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. Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <rus...@russell.cc> --- arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig index bd074246e34e..e1fc7fba10bf 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ 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 select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_MCSAFE if PPC64 -- 2.25.1