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-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/mm/fault.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index 89c6763d5e7e..bcc965e2cce1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
good_area:
/*
* Check that the permissions on the VMA allow for the fault which
- * occurred.
+ * occurred. If we encountered a write or exec fault, we must have
+ * appropriate permissions, otherwise we allow any permission.
*/
if (!(vma->vm_flags & vm_flags)) {
fault = VM_FAULT_BADACCESS;
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ static int __kprobes do_page_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
struct task_struct *tsk;
struct mm_struct *mm;
int fault, sig, code;
- unsigned long vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_WRITE;
+ unsigned long vm_flags = VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC;
unsigned int mm_flags = FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE;
tsk = current;