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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
index d9d81ad7a400..fedd7628f3a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include "vsyscall_trace.h"
-static enum { EMULATE, NONE } vsyscall_mode =
+static enum { EMULATE, XONLY, NONE } vsyscall_mode =
#ifdef CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE
NONE;
+#elif defined(CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_XONLY)
+ XONLY;
#else
EMULATE;
#endif
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ static int __init vsyscall_setup(char *str)
if (str) {
if (!strcmp("emulate", str))
vsyscall_mode = EMULATE;
+ else if (!strcmp("xonly", str))
+ vsyscall_mode = XONLY;
else if (!strcmp("none", str))
vsyscall_mode = NONE;
else
@@ -357,12 +361,20 @@ void __init map_vsyscall(void)
extern char __vsyscall_page;
unsigned long physaddr_vsyscall = __pa_symbol(&__vsyscall_page);
- if (vsyscall_mode != NONE) {
+ /*
+ * For full emulation, the page needs to exist for real. In
+ * execute-only mode, there is no PTE at all backing the vsyscall
+ * page.
+ */
+ if (vsyscall_mode == EMULATE) {
__set_fixmap(VSYSCALL_PAGE, physaddr_vsyscall,
PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR);
set_vsyscall_pgtable_user_bits(swapper_pg_dir);
}
+ if (vsyscall_mode == XONLY)
+ gate_vma.vm_flags = VM_EXEC;
+
BUILD_BUG_ON((unsigned long)__fix_to_virt(VSYSCALL_PAGE) !=
(unsigned long)VSYSCALL_ADDR);
}