.init section permission should only updated to non-execute if STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is enabled. Otherwise, this will lead to a kernel hang.
Fixes: 19a00869028f ("RISC-V: Protect all kernel sections including init early") Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atish.pa...@wdc.com> --- arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c index 3fa3f26dde85..c7c0655dd45b 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c @@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ void free_initmem(void) unsigned long init_begin = (unsigned long)__init_begin; unsigned long init_end = (unsigned long)__init_end; - set_memory_rw_nx(init_begin, (init_end - init_begin) >> PAGE_SHIFT); + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX)) + set_memory_rw_nx(init_begin, (init_end - init_begin) >> PAGE_SHIFT); + free_initmem_default(POISON_FREE_INITMEM); } -- 2.25.1