MIPS: non-exec stack & heap when non-exec PT_GNU_STACK is present
authorPaul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Fri, 8 Jul 2016 10:06:20 +0000 (11:06 +0100)
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:29:27 +0000 (09:29 +0200)
commit1a770b85c1f1c1ee37afd7cef5237ffc4c970f04
tree65522a64b03bf0389014b2f4bcc9918f5fdaba9d
parent432c6bacbd0c16ec210c43da411ccc3855c4c010
MIPS: non-exec stack & heap when non-exec PT_GNU_STACK is present

The stack and heap have both been executable by default on MIPS until
now. This patch changes the default to be non-executable, but only for
ELF binaries with a non-executable PT_GNU_STACK header present. This
does apply to both the heap & the stack, despite the name PT_GNU_STACK,
and this matches the behaviour of other architectures like ARM & x86.

Current MIPS toolchains do not produce the PT_GNU_STACK header, which
means that we can rely upon this patch not changing the behaviour of
existing binaries. The new default will only take effect for newly
compiled binaries once toolchains are updated to support PT_GNU_STACK,
and since those binaries are newly compiled they can be compiled
expecting the change in default behaviour. Again this matches the way in
which the ARM & x86 architectures handled their implementations of
non-executable memory.

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: Leonid Yegoshin <leonid.yegoshin@imgtec.com>
Cc: Maciej Rozycki <maciej.rozycki@imgtec.com>
Cc: Faraz Shahbazker <faraz.shahbazker@imgtec.com>
Cc: Raghu Gandham <raghu.gandham@imgtec.com>
Cc: Matthew Fortune <matthew.fortune@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/13765/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
arch/mips/include/asm/page.h
arch/mips/kernel/elf.c
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