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Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 2 |
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index c1aed6c0e413..09c599e0900d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ choice it can be used to assist security vulnerability exploitation. This setting can be changed at boot time via the kernel command - line parameter vsyscall=[native|emulate|none]. + line parameter vsyscall=[emulate|none]. On a system with recent enough glibc (2.14 or newer) and no static binaries, you can say None without a performance penalty @@ -2274,15 +2274,6 @@ choice If unsure, select "Emulate". - config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE - bool "Native" - help - Actual executable code is located in the fixed vsyscall - address mapping, implementing time() efficiently. Since - this makes the mapping executable, it can be used during - security vulnerability exploitation (traditionally as - ROP gadgets). This configuration is not recommended. - config LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE bool "Emulate" help diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c index 577fa8adb785..8560ef68a9d6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c @@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS #include "vsyscall_trace.h" -static enum { EMULATE, NATIVE, NONE } vsyscall_mode = -#if defined(CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE) - NATIVE; -#elif defined(CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE) +static enum { EMULATE, NONE } vsyscall_mode = +#ifdef CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE NONE; #else EMULATE; @@ -56,8 +54,6 @@ static int __init vsyscall_setup(char *str) if (str) { if (!strcmp("emulate", str)) vsyscall_mode = EMULATE; - else if (!strcmp("native", str)) - vsyscall_mode = NATIVE; else if (!strcmp("none", str)) vsyscall_mode = NONE; else @@ -139,10 +135,6 @@ bool emulate_vsyscall(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address) WARN_ON_ONCE(address != regs->ip); - /* This should be unreachable in NATIVE mode. */ - if (WARN_ON(vsyscall_mode == NATIVE)) - return false; - if (vsyscall_mode == NONE) { warn_bad_vsyscall(KERN_INFO, regs, "vsyscall attempted with vsyscall=none"); @@ -370,9 +362,7 @@ void __init map_vsyscall(void) if (vsyscall_mode != NONE) { __set_fixmap(VSYSCALL_PAGE, physaddr_vsyscall, - vsyscall_mode == NATIVE - ? PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL - : PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR); + PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR); set_vsyscall_pgtable_user_bits(swapper_pg_dir); } diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h index 246f15b4e64c..acfe755562a6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h @@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ enum page_cache_mode { #define __PAGE_KERNEL_RO (__PAGE_KERNEL & ~_PAGE_RW) #define __PAGE_KERNEL_RX (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC & ~_PAGE_RW) #define __PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE (__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_NOCACHE) -#define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RX | _PAGE_USER) #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR (__PAGE_KERNEL_RO | _PAGE_USER) #define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE (__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_PSE) #define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_PSE) @@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ enum page_cache_mode { #define PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE | _PAGE_ENC) #define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE | _PAGE_ENC) #define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC | _PAGE_ENC) -#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL | _PAGE_ENC) #define PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VVAR | _PAGE_ENC) #define PAGE_KERNEL_IO __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_IO) |