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 399a4de28ff0..1488bb5f4179 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
-- 
2.26.0

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