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powerpc: Set ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
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To enable strict module RWX on powerpc, set:

    CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX=y

You should also have CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX=y set to have any real
security benefit.

ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX is set to require ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX.
This is due to a quirk in arch/Kconfig and arch/powerpc/Kconfig that
makes STRICT_MODULE_RWX *on by default* in configurations where
STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is *unavailable*.

Since this doesn't make much sense, and module RWX without kernel RWX
doesn't make much sense, having the same dependencies as kernel RWX
works around this problem.

Book3s/32 603 and 604 core processors are not able to write protect
kernel pages so do not set ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX for Book3s/32.

[jpn: - predicate on !PPC_BOOK3S_604
      - make module_alloc() use PAGE_KERNEL protection]

Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jordan Niethe <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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ruscur authored and mpe committed Jun 21, 2021
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Expand Up @@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ config PPC
select ARCH_HAS_SCALED_CPUTIME if VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE && PPC_BOOK3S_64
select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if ((PPC_BOOK3S_64 || PPC32) && !HIBERNATION)
select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX if ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX && !PPC_BOOK3S_32
select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE
select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ config PPC
select PPC_DAWR if PPC64
select RTC_LIB
select SPARSE_IRQ
select STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if STRICT_MODULE_RWX
select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
select VIRT_TO_BUS if !PPC64
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