[3.13.y-ckt stable] Patch "x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata" has been added to staging queue

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.13.y-queue

[3.19.y-ckt stable] Patch "x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata" has been added to staging queue

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata to the linux-3.19.y-queue branch of the 3.19.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.19.y-queue

[3.16.y-ckt stable] Patch "x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata" has been added to staging queue

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue

Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata

On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 6:04 AM, Stephen Smalley wrote: > Unused space between the end of __ex_table and the start of rodata > can be left W+x in the kernel page tables. Extend the setting > of the NX bit to cover this gap by starting from text_end rather than > rodata_start. > > Before: > ---[ Hi

[PATCH] x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata

Unused space between the end of __ex_table and the start of rodata can be left W+x in the kernel page tables. Extend the setting of the NX bit to cover this gap by starting from text_end rather than rodata_start. Before: ---[ High Kernel Mapping ]--- 0x8000-0x8100