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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2012-09-21 21:43:13 +0200
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2012-09-21 21:45:27 +0200
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parentx86, smap: Add STAC and CLAC instructions to control user space access (diff)
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x86, smap: Turn on Supervisor Mode Access Prevention
If Supervisor Mode Access Prevention is available and not disabled by the user, turn it on. Also fix the expansion of SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention.) Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1348256595-29119-10-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com
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@@ -1812,8 +1812,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
+ nosmap [X86]
+ Disable SMAP (Supervisor Mode Access Prevention)
+ even if it is supported by processor.
+
nosmep [X86]
- Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection)
+ Disable SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Prevention)
even if it is supported by processor.
noexec32 [X86-64]