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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-06 20:07:33 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-01-06 20:07:33 +0100
commit4f00b901d4233a78e6ca4d44c8c6fc5d38a3ee9e (patch)
tree9b9da4230d33c47298d4fa3e93a4a5f0cb047ee8 /arch/x86/pci
parentMerge branch 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/k... (diff)
parentmodule: Move RO/NX module protection to after ftrace module update (diff)
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Merge branch 'x86-security-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-security-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: module: Move RO/NX module protection to after ftrace module update x86: Resume trampoline must be executable x86: Add RO/NX protection for loadable kernel modules x86: Add NX protection for kernel data x86: Fix improper large page preservation
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/pci')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/pci/pcbios.c23
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/pcbios.c b/arch/x86/pci/pcbios.c
index 2492d165096a..a5f7d0d63de0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/pcbios.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/pcbios.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/pci_x86.h>
#include <asm/pci-functions.h>
+#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
/* BIOS32 signature: "_32_" */
#define BIOS32_SIGNATURE (('_' << 0) + ('3' << 8) + ('2' << 16) + ('_' << 24))
@@ -25,6 +26,27 @@
#define PCIBIOS_HW_TYPE1_SPEC 0x10
#define PCIBIOS_HW_TYPE2_SPEC 0x20
+int pcibios_enabled;
+
+/* According to the BIOS specification at:
+ * http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/specs/bios21.pdf, we could
+ * restrict the x zone to some pages and make it ro. But this may be
+ * broken on some bios, complex to handle with static_protections.
+ * We could make the 0xe0000-0x100000 range rox, but this can break
+ * some ISA mapping.
+ *
+ * So we let's an rw and x hole when pcibios is used. This shouldn't
+ * happen for modern system with mmconfig, and if you don't want it
+ * you could disable pcibios...
+ */
+static inline void set_bios_x(void)
+{
+ pcibios_enabled = 1;
+ set_memory_x(PAGE_OFFSET + BIOS_BEGIN, (BIOS_END - BIOS_BEGIN) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+ if (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)
+ printk(KERN_INFO "PCI : PCI BIOS aera is rw and x. Use pci=nobios if you want it NX.\n");
+}
+
/*
* This is the standard structure used to identify the entry point
* to the BIOS32 Service Directory, as documented in
@@ -332,6 +354,7 @@ static struct pci_raw_ops * __devinit pci_find_bios(void)
DBG("PCI: BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0x%lx\n",
bios32_entry);
bios32_indirect.address = bios32_entry + PAGE_OFFSET;
+ set_bios_x();
if (check_pcibios())
return &pci_bios_access;
}