kernel-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: mm: flip priority of CONFIG_DEBUG

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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:29:12 -0800
From: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Laura Abbott <labbott@...oraproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: mm: flip priority of CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA

Hi,

* Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> [151223 12:31]:
> 
> Looks like a case similar to Geert's
> 
>         adr     r7, kick_counter
> wait_dll_lock_timed:
>         ldr     r4, wait_dll_lock_counter
>         add     r4, r4, #1
>         str     r4, [r7, #wait_dll_lock_counter - kick_counter]
>         ldr     r4, sdrc_dlla_status
>         /* Wait 20uS for lock */
>         mov     r6, #8
> 
> 
> kick_counter and wait_dll_lock_counter are in the text section which is marked read only.
> They need to be moved to the data section along with a few other variables from what I
> can tell (maybe those are read only?).

Thanks for looking, yeah so it seem.

> I suspect this is going to be a common issue with suspend/resume code paths since those
> are hand written assembly.

Yes I suspect we have quite a few cases like this.

Regards,

Tony

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