernel page mapping locations
Without this patch, it is trivial to determine kernel page
mappings by examining the error code reported to dmesg[1].
Instead, declare the entire kernel memory space as a violation
of a present page.
Additionally, since show_unhandled_signals is enabled by
default, switch branch hinting to the more realistic
expectation, and unobfuscate the setting of the PF_PROT bit to
improve readability.
[1] http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/02/06/a-linux-memory-trick/
Reported-by: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Brad Spengler <spender@grsecurity.net>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130207174413.GA12485@www.outflux.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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